<p>ARoseamongWeeds: Though I don’t really like the term “safety schools” for boarding school, because honestly you should apply to schools that you would absolutely love to go to, I understand what you are asking. I don’t know why you have gotten the responses you have, I’m sorry. CC is research, and it is a great tool, so don’t stop using it because of this thread! I don’t think you can link your ability to be independent at boarding school with the fact you just need a little help with finding schools. Yes, searching through CC to find a similar thread is probably better than creating one, but it really shouldn’t upset that many people. Back to the subject, go to boardingschoolreview and there is an option to sort schools by SAT score. Find ones that have a pretty good range, look them up and see if there is anything about them that stands out to you. Keep doing this until you compile a pretty good list. Then choose the option that allows you to compare them by admissions rate, and see where all the schools fall into place. I’m not sure how competitive an applicant you are, but just check out the admissions rates to see which ones seem “safety” to you. Hope this helps, and don’t get discouraged. I in fact picked up a new school to apply to, just a couple days ago, because someone put in a good word about it and I went researching. Turns out they accepted a common app that I had already done, and it was no problem just to add it to my list! And I’m glad I did!</p>