College

[aelf]

When I was young, you had to sort of kind of guess which colleges might accept you, because there wasn't the same volume of information available. And you decided which colleges you wanted to apply to based on the brochures they sent, if, like me, you were going to an out of state college (we moved my senior year in HS, in-state wasn't going to be

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[coercedbynutmeg]

The Common Application is a curse. I was college-hunting 20 years ago, right before it started to be a big thing, so I filled out all my applications one-by-one and thus limited myself to only 4 schools. But now if the only thing you need to apply is a few clicks and the application fee, I can see why people apply to 15-20 schools and still feel insecure about it.

[aelf]

Yeah, the Common App has done a number on college applications. Combine that with cost of attendance, and it's a lot more stressful than it needs to be.