Can someone recommend some safety schools for me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi guys, it's time for me to finalize my college list, but I still feel as though I could use another safety or two. To put it into perspective, I'm applying Cornell ED and my GC thinks I have a reasonable shot at admittance. I consider some of my safety schools to be Wisconsin (oos) and SUNY Binghamton, but if someone could recommend another one that would be great. Criteria I'm looking for include: good business program, and somewhere in the northeast, if possible.</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2100 (CR 670, M 720, W 710) Single sitting
SAT 2's: USH 750, will take math Oct. 1
GPA UW: N/A
GPA W: 96/100
Rank: School doesn't rank but likely top 10% and definitely top 15%
Senior Schedule: AP Micro, AP Macro, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Environmental, SUPA English (college credit), SUPA Spanish (college credit), College Accounting
Past AP's: APUSH(4), AP World(4), AP Physics B(3), AP Lang(5)
Overall very rigorous course-load with only a couple of exceptions
Awards: DECA 1st in states, 4th at nationals; AP Scholar w/ Honor</p>

<p>EC's:
Model UN (9,10,11,12)-President, DECA (10,11,12)- Vice President, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society
Internship w/ Local Politician this summer
Well over 200 hours volunteering at my religious school (tutored foreign language)
Various other smaller things (i.e. SKYWARN w/ National Weather Service)</p>

<p>I feel as though my rec's and essays will be quite good.</p>

<p>Personal:
Ethnicity: White
State: NY
School: VERY competitive Public, sends many grads to Ivy's/top schools
Income: Unknown</p>

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<p>A safety must be a school that you are certain to be admitted to, and which you are certain to be able to afford (admission with insufficient financial aid is effectively like rejection).</p>

<p>Figure out what you can afford, and try putting “cost of attendance” and “financial aid estimator” in each school’s search box. Most publics give little or no aid to out-of-state students (though Virginia and North Carolina supposedly do).</p>

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<p>Thanks for the quick reply! I have already taken into account financial considerations, and at this time, I am solely looking for academic safety schools.</p>

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<p>I have already taken into account financial considerations,</p>

<p>Oh good, so does that mean that your parents will pay for wherever you want to go?</p>

<p>BTW…I think Cornell is a reach for you. Cornell doesn’t use W (I don’t think) and your M+CR is sub 1400…and you’re from NY. </p>

<p>Wisconsin is not in the NE.</p>

<p>What about Fordham or Villanova?</p>

<p>edited to add Cornell’s middle quartiles</p>

<p>SAT Critical Reading: 640 - 730<br>
SAT Math: 670 - 770<br>
SAT Writing: - </p>

<p>So, the top quartile probably has a 1500 M+CR.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply! Yes, I agree that Cornell is a bit of a reach for me, but I’m applying to ILR, which is slightly easier. Also, I understand that Wisconsin isn’t in the northeast, I would just prefer to be in the northeast is all. Finally, I would rather not attend any religious based school, my fault for not mentioning that originally. I appreciate the suggestions, though!</p>

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<p>Some safeties:
University of Pittsburgh
Penn State
Indiana
Babson
BU
Bentley
Syracuse
Northeastern
University of Maryland</p>

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<p>That’s a decent looking list, I may look into Maryland or Northeastern. Thanks! Any others?</p>

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<p>

I can’t add anything until I figure out what this means. Can you clarify OP?</p>

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<p>Basically, don’t take the price into consideration when recommending a school. Cost is not a factor.</p>

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<p>Take a look at the various SUNY schools.</p>

<p>Be careful about using schools which list “demonstrated interest” as a factor in admissions (in their common data sets) as safeties. Such schools may reject applicants who appear to be using them as safety applications, since the schools want to keep their yield rates high.</p>

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<p>This is not a safety school, but CMU has a great Business program. Just so that you are aware…Cornell & CMU have huge amounts of homework…heard from parents whose D’s both went to Cornell and the other to Harvard that Cornell had way more work to do.</p>

<p>Newuser2011 has a great list-</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the responses! I am actually applying to CMU, but obviously it’s not a safety. In terms of the SUNY Schools, Binghamton is the only one that really strikes me as having a respectable business program, to be honest. Of course, I’ll keep the “demonstrated interest” thing in mind, when selecting schools. Thanks again everyone!</p>

