Looking for a safety school?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for an East Coast safety school that has a Political Science program that is at least respectable. </p>

<p>GPA: UW - 3.02
W - 3.28</p>

<p>SAT: CR - 660
M - 680
W - 640</p>

<p>ACT: E - 34
S - 30
M - 30
R - 34
Comp - 32
My lowest "safety" so far is George Mason University in Virginia. I'm looking for one that is more secure. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>What can you afford to pay?</p>

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<p>Your SAT & ACT scores are quite good- you could get merit $ to American in DC, definitely in at VA Tech, nice little school is Bridgewater College (VA)</p>

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<p>livesinnewjersey, Virginia Tech is not a safety at all with that GPA. The average gpa these days is more like 3.9.</p>

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<p>[What</a> We Look For | Applying as a Freshman](<a href=“http://www.admiss.vt.edu/apply/freshman/what_do_we_look_for]What”>http://www.admiss.vt.edu/apply/freshman/what_do_we_look_for)
<a href=“http://www.admiss.vt.edu/forms/snapshot.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admiss.vt.edu/forms/snapshot.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>VT isn’t a safety. Unless you’re an athlete, you have to be in those requirements. (If you’re like Vick, they don’t care about your grades.)</p>

<p>Safety-wise, all I could name are ones in Virginia. Longwood is mainly for teaching. They might have a good program. Though the school is in the middle of nowhere. Which may not be for some. And I’m not sure if it’d be a safety or a high possibility match for you.</p>

<p>Umm, Bluefield College and Radford have reputations as safety schools…Not sure about their programs…</p>

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<p>Well, (with a 3.0 GPA and 32 ACT) you are in the auto-merit-scholarship zone for:</p>

<p>Alabama - Birmingham
Alabama - Huntsville
Howard
Louisiana State
Louisiana Tech
Mississippi
Ohio</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Washington & Jefferson College
philadelphia university
Ohio Northern University–a little west on the east coast…has a law school, if that is your end game.</p>