Hello everyone! I am from the NYC area and I actually applied to 11 schools! I took a gap year so I wanted to make sure I got accepted somewhere. It’s very nerve wrecking watching all your fellow classmates from undergrad her denied from all the two or three schools they applied to. My one advice would be to apply to as many as you can! Although it is very stressful and expensive, I believe it was definitely worth it
I applied to:
Mercy, New York Medical college, Adelphi, Hofstra, NYU online , LIU Brooklyn, Queens college, St. John’s university, Brooklyn college, touro and Yeshiva
I applied to start for Fall 2018, and all my applications were submitted by either 1/15/18 or 02/01/18.
I have since been denied from Mercy and accepted into NYU and I still have 9 schools to hear back from. I have accepted NYU and paid their $500 deposit just because it is a very good school and I had a deadline to accept their school. I am glad with my choice and I would only lose my deposit and attend a different school IF I get accepted into Queens or Brooklyn college because they are CUNYs and the tuition is remarkably less expensive (80k+ vs 30k+)
I hope all this information helps someone.