help me find a safty. thx.^.^

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm an international student from China applying this year.
so right now on my list there are:</p>

<p>Reach:
Yale University
Williams College
Columbia University</p>

<p>Match:
Georgetown University
Wellesley College
Pomona College
Claremont McKenna College</p>

<p>except for CMC, I am pretty sure about the rest.</p>

<p>right now I just need one safety University, so can any one recommend me some? I guess you can pretty much guess what kind of school I am looking for based on my list..hehe</p>

<p>Academic would be the most important factor. I'm interested in economics, political science, environment, etc. so basically social science. So I am looking for a college that has strong eco&political science departments.</p>

<p>the college preferablly should locate either in the northeast, such as in the new england, or West such as Califonia. I don't really wanna go to the South. I do like suburban/urban setting, so it'd be better if it is near big cities like LA, New York, Chicago and the D.C. </p>

<p>I like middle-sized or small universities. </p>

<p>My councelor suggested Boston University, Northwestern University and University of Virginia. </p>

<p>Any suggestion is greatly appreciated! Thank you!</p>

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<p>sorry it should be “safety” in the title.</p>

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<p>Pomona, which tavkes under 15%, is not a match for any student. </p>

<p>If you are a full pay student and have the stats for these schools, BU would be a good safety.</p>

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<p>Hum…if Georgetown University, Wellesley College or Pomona College are your matches, then you should consider Rochester, Trinity Collgee and Brandeis as your safeties.</p>

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<p>Do you need any financial aid? If so, NONE of these are Matches. They are all Reaches, and your Safety is in your own country.</p>

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<p>Also be aware that Columbia is not need-blind for internationals.</p>

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<p>I don’t need any money;</p>

<p>and I’m doing the British A-levels so there are some other schools in the UK that I know I can 90% get in as they only concern the grades;</p>

<p>thank you guys for your suggestions!</p>

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<p>Good luck with Pomona as your match, mate.</p>

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<p>Williams is not near any big city. Smith College would be a good safety, but it’s not near a big city either.</p>

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<p>You have Wellesley on the list, so I assume you’re female. Definitely check out Barnard, the (less selective) sister school to Columbia in NYC.</p>

<p>And Pomona, slightly MORE selective than Williams, is definitely a reach. You should reconsider Williams anyway because it’s in the middle of nowhere in a nonexistent town (which, by the way, has no Chinese food in walking distance, if that matters to you).</p>

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<p>If you like Wellesley, you might like Bryn Mawr. It is in a suburban setting in easy travel distance to downtown Philadelphia.</p>