Looking for a safety school

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey everyone can you help me find a safety/low-match school please!</p>

<p>Things I'm looking for:</p>

<p>1) Application deadline that has still not passed (of course, I know I'm a bit late but whatever...)</p>

<p>2) A real university (that is, not a small college only)</p>

<p>3) In a big city (think NYC, LA, Chicago, etc)</p>

<p>And it'll be even better if I don't have to write more essays - I've already written a few for my other schools, and I'd like to reuse them or alter them very slightly.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>K.</p>

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<p>Without knowing your statistics, there's no way to determine whether a school is a reach, match or safety. What's a safety for one may be a reach for another.</p>

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<p>Well I consider myself a pretty good applicant.</p>

<p>SAT1: 2170
SAT2: 2270 (3 SAT2s added together)</p>

<p>I'm an international applicant, if that counts. And oh yeah, I applied to Chicago, Columbia already and I will apply to NYU.</p>

<p>I think NYU is sort of a match (low match perhaps) for me.</p>

<p>So I'm looking for some safeties/high-safeties (if those exist lol) in accordance with the above.</p>

<p>Thx.</p>

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<p>What are your main academic interests? Then we could give better recommendations. </p>

<p>Drew University in Madison NJ might be a safety--there is a nearby commuter rail with access to NYC in about half an hour.</p>

<p>Rutgers University--also in NJ not far from NYC.</p>

<p>Fordham Universtiy? or Hofstra University on Long Island--easy commute to NYC.</p>

<p>Boston University, Clark University (possibly Brandeis U as a match) in Boston area</p>

<p>In Washington DC area --American University..</p>

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<p>GPA? Any AP or IB courses? Rank? Do you need financial aid (which can make a big difference for internationals)?</p>

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<p>Drexel University
George Washington University (More of a safe match)
Northeastern University
Temple University
University of Pittsburgh</p>

<p>Large research universities of the rust belt. They're very different, so, depending on what you want to study...</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot guys for teh recommendations. I'm looking at now especially Rutgers, Boston U, and George Washington.</p>

<p>Btw I'm looking to major in Philosophy+Economics. And I'm doing teh full IB diploma, and I would say I'm in the top decile in my class (but no offical rankings). Also, I DO NOT require fin. aid.</p>

<p>Are the above good safeties for me? And also, will I be able to get in my app in time?!</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Raghav K.</p>

<p>PS. if anyone knows any more universities for me which have rolling admissions, please do inform me.</p>

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<p>If you're willing to look in Canada, McGill in Montreal would meet your requirements and the deadline is 1/15.</p>

<p>Also, you could take a look at University of Miami (deadline is Feb. 1)</p>

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<p>midatlmom: thanks for your reply.</p>

<p>I cannot go to Canada, but thanks for the pointer to UMiami.</p>

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<p>I think Clark or Drew would be absolute safeties but your chances at Rutgers and BU would be pretty good too.</p>