She applied to 10 schools and was accepted by nine. (Article w/Photo)

In college admissions it is the year of unprecedented uncertainty. Akua Abrah, a talented senior at Annapolis High School, tried to guess how many top schools she would need to apply to in order to get in somewhere she really wanted to go. She chose 10 . Complete Story w/Photo: Higher learning's higher competition -- baltimoresun.com

don't understand why thats news.. why wouldn't you apply to schools that you thought you could get into? i applied to 12. do most ppl apply to like 3 or 4 or something?