<p>Consider Colgate</p>
<p>penn state university park is my safety (got in already), and i really wouldnt mind going there, loved it when i visited</p>
<p>Q: Is There Such A Thing As A Dream Safety?
A: Yes.</p>
<p>If you fall in love with a school that is easy to get into, it's a dream safety. For example, my friend just got into his no. 1 choice. He applied ED to a tiny school (west coast) w/ a 92% acceptance rate for ED applicants. There's nowhere he'd rather go, making this school a dream safety.</p>
<p>Oh, i used to live in state college, pa ckmets!! What did you think of the school? Since 2001, i think they made of lot of campus changes, but the library really is awesome :)</p>
<p>It was my second favorite out of the schools I visited, which included
Duke (my favorite, i applied ED)
MIT
Harvard
Brown
Cornell
Hopkins
BC but just driving through
and PSU</p>
<p>What are your interests, ckmets?? did you meet mr. shreiber (he used to be a professor when i was there)?</p>
<p>CCers are horrible at reccomending safeties? Colgate? Bucknell? Trinity? Brandeis?!! (That last one deserved two exclamation points!)</p>
<p>Don't lie to the girl. If she needs a safety, I don't want her to sleep on her pillow with Colgate as her safety only to get waitlisted.
As a match/safety, I would suggest Lewis & Clark College in Portland</p>
<p>Now safeties for you. If I were you, my dream safety with your stats would be:
[ul]
[<em>] University of San Diego (beautiful)
[</em>] Loyola College in Maryland (gorgeous, gorgeous!)
[<em>] University of San Francisco
[</em>] Willamette University (Salem, OR)
[li] University of Puget Sound (this school is just so pretty & peaceful, it's scary, quaintest city in America, wasn't the Truman Show filmed in Tacoma?)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Anyways, one of those five schools is bound to be a fitting safety for you, if not, I would always be fine settling with UC-Santa Cruz, I love UC-Santa Cruz, damn, why'd I move to Boston, my public univ. options suck like...)</p>
<p>Yeah, Brandeis and Colgate may be a reach, not a safety, but consider Hollins U.</p>
<p>Cre8tive1 - Lol, thank you for your concern about Colgate!</p>
<p>i didnt meet any professors while i was there since i didnt have that much time</p>
<p>im interested in chemistry, physics, and meteorology (which i know they are top 3 in)</p>
<p>colgate can be a safety, but not to someone with only above average stats</p>
<p>If you major in chemistry, then you're probably going to get Mr. Runt (if he's still there), ckmets.</p>
<p>He's an awesome teacher!!</p>
<p>Oh, I certainly agree in dream safeties. Santa Clara was my safety, and I prefer that school far above the other schools on my list like USC. USD is supposed to be a pretty lovely campus and it's a safety for you.</p>
<p>thesettlingsounds - I agree with Santa Clara (in fact, I live just a couple of miles away from the school); and I'll be sure to look into USD.</p>
<p>Miami University (Ohio)
-its public, but you wouldn't think so
-you wil get your monies worth on this one
-over 1/3 the students are from out of state (actually a good number from CA)
-very strong academically
-one of the prettiest campuses in the country, with lots of green quads
-Cincinnati is fairly close</p>
<p>I would consider it a match/safety in regards to your stats.
<a href="http://www.muohio.edu%5B/url%5D">www.muohio.edu</a></p>
<p>I would say look at U of Tulsa. Also U of Santa Clara and Rhodes College.</p>
<p>I would check out Villanova U outside Phila., Loyola in MD (already mentioned) and Marist College in NY. All are in nice areas, near to urban.</p>
<p>why does it have to be private?</p>
<p>definitely look into allegheny. you would get in, and although it's a small LAC, it's known for the sciences.</p>