<p>Shooting for the moon. Apps to Yale, Dartmouth, Williams, Chicago, Wash U, NU, Claremont.
Homeschooled, Exceptional musician with awards, 32 ACT, 10 AP classes. Please give us opinions on safety schools. Hoping to study Econ, Phil, Gov, Music minor. Thanks!</p>
<p>Would the honors program in your state flagship be a possibility as a safety school?</p>
<p>IMHO, DePaul would be a great safety, especially since you like Chicago.</p>
<p>Oberlin might work for you. And the University of Rochester also.</p>
<p>Oberlin is not a safety.</p>
<p>Pitzer might be a back up for Claremont, if not exactly a safety.</p>
<p>Music minor. Hmmmm. If you happen to be a singer, St. Olafs is a particularly good safety.</p>
<p>Actually, just scan through the CTCL book or web site - lots of good safeties there for a 32 ACT and 10 AP's kid.</p>
<p>I'd also suggest Lawrence University.</p>
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Probably not Rochester either.... </p>
<p>It may be a strong match, but the common advice says that a safety school should have higher than 50% acceptance rate (U Rochester is borderline at 41%). Certainly worth looking into considering the ties with Eastman. Brrrrrrrr. </p>
<p>Case Western is similar to Rochester in many ways, with similar stats but it has a higher acceptance rate for some reason. Also has non-binding early action (an acceptance is the ultimate safety!) And right across the street from Severance Hall.</p>
<p>It would help to know the scores for the 10 or so AP courses. A safety for Dartmouth & Williams is St. Lawrence University in very upstate New York (should receive some merit scholarship money). DePaul & Loyola Univ. in Chicago are Chicago area safeties. Should receive merit scholarship from Loyola, which has a gorgeous location but is not an elite school academically. Indiana University is a safety with great music dept. & should qualify for scholarship money--but apply now! Wisconsin at Madison & Lawrence are also great safeties.</p>
<p>U of Michigan?</p>
<p>Safer (some more match than safety) might include Brandeis, George Washington, UMd-CP, American, Tulane, Trinity (CT).</p>
<p>There are at least 300+ schools with fine Econ, Phil, Gov, and Music departments out there; at least 200 of them would be safeties for you. </p>
<p>I think you need to do more homework as to what you are seeking rather than asking a bunch of anonymous strangers to list, in varying frequency, these 200 schools for you.</p>
<p>University of Rochester and Indiana University. It depends how safe a safety you are looking for. Good scores on those 10 APs--how many have been completed?--would definitely help, as would a couple of good SATIIs. Schools often say that they want to see SATIIs or APs to validate homeschooling.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Wow, 200 apps sure will cost a lot. I'll have to get a few more paper routes!</p>