WHY JUST EIGHT COLLEGE APPLICATIONS?
St. Croix Country Day has a limit of eight on the number of college applications any student may complete. The policy was developed largely to require students to conduct meaningful college research before completing their college applications and to come up with several good reasons why each college on their final list represents a particularly good “fit” or “match” for them. Students should plan to complete from 4 to 8 applications, including 1-2 reaches, 2-4 possibles, and 1-2 likelys. Reaches are colleges where the student’s credentials suggest that admission is unlikely, and some colleges are reaches for virtually every student, no matter how strong. Possibles are colleges where the proximity of student’s credentials and the college’s admission profile suggest that the chances may be around the 50/50 range. Likelys are colleges where the student’s credentials suggest that the chances for admission are very good, but where the students would gladly go if not admitted to her reaches
