Any ideas for a Junior (safety schools)

College Search & Selection
1

<p>I am currently a Junior at a highly competitive public school in the suburbs of Manhattan.</p>

<p>I know what kind of school I'll apply to for my reaches, but I am a little lost when it comes to safety schools. Any ideas would be very much appreciated! </p>

<p>For a school, I am only looking in New England, New York, D.C. I want to be either in a big city, or with close access to one. (So not something like Penn State, in the middle of nowhere). </p>

<p>Here are my stats/bio:</p>

<p>My current GPA is a 95.4 weighted. </p>

<p>I have yet to take my SATs, but I am expecting about a 2150 when all is said and done, but hopefully a little higher (like a 2200). </p>

<p>I have taken the hardest course load my school possible at each grade level. This amounts to 11 total honors classes and about 7 or 8 AP classes. </p>

<p>My extracurriculars are dominated by two varsity sports (volleyball and basketball). I play basketball year round on a national AAU team, so my entire spring/summer is spent traveling to tournaments every weekend. I have been on varsity basketball since I was a freshman, and volleyball since I was a sophomore. Senior year I will be captain for both teams. I've been looked at by some division 3 schools for basketball, but am not interested in playing in college. </p>

<p>Other than that, I am on our Campus Congress, I am a tutor, I go on a service project trip to Appalachia every year (monthly meetings, so its a year round thing). I am on Student Council, Relay for Life. I also have a lot of more minor extracurriculars that I do but aren't that important. </p>

<p>My passion is politics. I pretty much know that I want to major in political science. I plan on attending law school after college. </p>

<p>I know that this is really lengthy and everything, but really if anyone has any ideas at all, that would be great! Thank you so much!</p>

2

<p>What is your financial situation?</p>

<p>American U might be a good low match for you.</p>

3

<p>We can’t give safeties until we know the finance situation. It’s not a safety if you can’t afford to go.</p>

4

<p>Test scores are difficult to predict.
Should you not be happy with the future SAT results, consider taking the ACT as well.</p>

5

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-12.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships-12.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>However, actual test scores and your cost constraints will help others help you better.</p>

6

<p>Boston College
Northeastern University
Boston University</p>

<p>Yeshiva Univesity (Jewish)
NYU
Fordham University
St. Johns
CUNY</p>

<p>Georgetown University
GWU University
American University
Catholic University</p>

7

<p>Thank you so much for your help!</p>

<p>Financial info
parents are paying for college
income >450,000 </p>

<p>I’m very fortunate, I will not have have any financial constraints when it comes to choosing a school.</p>

8

<p>Great that you don’t have to settle for state school, but you should still try to get your SAT scores a little higher when you take the test.</p>

9

<p>American U
Georgetown- Reach
George Washington
Johns Hopkins- Reach</p>

10

<p>Looking at some major northeast cities off the top of my head:</p>

<p>NY - Columbia (reach for everyone), NYU (strong chance to get in), Fordham (safety)</p>

<p>DC - Georgetown (reach for everyone), GW (strong chance to get in), American (safety)</p>

<p>Boston - Harvard, MIT (reach for everyone), BC, Tufts (good chance to get in), BU, Northeastern (safety)</p>

<p>Philadelphia - UPenn, Swarthmore (reach for everyone), Villanoava, Haverford (strong chance to get in), Drexel (safety)</p>

<p>Baltimore - Hopkins (good chance to get in), Loyola-MD, Goucher (safety)</p>

<p>You might also look at Tulane as a safety (Not in New England, but in New Orleans - the school has non binding early action)</p>

11

<p>Boston College (reach)
Northeastern University (match)
Boston University (safety)</p>

<p>Yeshiva Univesity (reach)
NYU (match)
Fordham University (match)
St. Johns (safety)
CUNY (safety)</p>

<p>Georgetown University (reach)
GWU University (match)
UMD (match/safety)
American University (safety)
Catholic University (safety)</p>

12

<p>What would you guys suggest for someone who has the same general interests–politics, Northeast-- as OP, but slightly different stats?</p>

<p>3.8 GPA, 2300 on SAT (740M/780CR/780W), taken once.</p>

<p>I’m taking 4 APs this year (junior year) and will take 3 APs and 2 post-AP courses (in Latin and math) next year.</p>

<p>I’ll be a 4 year varsity player on one team, am in a selective leadership program at school, head two big clubs (we do faculty presentations, bring in speakers etc.), and have acted in/written several shows (drama) at school.</p>

<p>Outside of school I am a part of an activism group which meets once a week and does a lot of awareness actions in addition to nitty gritty work with one of the youth homeless shelters in the city (I was the point person for this).</p>

<p>My financial situation isn’t as great as OP’s, but I still don’t apply for any of the financial aid for those who make less than 60,000 a year.</p>

<p>Like OP, I love politics, and would appreciate a fairly liberal campus because I am gay (so religious schools are out for me).
I also prefer the broader Northeast (north of DC, west of the great lakes) because it makes traveling easier money-wise (I could take a bus instead of a plane).</p>

<p>I was thinking UMBC because it’s near DC and is totally doable financially, although I know very little about it. Besides that I don’t really know of any safeties for me.
Any help would be appreciated!</p>

13

<p>Drexel
Fordham
Boston University
Boston College
George Washington University</p>

14

<p>There’s a 3.3 GPA thread on the site. It should have some good ideas.</p>

15

<p>University of Pittsburgh
University of Delaware</p>

<p>GW is only a match if you can afford their pricetag. American is more of a match however they attract many students like you with possibly better stats because of their location in D.C.</p>

16

<p>Fordham, BU, Northeastern, GW, American, Goucher would be reasonable options. If you are willing to expand your geographic area, also consider Tulane (in New Orleans) which gets a lot of kids from the northeast. I know that Fordham and Tulane have non-binding EA which is always good for a safety school.</p>

17

<p>holy cross and tufts would be good choices.</p>