<p>Purdue is one sure shot safety if you have SATs >2000.</p>
<p>@ poly:
UT Austin is EXTREMELY difficult to get into for OOS/internationals. Texas has this law which says that UT must admit every in-state student who's ranked in the top 10% of his graduating high school class. In recent years it filled >90% of its incoming class just with this law. So there's only 10% left for OOS and internationals. It's definitely not a safety. </p>
<p>@tetris: you have hundreds of safeties in the USA... what exactly are you looking for in terms of size, location, etc.?</p>
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NYU is too selective to be considered a safety, even though tetris is asking for no aid.
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That depends on the school. Stern is selective; General Studies (First Year in Florence) is not very selective.</p>
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<li>a maximum of 7000-8000 students</li>
<li>extremely laid-back student body, no cut-throat competition</li>
<li>people want to learn for the sake of learning</li>
<li>no core, or lax, easily fulfilled distribution requirements</li>
<li>smart folks who are intellectual, not pretentious, and like to have some good, sober fun (like watching movies, going to concert, hanging out and just talking, goofing off, trying something wacky, playing a sport...you get the idea). However, I wouldn't mind the occasional party (once a week would suit me just fine)</li>
<li>no pressure to drink/do drugs at parties</li>
<li>no/non-dominant Greek scene</li>
<li>accessible professors (pleeeease, no TA's as far as possible!)</li>
<li>easily available research opportunities</li>
<li>good programs in bio</li>
<li>preferably located in the northeast or out west</li>
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<p>I am a little bit confused. Do you want no core requirements but would be fine with easily fulfilled distribution requirements? Or do you want no core or distribution requirements at all? The latter would only leave you with a handful of colleges... Brown, Amherst, Grinnell, Smith for all I know, there might be a couple more.</p>
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Do you want no core requirements but would be fine with easily fulfilled distribution requirements?
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<p>Exactly what I meant. Sorry, it's a bit ambiguously worded</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr meets every single one of your criteria and it would fall into the safety category :D</p>
<p>^ some inside joke that I don't get?</p>
<p>tetris, Lafayette, Villanova & Lehigh came to my mind. I don't know about the social scene there though, and also I don't know what their curriuculums (curricula?) look like. But I think you'll get into all of them and they're pretty decent academically (and Lehigh looks gorgeous :)) AND they are in The Great State of Pennsylvania. :p</p>
<p>Ah, but I would find an all-women's college a bit weird :).</p>
<p>@Rister: No inside joke over here :D. OK I will check out those schools.</p>
<p>BTW, what about Macalester? I would also be a recruited athlete there.</p>
<p>Or what about University of Rochester? Fantastic bio program, they've got...</p>
<p>Anyone? Anyone at all?</p>
<p>Awwww :( (10 char)</p>
<p>Oh, for the love of god, does no one want to reply?</p>
<p>No idea here. Why not check out the specific university's page here?</p>
<p>is U of R a safety for students with your stats? (i don't know the college or it's selectivity). if yes, you're in as well.</p>
<p>Yay, nice! :)</p>
<p>But the problem is, I don't know how good U of R is in other fields. If I do end up changing major...</p>
<p>Do you know any good, well-rounded, mid-size universities which might be safeties? (With Brown being the definition of the perfect university :D)
Wesleyan sounds great, but I definitely wouldn't consider it a safety.</p>
<p>Just check the website of U of R for more information. The university has one of the best campus settings in US. It is beautiful. The university also has a pretty good reputation.</p>
<p>or you could try to canadian schools which are way cheaper !!</p>