<p>How many did you apply to? Which ones, and why?</p>
<p>Pro tip: don’t</p>
<p>Jesus, that’s nearly $1,000 in application fees alone. Why on Earth would anybody do that?</p>
<p>I imagine I will unless I get in early decision somewhere. If I don’t apply to a lot of safeties I won’t get in anywhere. That’s just how my luck tends to work. There are plenty of colleges without application fees.</p>
<p>Are you serious?</p>
<p>I’m sure you’re stats aren’t that bad?</p>
<p>Trying to narrow my list from 7 or so</p>
<p>@halcyonheather: A school isn’t considered a safety unless you’re virtually certain you’ll get in. You should only have one safety, maybe two at the most.</p>
<p>EDIT: There was a sticky somewhere on here that has a great list of colleges that either auto-admit based on stats or were otherwise really great safety schools for those aiming at top colleges. I’ll see if I can find it for you.</p>
<p>That would be great if you could post that</p>
<p>Yup I did about 18. Here’s the list:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
UCLA
Columbia University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Tufts University
University of Michigan
Carnegie Mellon University
Princeton University
Northwestern University
UChicago
Georgia Tech
Rensselaer Polytech.
Worcester Polytech.
Case Western Reserve University
MIT
SUNY Stony Brook
Yale University</p>
<p>Why did I do so many? Because my parents were alright with the application fees, and I felt the need to “shoot a wide net” because I want to get into one of my reach schools.</p>
<p>I don’t see how I can be virtually certain of getting in anywhere unless it sucks and doesn’t have the classes I want to take. OSU is my favorite safety right now and even they reject like 35% of everyone who applies.</p>
<p>Basically, I’m planning to apply early decision to somewhere that I feel I have a decent chance of being accepted to. Not Ivy League or anything. I’ll do everything in my power to get accepted there - interviews, five hundred years on the essay, everything. And if I don’t get in I can be fairly certain that I suck, and that will give me a reason to apply to a million schools so I don’t have to go to community college and transfer, because transfer admissions are even worse.</p>
<p>I have a friend who applied to 21!</p>
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<p>Insecure much? I can assure that you will gain acceptance into at least one of your safeties.</p>
<p>Yes, and I think I have reason to be. Look at the competition.</p>