Applying to college? No safety schools

Applying to College
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<p>Hi all.</p>

<p>I've lived in another country for the past 18 years of my life and suddenly my family decided for me to attend college in the US.</p>

<p>Anyway, I'm not sure if what I did was right. With a GPA of 96 (100 scale), SAT of 2180, ACT of 33, I only applied to:</p>

<p>top publics: UW-Madison, UIUC, Berkeley, UCLA, UNC, UW (Seattle)
Ivies: HYP Brown Cornell
Other privates: Stanford, USC</p>

<p>Is it wrong that I didn't apply to any safety school?
PS- I didn't apply to any univ in my hometown (lol)</p>

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<p>You should know by now whether you have been admitted to UIUC and possibly to Wisconsin. If so, your decision turned out OK because you have at least one admission; if not you will be biting your nails for a while. One should apply to safeties including potentially a home state public university if you can claim a home state, not just because it might be a safety but it is less expensive than others and gives you a place to possibly attend if unexpected financial issues arise that leave your parents unable to pay what is needed for the others.</p>

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<p>i think UW-Madison and Washington can qualify as safeties for u if ur ECs and essays and recs were good. also Illinois (unless it was engineering). Illinois decisions are on its status check page so u might wanna check that out</p>

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<p>I qualify as a California resident even though I finished HS in another country. I was accepted at UW-Madison and UIUC but OOS tuition is too expensive.</p>

<p>Imo, Berkeley and UCLA are reaches. I just hope I get in to take advantage of in state tuition. I really think I made a mistake with my apps–I should’ve applied to safeties like Cal Poly SLO or something</p>

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<p>sagaofremy -</p>

<p>Usually the closest California CC is the back-up for in-state residents. If you are truly a resident, and you have done the research to know that one or more of the CCCs will let you in after the May 1 reply date, you are OK. But I’d recommend that you pop by the admissions office at that CCC just to double-check everything.</p>

<p>If your family will be full-pay, or you won’t need much financial aid, you also can wait until mid-May when the NACAC space available list is published. Someone will surely post it here at CC.</p>

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<p>I think you will be fine, but why didn’t you simply check the box and apply to UCSD, UCSB, etc?</p>

<p>It’s a single application.</p>

<p>Why go to Wisconsin or Washington if you could go to UCSD at in-state tuition?</p>

<p>To give you some real stats, my son, out of state, got into UCLA and UNC with a 2300
SAT, 34 ACT, and a 3.7 gpa, but did not get into Berkeley.</p>

<p>So I would say you will probably get into UNC.</p>

<p>He didn’t have much in the way of ECs though.</p>