<p>*I think Iowa State is a safety also. </p>
<p>Alabama isn’t the solution to every problem.*</p>
<p>Well, if ISU would work, then fine. Super…but it’s not known to be “for sure”…yet. You you only “think” it might be a safety. You don’t really know. You don’t have connections to ISU to know that.</p>
<p>I suggested Alabama because I’m 99.99% sure he’d get accepted so I don’t just “think” it might be a safety, I’m nearly positive it will be a safety. Bama is pretty open about what is needed to get accepted IF a student applies before Feb 1st. Mostly because it’s a southern public and still is req’d to be rather open/formula about admissions. </p>
<p>No, I don’t think Alabama is always the solution or is always a safety. For a student who wouldn’t have the means to pay (or stats), I would never recommend it as a “sure thing”. </p>
<p>for this particular student (means to pay, but with a weak GPA), who is rather desperate (parents angry at all of his rejections), he seemed to need a quick acceptance. If he gets his stuff in quickly, he could have an acceptance within a couple of weeks. At least, at that point, he could more comfortably wait and see where else he could get accepted. </p>
<p>I would think that it would be a bit less stressful to wait IF he had at least one acceptance in hand…but maybe you think differently.</p>