Looking For Safety Schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey I'm new College Confidential, and I'm a JW about what safeties are for me.</p>

<p>Rank: 1 or 2 out of 396ish people
(Historically Competitive Public High School)</p>

<p>SATs: Haven't Taken Them But hope to get at least 750s in CR, M, and W (I had terrible PSAT scores because due to flooding in my town, we had to have the test on a Wednesday, and on the tuesday before that I had been working on an AP English essay until 2 AM)</p>

<p>SAT II
Biology: 700
Chemistry: 750
US History: 660 (I'm Taking These AGAIN)
Taking Math (Forget what its called but the harder one), French, US History in June</p>

<p>Courses (We run on block schedueling at my school):
9th Grade
Freshmen English: A
Alg 1-2: A-
French 2: A
Honors Earth Science: A-
History: A+
Geometry: A-
Fluff Course (Baking): A+ (One of my greatest mistakes in high school, I plan on including an explaination why I took it Freshman year( I didn't know better, my parents would have made me take a harder course if they had been exposed to the college process before)</p>

<p>10th Grade
Honors Biology: A
Honors Algebra 2: A-
French 3: A-
Honors US History 1: A
Sophomore English: A-
Computer Science: A
Concert Choir: A</p>

<p>11th Grade
Honors Chemistry: A
AP3 English: A-
Honors US History II: A+</p>

<p>Currently Enroled in:
Honors French 4 (Due to Schedueling Conflicts, I could not take AP French. Aside from this, I will have taken all the AP my high school offers)
Honors Math Analysis
Advanced Honors Biology
Honors Madrigal Choir</p>

<p>Senior Courses:
AP BC Calculus (2 Semester Course)
Honors Physics
AP Physics
Honors Senior Seminar
AP4 English
Honors Madrigal Choir
I hope to find a place outside of my school to take AP French or something similar that will allow me to continue my education in French</p>

<p>ECs
Freshman Year
Class President
Model Congress
Investment Club
Trivia Team(As Schools Match Wits)
Volunteer(Since 7th Grade)- Public Access Station
Jazz Band- Guitar</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Advisory Board To School Commitee (Student Council)
Member At Large on Class Council
Mathletes
Trivia Team- TV Show Alternate (As Schools Match Wits)
Model Congress
Volunteer(Since 7th Grade)- Public Access Station</p>

<p>Junior Year
Advisory Board To School Commitee(Student Council)
NHS
Key Club
Model Congress
Model UN
Mock Law
Trivia Team- Captain (As Schools Match Wits)
Member At Large- Class Council
Volunteer(Since 7th Grade)- Public Access Station</p>

<p>Senior
NHS- President (Haven't Been Elected Yet but fingers crossed, I don't know if I'll win)
Model Congress- President
Model UN- Vice President
Trivia Team- Captain (As Schools Match Wits)
Key Club- Treasurer (Yet to be Elected)
Mock Law
Advisory Board To School Commitee
Volunteer(Since 7th Grade)- Public Access Station</p>

<p>Awards
Freshman
American Citizenship Award
Student of the Month (February)</p>

<p>Sophomore
Comp Sci Department Award</p>

<p>Junior
Model Congress Competition (At local College) (2nd Place)</p>

<p>I want to stay in between Boston, Philly and Washington DC.
Any reccomendations for safeties and also other schools (reach or my level)</p>

<p>I currently have
EA
Georgetown (CHOICE SCHOOL)(a little bit of a reach I guess)
Super Reach- Harvard</p>

<p>RD
Brandeis
BU
Northeastern
UPenn</p>

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<p>I'd call Harvard a high reach, but not a super reach. If it's safety schools you want, search for schools where you fall in the 75% percentile (GPA, class rank, SAT) of the most recently admitted class.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.collegedata.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.collegedata.com&lt;/a> is an excellent database of all colleges, but since you might want more recent info, go to the websites of the colleges you're looking at.</p>

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<p>No, Harvard's a super reach. The RD admit rate is 6%. </p>

<p>American might be a good safety. George Washington, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, and U Rochester are also worth looking into.</p>

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<p>I am doing Harvard EA, and I thought I read that the chances there are a little bit better.</p>

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<p>I tbink super reach should be reserved for people that are both way under the stats of the admitted class and applying to an ultra-selective school, I just don't think it's fair for people that do really well in school. I guess I'd have to see an SAT, but I'd call a 3.6 2000 25/110 Asian from New Jersey applying to Yale a super reach, I mean.</p>

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<p>Smart move, Sen. I incorrectly assumed (bad thing to do!) you were applying EA to Georgetown since it's your first choice. Yes, applying SCEA to Harvard will give you a much better shot- they accepted 20.7% of the SCEA applicants this year. It will still be a reach, but it won't be impossible.</p>

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<p>Whoops, my bad, I didn't do my research. I thought Harvard's EA policy allowed students to apply to other institutions EA. I'm gonna have to think about that one. If I can't research Colleges properly, maybe Harvard really is a super reach :). (I haven't toured Harvard yet, but I plan to in the next couple of weeks, I'm only 90 minutes from it. I have already toured Georgetown and loved it)</p>

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<p>Ok, I think I'll apply to harvard RD, just to throw fifty bucks away. I know already I have little chance, but its just for heck of it.</p>

<p>To be honest, I would choose Georgetown over Harvard, I really have my heart set on it. If I can apply EA, and get in, I will be enthralled.</p>

<p>I just need some safeties and some level schools, so when I don't get into G-Town I'll fall back on that.</p>

<p>I liked Brandeis to and would be happy there (that school just seemed to fit me, plus I have a friend going their who can really tell me how it is)</p>