When I applied to colleges (graduated high school in 1999), I applied to 11, which, for my school (suburban NJ school where something like 95% of students went on to 4-year college), was a high number, but not ridiculously so. My sister, four years ahead of me, applied to 14, which was considered a bit excessive. I'm pretty sure that, in that town, somewhere between 10 and 15 is now pretty standard
Good lord.
I applied to six and a half (I only half count applying to IU, because it was very half-ass and I had no intention of going there--if I'd actually ended upt here, I'd have been pissed I wasn't in any of the fancy honors stuff I didn't apply to!). Six was the most you could fill out on the FAFSA without having to request additional stuff, so...
I just got the job offer! I am less thrilled than expected, because they offered on the low end of the salary range. Sigh.
I just got the job offer!
Yay!
I am less thrilled than expected, because they offered on the low end of the salary range. Sigh.
But still yay, right?
Can you ask for more money before you accept?
Wow- I am delurking in Bitches just to say that as a 1991 graduate, we were advised to apply to THREE colleges, a long-shot, an average, and a back-up. I applied to 4 and every one thought I was crazy!
I just got the job offer! I am less thrilled than expected, because they offered on the low end of the salary range. Sigh.
feh for low-end of salary range but YAY for offer!!! Are you in a position to negotiate?
I applied to 5 schools and got into all of them and then realized I should have been more ambitious. Except I'm glad I ended up where I did because Yay my college friends!
I applied to three. All state schools, as my parents didn't contribute anything to my college expenses so I figured I couldn't afford a private school.
Unfortunately K-Bug is in this boat, but her #1 school is private and pricey. I've been trying to encourage her to fill out a grand/scholarship application a week - there are so many out there - but so far she has done nothing.
Meara - was the offer from the SF job?
I just got the job offer!
Congratulations! Sob! meara's gonna leave us!
they offered on the low end of the salary range
Negotiate! More salary, more vacation, better moving package, etc.
as a 1991 graduate, we were advised to apply to THREE colleges, a long-shot, an average, and a back-up.
I don't even remember what they told us.
I ended up going to a school only an hour away, so I could come home to see my girlfriend.
Big mistake....
as a 1991 graduate, we were advised to apply to THREE colleges, a long-shot, an average, and a back-up.
I seem to remember this same advice in 1985. I applied to 3ish...don't really remember. I got in where I wanted and only lasted about 3 months. Ah well.
Yay for job offer, meara!!
Unfortunately K-Bug is in this boat, but her #1 school is private and pricey.
Suzi- I don't know how much different it is now, but I went to a private school that was very pricey but not particularly known, at the time, for being really top-knotch academically. It was really looking to improve the reputation for being a party school, and I ended up with an almost full tuition merit scholarship. I got a really great education with no college loans. The downside was that it was not a name university, so even with a 3.8, it doesn't have cachet outside of my area AND I did not like the school until I found the theatre crowd because it was a lot of partiers (Not that theatre people weren't partiers, but we were partiers who got drunk and sang Grease, not who got drunk and ran down the halls whacking people with lacrosse sticks.)
