Good Safety Schools for Me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am currently looking at Georgetown, WashU and UPenn heavily, but of course everyone needs safety schools and I'm a bit stumped. I'm looking at GW for a safety/match school... any other suggestions?</p>

<p>Stats:
UW GPA: 3.86
W GPA: 4.6
Class Rank: 32/650 (about 5%)
SAT: 2100 (CR: 700 M:700 W:700)
(Will retake SATs and take SAT IIs)</p>

<p>Senior Sched:
BC Calc AP
Enviro Sci AP
Span V AP
Econ H/Gov AP
Eng IV AP
Eng Lang AP
Will take a Hebrew class for credit out of school</p>

<p>ECs:
Member of North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) 2004-2008
Communications Vice President of local temple youth group (part of NFTY) 06-07
Programming Vice President of local temple youth group (NFTY) 07-08
Historian of NFTY Region 07-08
Attended NFTY Leadership Camp Summer 2006
Camp Counselor at JCC Day Camp Summer 2007
SPENT SEMESTER IN ISRAEL SPRING 2007
NHS
Spanish Honor Society
Had jobs since sophomore year
150+ Hours of Community Service</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>Major?
Region of the country?
Size?</p>

<p>I would assume that you're an IR major, preferring to be on the east coast, at a medium sized university. True? What do you want?</p>

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<p>Anywhere location, ideally near a city, 5-15k kids usually. Possible IR/languages major but not totally sure.</p>

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<p>other thoughts?</p>

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<p>These should all be matches
USC, Brandeis, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin Madison, Boston College, University of Washington</p>

<p>The public schools I listed are obviously pretty large. Maybe William and Mary.</p>

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<p>GW is a very good choice as a safety. I don't think that you will have a problem there. Look at Boston University, NYU, U Rochester as other safe/match schools.</p>

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<p>Worried Student, those state schools might be a bit too big for the OP. I mean, at any given moment, there are typically 40,000 people on campus. That wouldn't be right for someone asking for a maximum of 15,000.</p>

<p>Brandeis, USC, and Boston College would be good though. </p>

<p>I'll also recommend American, University of Miami, Tufts, Georgetown, etc.</p>

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<p>Then there's Syracuse, Tulane, James Madison, William & Mary....</p>

<p>Of the ones I posted, American, Miami, James Madison, and Syracuse would all be safety-ish.</p>