I need safeties!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have my list of reaches and matches to apply to, but I have only one safety. Based on my stats, are there any colleges in the mid-atlantic or new england regions (including VA and WV) you reccomend as good safeties? Thanks!</p>

<p>My current list:</p>

<p>Reaches: Brown University, Williams College, Georgetown University, Barnard College, Wellesley College</p>

<p>Matches: Gettysburg College, Bryn Mawr College, Mt. Holyoke College</p>

<p>Safety: St. Mary's College of Maryland</p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>GPA:4.0 unweighted; 5.23 weighted
SAT: 670 math, 700 critical reading, 720 writing
SAT IIs: History-720
Junior Yr. Ap’s: History, English Language, Environmental Science, US Government
Senior Yr: English Literature, Spanish 6, Economics, Statistics, Psychology</p>

<p>Major: Political Science, Women’s Studies</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-Key Club (vice president next year; 9, 10, 11, and 12)
-SADD (10, 11, 12)
-Big Sister (11)
-Class Steering Committee (10, 11, 12)
-National Honor Society (executive board; Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital Coordinator; gr. 11, 12)
-Spanish National Honor Society (11, 12)
-Environmental Science (10, 12)
-Young Democrats (president next year; 11, 12)
-Model United Nations (10, 11, 12)
-Princeton Model Congress (10, 11, 12)
-Student Court (coordinator; 10, 11, 12)
-Student Government Association (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

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<p>James Madison University in Virginia.</p>

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<p>washington and lee</p>

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<p>Addicted, Take a look at Skidmore, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, Vassar, Hamilton and Smith. Not sure if they are safeties or matches, but they are all what I would classify as "less selectives".</p>

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<p>you have similar stats to me, I'm looking at Boston University as a safety</p>

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<p>momrath's suggestions were good. You might also want to look at the women's colleges in VA-- Sweet Briar, Randolf-Macon, Hollins. Some others that pop to mind that might be good would be Dickinson, Connecticut College, Clark, and UMass-Amherst.</p>

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<p>check out College of Wooster (OH). . . maybe Earlham (IN)</p>

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<p>Mary Washington</p>

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UMass-Amherst

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<p>Huh? Why on god's green earth would somebody from a state with a good public university (U. Maryland, College Park) want to pay out of state tuition at UMass-Amherst?</p>

<p>That suggestion makes no sense to me at all.</p>

<p>With a few notable exceptions, going to somebody else's state university is a bad value, both from an admissions standpoint and a cost standpoint. Especially when the out-of-state U. isn't even considered to be particularly good.</p>

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<p>How the crap does one get over a 5. GPA? Are your APs 6.?</p>

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<p>I'm checking again, and I still can't see where it says that she's from Maryland... just because she's applying to St. Mary's?</p>