<p>I've been told to apply to 1-2 "safeties" 1-3 "good match" and 1-2 "reach."</p>
<p>My stats:</p>
<p>GPA UW: 4.0
GPA W 4.88
SATR: 800 SATM: 800 SATW:800
SAT II Math2: 800 SAT II BIO: 800 SAT II History: 800 SAT II LIT: 800
AP Chem : 5 AP Calc : 5 AP Phys 5 AP Euro: 5 AP EngLit: 5 AP Bio: 5</p>
<p>ECs: Varsity Baseball, pitcher and captain, CIF Champs '08
Habitat for Humanity, National Charity League, Amnesty International,
Young Republicans, Greenpeace, Club for Growth, ACLU, NRA
First Chair Violin, Performed at Carnegie Hall</p>
<p>Co-author, journal article published in Letters in Applied Physics
Holder of 2 patents. Creator of Physics blog website with 50K visits per month, and 200K unique visitors.</p>
<p>Safeties: El Camino College, Colorado School of Mines
Good Match: East Appalachian State, Bethune Cookman
Reach: Cal State Chico, Middle Tennessee State</p>
<p>I am wondering if you think I should add more safeties to the list?</p>
<p>A little heavy-handed for a spoof. The EC list could be clever, but suffers from overkill. Things almost always stop being funny after 3 repetitions of the gag.</p>
<p>If you have identified one true safety where you are absolutely guaranteed admission based on your stats, and that you can absolutely be certain you can pay for with nothing more than federal financial aid, and where you are reasonably certain that you can be happy, you can stop looking for safeties. Do either of your current safeties meet these criteria? If not, keep looking.</p>