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<p>What about some midwest schools like Miami U or Indiana which both have good business programs?</p>

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<p>I know that Fordham is Jesuit, but it’s hardly religious. lol </p>

<p>I’m sure a lot of atheists/agnostics do fine there.</p>

<p>Ok…so back to non-relig…</p>

<p>I don’t see you at a SUNY, but there are options there. </p>

<p>I agree that you should consider IU-Kelley…even if not NE. and, yes, to Syracuse. </p>

<p>UConn?</p>

<p>What about PSU or OSU? Not NE either, but not too far away. </p>

<p>Why are you limiting to NE (but UW is ok)?</p>

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<p>Indiana was actually on my list, and I don’t mean to sound pretentious, but I don’t necessarily see myself fitting in with the typical Indiana caliber student. I don’t mean to offend anyone who goes to the school, and I’m sure the business school does attract some very good students, but the school on a whole is rather lackluster. If someone can convince me otherwise, I’d be open to it though…
Also, the Northeast is really just a preference, not a necessity. I suppose I’ll consider PSU/ Pitt since both have decent business programs. As for Fordham, the location isn’t prime either, to be honest, so I’ll leave that off the list.
Sorry if I’m being too picky, thanks again, though!</p>

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<p>Yeah, we liked CMU’s campus when we visited, and it’s proximity to the city, but still a very green campus space. Did you look at Lehigh? Supposed to have a strong Business program there…very hilly campus…if that matters to you-</p>

<p>CMU
Lehigh
Wake Forest
URichmond</p>

<p>Those schools are known for very strong Business programs
Nice size student population @3,000-5,000 undergrads</p>

<p>Cornell we found way too big, however if you are applying ED then it must appeal to you!</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if this would be much of a safety for you… NYU? The Stern business program is very reputable and Babson College.
I think Binghampton, Bentley, and Fordham would be good safeties for you…
I suggest you look at the businessweek ratings of the american universities with the best business programs ([Business</a> School Rankings and Profiles: EMBA, Executive Education, MBA, Part-time MBA, Distance MBA](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)).
The list for the Northeast is:
20 Babson College
NC Baruch College (Zicklin)
32 Bentley University
37 Binghamton University
16 Boston College (Carroll)
31 Boston University
55 Bryant University
NR Clarkson University
5 Cornell University (Dyson)
70 Drexel University (LeBow)
NC Fairfield University (Dolan)
52 Fordham University
NR Hofstra University (Zarb)
NR Iona College (Hagan)
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)
NC New York Institute of Technology
15 New York University (Stern)
38 Northeastern University
NC Pace University (Lubin)
91 Quinnipiac University
43 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally)
NR Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders)
NC Sacred Heart University (Welch)
NC St. John Fisher College (Bittner)
69 St. Joseph’s University (Haub)
NR State University of New York - Geneseo
NC State University of New York - New Paltz
NC Suffolk University (Sawyer)
47 Syracuse University (Whitman)
82 University at Buffalo
NR University of Connecticut
72 University of Massachusetts - Amherst (Isenberg)
NR University of Massachusetts - Boston
NC University of Massachusetts - Lowell
NC University of New Hampshire (Whittemore)
NC University of Southern Maine
104 University of Vermont
NC Western New England College
NR Worcester Polytechnic Institute</p>

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<p>Yes, I did actually look at Lehigh and I’m applying there (though I wasn’t enamored with the campus, a bit dark for me) but it isn’t quite a safety for me. Richmond is certainly a school I’ll look into. Also, thanks so much for that list, cricket. I think I may apply to Northeastern as a safety. Regarding NYU, I don’t think I would have much of a problem getting into arts and sciences, but Stern is a whole other ballgame. Stern is likely a reach for me, so we’ll see. In any case, I really appreciate all of these suggestions!</p>

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<p>Best of Luck! :)</p>

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<p>Indiana was actually on my list, and I don’t mean to sound pretentious, but I don’t necessarily see* myself fitting in with the typical Indiana caliber student.** I don’t mean to offend anyone who goes to the school, and I’m sure the business school does attract some very good students, but the school on a whole is rather lackluster. If someone can convince me otherwise, *</p>

<p>What does that mean? You have a 1390 M+CR…that’s good, but not spectacular. Certainly those in Kelley have similar or higher stats.</p>