we have 132,656 schools in the usa.
how many schools do we have in the usa?
132,656
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there are differing views on how many schools a student should apply to. several reports suggest that applying to too many schools caused unnecessary stress and expense and hampers a student from targeting applications to a few select schools. however, other advisors suggest that applying to more schools increases overall chances for acceptance. mamlet and vandevelde suggest applying to eight to ten schools is best, and that applying to too many schools is counterproductive. there are reports that the average number of schools that students are applying to has been increasing, perhaps because of greater use of the common application. in 2008, applications to harvard university had increased to a record number at 27,278, a 19% increase from the year before. one effect of the increase in application numbers is lower yield percentages. average yield has dropped from 46% to 38% in 2001, according to one account.
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