Study Abroad 2026: Five to Seven Applications, Not Fifteen

Some people say you should apply to lots of schools so you have a better chance of getting in.

This article says that advice can be a big mistake.

It takes a lot of time to write a good application for each school.

If you apply to fifteen schools, you will probably rush and write almost the same thing for all of them.

Universities want students who really want to go there.

They can tell when an application was written just for that school.

The author suggests applying to about five to seven schools instead.

Some of those should be dream schools, some should be good matches, and some should be safe choices.

Applying to fewer schools also saves money, since each application costs thousands of rupees.

So a small number of careful applications is better than a huge pile of rushed ones.