<p>I have cal and chicago as safeties.</p>
<p>if those don't count... then I guess I don't have any :P</p>
<p>lost: Chicago and Cal are NOT safeties. No way. Just no way. Not that I have any safeties. I applied Georgetown EA and UChicago EA.</p>
<p>If I was facing two deferrals/rejections, THEN I would have flipped out and applied to Michigan, UNC-CH, and UVA. Luckily, I've already gotten into Georgetown, so NO safeties for me. This might not be the wisest thing, but I think it served my purposes (capping application expenses).</p>
<p>but UVA and UNCH are not safeties for anyone unless they live instate~ </p>
<p>got U of Alabama, and U of Georgia for safety schools</p>
<p>I got in to Evergreen State w/a 3k merit scholarship last week, so yeah I've got at least one for sure.</p>
<p>And because I'm in the top 4% UC Santa Cruz is a sure bet. They probably can't guarantee me Cal though, obviously :-P, but I like SC a lot anyway so it doesn't matter too much to me.</p>
<p>case western reserve university.</p>
<p>i'm from cleveland, i've done research in their physics department, and i'm currently taking classes there as a post-secondary student. pretty good safety, i think.</p>
<p>I didn't really have a definite safety, but its ok now because I got accepted into 3 places already...</p>
<p>cal is a safety if you are in state. Chicago is also a safety if we are talking UIC and not the private college that is on par with the Ivys and where fun goes to die.</p>
<p>okay... I guess just cal then</p>
<p>It is sad when your safety's are my dream schools and I probably would never get into any of them.</p>
<p>dank08 - I hear you, man. I'm dream goal that I'm shooting for is Cal, and people here are calling it a safety? Yikes, you must be INSANELY GOOD to be able to call Cal your safety. I don't know anyone that has gotten an ELC letter from Cal.</p>
<p>My safeties:
Cal Poly - SLO
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara</p>
<p>Rest:
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego</p>
<p>Still have to apply to Caltech/UOP though (Though I'm not really expecting to get into them; I'm just applying because I'm curious, but they're definetly out of my league).</p>
<p>yeah, no kidding. I'm in-state ELC and I certainly don't think of Cal as a safety. Basically only the valedictorian and a few other people from my school each year get in there. Perhaps some of you out-of-staters are underestimating how huge and academically competitive California is? Or maybe it's just arrogance...don't know.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt was my safety... that probably dosen't count, right? I would enlist in the Navy before I went to any of my state schools (Clemson, University of South Carolina, etc... <em>shudder</em>)</p>
<p>U of Michigan is my safety; got accepted just yesterday!!!!</p>
<p>Community college of course.</p>
<p>Bunch of Canadian schools for me: </p>
<p>University of TOronto
Carleton University
University of Western Ontario
McGill University</p>
<p>Dream Schools:
American University or University of Miami... plzzz get me into one of these!!</p>
<p>The schools I applied to:</p>
<p>U of Arizona (Honors with 10k scholarship)
U of Pittsburgh (Honors with schol. pending)
Elon U (EA)
George Mason U (EA)
William and Mary
UVA</p>
<p>Basically I like all the those schools and have been told they are all safties for me. Getting early admissions into a college is really a good idea. ED can be good but since it locks you in you might regret it.</p>
<p>Don't go to Elon. My sis is a sophomore there. There is nothing to do on campus and the classes are way too easy (they do power points). She is not a genius by any means, but it is bad enough that she is transferring to UIUC next year. Almost everyone she hung out with from her dorm transferred after their freshman year.</p>
<p>mine are Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan, University of Illinois at Chicago</p>
<p>Hope it all works out!</p>
<p>My safety was the University of Texas at Austin - and I was accepted yesterday.</p>
<p>One thing that's true in the US is that the quality of state schools varies quite a bit. We're fortunate in Indiana to have both IU Bloomington and Purdue. Generally, in state schools make good safeties as they tend to favor in state students and admissions are fairly predictable based on GPA and SATs. The cost is often fairly reasonable with in-state tuition and perhaps some merit aid. If your state lacks a good state school choice, though, it makes choosing a safety a bit more challenging.</p>