another "find me a safety" thread!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Schools I have so far:
Amherst (reach)
Bowdoin (reach)
Middlebury (reach)
Haverford (match)
Oberlin (match)
Wesleyan (match/low reach)
Bard (safety)
Grinnell (safety/low match)
Kenyon (safety/low match)</p>

<p>Stats:
3.5 GPA at competitive private school
2360 SATs
760 and 780 SAT IIs
Great ECs, ~75 hours volunteer work, recs should be good</p>

<p>What do you think? My college counselor didn't suggest any less selective schools, so I'm not sure whether I actually need one, but does anyone have suggestions for another more-likely safety school?</p>

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<p>Connecticut College maybe?</p>

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<p>It looks like you already have 1-3 safeties. Do you think you need more? Can you afford the ones you have? If not find a financial safety here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=guaranteed[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=guaranteed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I know, I think I’m just being paranoid. It’s just that my “safeties” are pretty selective schools, and I feel like even they aren’t a sure lock, you know? I don’t need a financial safety, though.</p>

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<p>if you did kenyon, college of wooster could be a great safety for you. schools similar to bard yet a little less selective - hampshire, goucher. i also second conn college. i think you have a great list already.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t look to me like you need more safeties unless you don’t really like the 3-4 schools you have that are slightly easier to get into. I assume that you specifically want small schools, but I wonder if you want to add in one larger school just for comparison like Dartmouth which has many similarities to Middlebury and Amherst. Nothing wrong with applying to 10 schools!</p>

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<p>what are you looking to major in?</p>

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<p>Wesleyan in CT should be pretty safe. My friend’s DD got in last year and she is no where near your stats.</p>

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<p>Hampshire could be a possibility; my dad went there, so I’m a legacy. I don’t love it, though. I’d consider Dartmouth, but I really don’t like the frat scene…I think the only schools on my lists with frats are Kenyon and Wesleyan, and those are pretty low-key. I’m pretty undecided in a major, but definitely humanities or social sciences – English is likely, or maybe I’ll really like psychology or something. I’ll check out Wooster, too. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Trinity and Holy Cross.</p>

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<p>you look pretty set, to me.</p>

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<p>You look fine.</p>