Need Safeties PLEASE HELP

College Search & Selection
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<p>ACT:31 (CR: 33 SCI: 30 M: 26 G:33)
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<p>Applying To: UChicago, WashU, Brown, NYU, St. Olaf, Depaul, Macalaster, Georgetown, American </p>

<p>Looking For: Schools with sense of community, campus feel, cerebral environment, strong academics, great study abroad, located in large city </p>

<p>Not Looking For: Greek Life, emphasis on sports</p>

<p>Most of my schools seem to be targets or reaches; I've only got one safety school (DePaul) and I'm not sure where else fits those requirements. HELP PLEASE</p>

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<p>*I’m from the South, but I don’t plan to apply anywhere below the Mason-Dixon</p>

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<p>What can your family pay each year?</p>

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<p>I’ve only got one safety school (DePaul)</p>

<p>If you’re not sure how all your costs at DePaul will be covered, then it’s not a safety.</p>

<p>Have your parents said that they’ll pay all costs at any school you go to?</p>

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<p>Wagner College (NYC) Boston University Hofstra Fordham (NYC) UNC chapel hill UCONN Umass</p>

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<p>Do you have cost constraints?</p>

<p>You in-state public schools likely provide the best safety candidates.</p>

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<p>What majors are you interested in?</p>

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<p>Holy Cross</p>

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<p>???</p>

<p>UNC is not a safety. </p>

<p>I hope this student doesn’t have any cost constraints because she may not have any safeties if she won’t apply to any instate publics.</p>

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<p>How about Barnard in NYC? George Washington in D.C.?</p>

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<p>Lewis & Clark (Portland) or Goucher (near Baltimore).</p>

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<p>I don’t think you have a big problem with admissions. I think you can certainly get into American. (I also think you can get into Macalester, but I know a lot less about Macalester than I do about AU.) If you’re looking to add to your list, I second the idea of Goucher.</p>

<p>As others have said, though, whether they’re safe for admissions is completely immaterial if you can’t afford them.</p>

<p>IMO, a safety is a safety only if:</p>

<p>you can almost surely get in;
you think you could be happy and successful there;
your family can afford it.</p>

<p>If it lacks any of those components, it’s not a safety.</p>

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<p>*Financial aid has been taken care of. Although I would appreciate schools with good merit aid.</p>