Can You Have Too Many Safeties...?

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<p>So on all these chances threads, everyone is all "make sure to have safeties, safeties, & safeties!"</p>

<p>But can there ever be too many safeties?</p>

<p>The reason I ask is because looking at my list of colleges I'm applying to, I have around 7 safeties... which in my opinion might maybe be a little excessive.</p>

<p>Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>Unless you are looking for the best merit aid package, usually you only need 1 or 2 safeties just in case everything else failed.</p>

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<p>If they are truly safeties then you probably don’t need 7. If you can find 2-3 schools that you would be happy attending and that are a good match for your stats, then there is really no need to spend the application money to apply to 7. It’s not really a problem to have extra safeties, but if you select them well, you might as well save the application money for something else.</p>

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<p>I’ll probably end up applying to 4 or 5 safeties. If your top choices don’t work out, it’s nice to have a good amount of choices left over.</p>

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<p>Since they are safeties, you should actually make the choice before application unless you are comparing financial aids.</p>

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<p>there’s nothing wrong with liking colleges where you’re sure to get in :)</p>