How Much of A Safety is TOO Much of a Safety?

[ucbalumnus]

@N's Mom

The other ‘safety’ is being willing to take a gap year and reapply if you don’t get in where you want to go. That’s what happens when your safety is too much of a safety or conversely, isn’t safe enough.

Some students’ safety plan is to do their first two years at an inexpensive open admission community college, then transfer to a state university to complete their bachelor’s degrees.