<p>Hi I'm currently trying to narrow down the list of schools I wish to apply to but I can't think of any good safety schools.</p>
<p>I'm in the top 10% of my class (school doesn't give rankings) and my GPA unweighted should be around a 3.9 or 4.0. I have also taken rigorous courses and will have taken 8 AP courses by the time I graduate.
I got a 2220 on the SAT the first time, and a 2250 on the second (2290 superscored). </p>
<p>I already have UMass Amherst and BU down as safety schools (I live in Mass) but I don't know anything about other schools outside of New England. Any ideas for safety schools that are solid in the academics category?</p>
<p>SUNY Geneseo, strong LAC in NY is a great choice. </p>
<p>Avg. GPA 94, SAT 1340 </p>
<p>Very solid academic school and known for its focus on providing a high quality undergraduate education at an affordable price.</p>
<p>When you look at safety schools it helps to know your likely intended major because some schools have particular areas of expertise that make them worth going to.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, I’ll definitely check out the SUNYs.
And I’m not 100% sure what my major will be but I was thinking economics and a minor in film studies of some sort.
Would any of the California public uni’s be considered safety schools for me?</p>
<p>No public California schools would be good safeties. They are all impacted by our budget crunch. However, with your statistics you could probably get into UCSB or UCSC. UCSB is good if you want accounting. I wouldn’t go to either for economics. They’re not bad, but not great for that particular major. Not sure about film studies. For economics I like American in DC and Bucknell. Not quite the Ivies, but solid econ depts. Both should be a match for you, almost a safety.</p>
<p>A safety school is a school that you know that you can get into and a school that you KNOW that you can afford.</p>
<p>Safety schools generally do not give good aid (many don’t give any free aid), so for you to know that one is affordable would require that you know that your parents will pay for the costs or that you know for CERTAIN that you will get a big scholarship, grants, etc and may need a small loan to pay for them.</p>
<p>For instance, the UCs cost about $50k per year for an out of state student. Like most publics, they don’t give their aid to out of state students. Therefore, you’d be expected to pay the full amount. </p>
<p>However, some out of state publics give big merit scholarships for stats. If cost is an issue, then you should income some schools the will give you BIG ASSURED merit scholarships for your stats. </p>
<p>HOw much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>50k isn’t too much of a problem for my parents as they have set aside a lot of money for my education but I would prefer 40k and under at least for their sake. I don’t think I would qualify for financial aid either.</p>
<p>Would UConn be considered a safety?</p>
<p>U Conn would be a safety for you but the cost would be somewhere between $31 and 41K. $31K if you take a major not available in Mass.</p>