I need another safety, but I don't know where to look!

College Search & Selection
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<p>^ That's my problem right now.</p>

<p>Just a clarification, I'm not looking for my chances, i need a safety. But if you would like to analyze my chances I wouldn't mind.</p>

<p>Here's my list:</p>

<p>Princeton ED
Harvard (don't wanna go there, app fee is worth getting my dad off my back)
Cornell
JHU
CMU
UVa
William and Mary
University of Maryland--College Park</p>

<p>Here are my academic stats:</p>

<p>School is a decent public, not too great. 50% go to 4 year institution, around 20% go to CC, the rest either get a job, join the military, or go to a trade school. Our top students typically goto MIT and Duke</p>

<p>rank 3/477, 760 math, 680 CR, 710 writing, 770 Math Ic, 770 chemistry, 650 US History, taking Bio and Math IIc in October</p>

<p>The hardest courseload possible at my school, 6 APs by the time I graduate, also doing research on an anti-HIV protein at the National Cancer Institute (weird huh? I work for a cancer institute and they stick me in an anti-HIV facility), high chance of first authorship in a nationally known scientific journal.</p>

<p>I also have some pretty good ECs, but I won't waste space unless you all want them.</p>

<p>I want a school that I can definitely get into... I know I can get into my state school (MD) pretty easily, but I want to make sure.</p>

<p>I'm also very flexible in terms of school size and location too... As long as there's fewer than 15,000 undergrads and preferably the school shouldn't be in a large city. Oh, and I'm male, so no all-female schools plz</p>

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<p>GPA?
academic and career interests?</p>

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<p>U Rochester?
UNC-CH?</p>

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<p>if you want to know about princeton PM me, I lived there for 18 years...</p>

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<p>Your list seems pretty balanced. Maybe add some more LACs at the CMU/Mary Washington level. Bucknell? Lafayette? Trinity?</p>

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<p>Brandeis, Tulane?</p>

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<p>How safe are you thinking? Some very safe choices for you: St. Mary's of MD (maybe too small), Lehigh University in PA, Franklin and Marshall in PA, Dickinson College... not sure what sort of school you're looking for.</p>

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<p>Might apply to Duke as a reach/match and add some safeties like Bucknell or Holy Cross. At a school like Holy Cross,might get merit aid or good financial aid.</p>