Best Safety Schools In America!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am looking at a lot of places, but I have not really started looking for a 'safety' school. What are some really good possible 'safety' schools that anybody knows of, for any reason (academics, quality of life etc.)?</p>

<p>The following is a super-truncated form of my resume, for reference.
Top 20% of graduating class
Eagle Scout
2340 SAT
President of Latin Club
Top 5 Quiz Bowl Teams in Nation
HSAPQ Texas All-Star Quiz Bowl Selectee
4 years in a row of Summa Cum Laude on NLE
Taken like a million AP courses etc.</p>

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<p>What do you want to major in first of all…?</p>

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<p>ah, that would have been a good thing to specify.</p>

<p>I am really not sure. Social Science, english, psych etc.</p>

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<p>University of Wisconsin-Madison?</p>

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<p>And what do you want in:</p>

<p>Size of school?</p>

<p>Type of school?</p>

<p>Location? city? suburban? rural?</p>

<p>Do you need automatic merit money so the school is not only an academic safety but also a financial one?</p>

<p>Students with stats like yours often (but not always) use an in-state flagship as a safety. What state are you in? Are you in a state where the flagship would be a match instead of a safety? Are you willing to go to your state flagship?</p>

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<p>What type of schools are you looking for (Liberal Arts Colleges or Big universities)?
In what area?
What majors are you looking at?
Do you need financial aid?
Are you a guy or a girl (would you consider single-sex institutions?)?</p>

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<p>as for school size and the urban/rural thing, I really have no preference. It depends entirely on the campus (I would take a nice rural campus over an ugly urban one any day and vice versa)</p>

<p>I am a boy in texas, and I know I will need some/ a lot of financial aid. But schools in texas are out of the question; I am desperate to leave this place.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you consider some of the top 50 liberal arts colleges, most are very good about financial aid. Maybe Williams, Swathmore although this are not safeties…more like Bowdoin, Colby, Hamilton, Colgate?</p>

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<p>Yeah I have looked through that whole list. I have definitely considered a lot of those, I just sort of feel uneasy about the possible presumptousness/arrogance affected by putting a place like bowdoin or colby as a safety school</p>

<p>But that’s really good advice! Thank you!</p>

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<p>If you weren’t so determined to leave Texas, I would say Rice would be a good pick. Look at Tulane and Wake Forest.</p>

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<p>Your state flagship. Early action programs at moderately to very selective colleges like U Chicago and Georgetown; if you get in, there you go. NYU (not financial safety…but they do like high-scorers).</p>

<p>Edit: Waitwaitwait are you one of the people with four perfects on the NLE? Me too! Woah, I’ve never actually met another one before. Congrats!!</p>

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<p>Yeah I know what you mean metaphy, but you have pretty good stats and overall I think you have a pretty decent shot to even the top 30 LACS. But If you want to be real safe maybe UT or TSU (if you had not ruled out Texas completely) or University of Oklahoma (just thought about it cause it’s near Texas, sorry!).</p>

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<p>Good advice guys! Yeah I know that I would go for UT or Rice in any other circumstances, but I’ve spent the past four years dancing (metaphorically, I am no dancer) between those two campuses and I am looking for a wholly new experience. </p>

<p>Not to disappoint Lirazel, but I have four years of Summa Cum Laude NLE (missed four questions or less) tests. I only made a perfect score one of those years :P. Kudos to you on your accomplishment though! I’ve read there’s only like 5 of you in the world. </p>

<p>And if it makes a difference, my SAT breaks down thusly: CR – 800, M – 740, W – 800</p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>I don’t think Bowdoin can be considered a safety for you, although I think Colby, Hamilton, Bates, etc. can.</p>

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<p>UT is by far the best Safety school for you, as its cheap, easy for you to get into, and very nice.</p>

<p>If you’re looking to get out of the State, I figure a good Safety is either a place with a great location for what you want to do, or a place with inexpensive tuition. For the tuition, some great places for you might be Alabama or Maine, depending on how far out of the South you’d like to get, both of which offer guaranteed scholarships for your stats.</p>

<p>You could also try middle-tier state schools that would give you some good money for merit. Places like New College of Florida, University of Minnesota, University of Washington, or even seeing what sorts of merit money you could get at a UWisconsin or UIUC.</p>

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<p>

U Washington is a terrible place to look for merit aid. This is especially true from out of state.</p>

<p>UT would be a good option if a) you can get in (I know the top x% rule complicates things) and b) you like it somewhat. A&M is also a good school. If getting out of state is essential, I second the recommendation of U Minnesota and would add U Iowa.</p>

<p>Texas is a big state. Have you spent time in Austin? College Station? Houston?</p>

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<p>Look at this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=automatic[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html?highlight=automatic&lt;/a&gt;
If you are a NMF there is a similar thread on the FA forum from Keilexandra listing good NMF scholarships.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross-very good LAC with strong Classics major(Latin program). HC has nice campus 1 hour from Boston. The school is a smaller version of Georgetown but easier to gain admission.</p>

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<p>You could probably get a presidential scholarship at Auburn; one of my friends chose that over the University of Chicago</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley and U of Michigan are good safety schools for you.</p>