PLEASE HELP!! Need to choose 2 out of these 7 as safeties for business at undergrad

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>Okay so I'm applying for business undergrad, and am having a problem with my list of safeties. They're just too many. </p>

<p>I have to pick two out of the following:</p>

<p>1) Brandeis
2) BU
3) Northeastern
4) Wake Forest
5) Indiana Kelley
6) Richmond
7) Santa Clara</p>

<p>my SAT score is 2130 and my GPA is 3.7
I have tons of extra curriculars and want to study entrepreneurship/management/marketing </p>

<p>I'm not in-state at any of these.</p>

<p>Guys please reply with whatever feedback you can give, i really need this.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>Can you afford the costs at each one? If not then they are not safeties. Drop those you can’t afford.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure any of these are safeties…maybe IU? Some seem like matches, and WF could be a reach.</p>

<p>Anyway, in another thread you mention not needing FA. Have your parents said that they will pay ALL costs at a safety school? Some parents won’t do pay $50k-60k for a safety. Ask them.</p>

<p>You also mention wanting some merit. You might get $10k from IU, but I don’t think Brandeis gives merit and the others are hard to predict.</p>

<p>What is your M+CR?</p>

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<p>Those are not safeties, but matches, and due to admission rates some may be reaches.
(Any school that has an admission rate of 30-35% or less will be a reach).
Indiana Kelley and Santa Clara are probably the two “lowest” matches, but none in the list are safeties.</p>

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<p>oh JEEZ. let me help you. wake forest should be one of your choices FOR SURE because it is an amazing school and very very high ranked. University of Richmond is also a VERY good school and ranked nationally high as well. if i were you, it wouldn’t even be a question. deff pick these two.</p>

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<p>also, the thing with BU and Northeastern is that they are very average schools but for a ridiculous price. my friend’s father went to northeastern and said it was over priced for the quality of education. same with BU - there are tons of public schools and others that are ranked higher and half the price. </p>

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<p>But neither of those posts helps the OP in selecting some safeties. </p>

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<p>^longhorndreamer: what your friend’s father experienced is a TOTALLY different school from what Northeastern is today. It’s become a very good school and one that’s much sought-after. Its status has DRAMATICALLY changed in the past 30 years.
<a href=“http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/”>http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>@Erin’sDad: the schools listed wouldn’t qualify as safeties for Op (with a 21xx/3.7). To me, safeties would be schools like SUNY Geneseo, UMass Isenberg,etc (and that’s not even tackling the “financial” aspect).</p>

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<p>I was agreeing with your earlier post @MYOS1634‌. I didn’t check the CDS for those colleges so didn’t comment on that earlier but I trusted that you did. </p>

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<p>Given your stats, these schools are matches, not safeties. You have a good shot of acceptance at them, falling at right about the middle of the pack of accepted students (NEU for example) or a little above (BU); however, you are not so overqualified as to call any of them a safety.</p>

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<p>Sorry, I thought you were saying I wasn’t helping enough, so I explained how I couldn’t determine the best safety among schools that weren’t safeties… Got it now. :D</p>

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<p>I know nothing about Brandeis’s student body so will leave that one out. Of the remaining choices, perhaps Santa Clara and Indiana, (full pay, OOS) but the others are matches at best, and more realistically reaches, especially Wake & Richmond. Northeastern added an ED option this year to their longstanding EA & RD choices; they have become increasingly selective.</p>

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<p>Might replace Brandeis with Holy Cross-reat school for producing Ceo"s and HC meets 100% demonstrated financial need. Holy Cross has great alumni network.</p>

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<p>The cost of attending is not an issue and I am ready to bear the entire amount. I’m an International student and I’ve heard Wake Forest isn’t the best for indian students. What do you think?</p>

<p>Okay, if not safeties, i still have to pick two out of these.</p>

<p>My math+cr is 1450</p>

<p>and Ive taken 2 APs, got a 5 in both and have an 800 Math Level 2 and Physics </p>

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<p>@par72 @CT1417 @MYOS1634‌ @brennz‌ @ErinsDad‌ @longhorndreamer‌ @mom2collegekids‌ </p>

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<p>I’m not sure why a Southern Baptist school (even if nominally) would be “best” for an Indian student. The culture is specific, very Southern. It’s a very good school, yes, but I’m not sure why it’d be an Indian favorite. :)</p>

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<p>kelley is safety
BU is low match
Rest are matches </p>

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<p>I agree with most everyone that these are NOT safeties, that said, Northeastern was a great school when my son and I went on our tour. Great town and you would fit in quite well. Wake forest definitely will be a reach, and pretty “southern” too. </p>

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<p>The only real safeties in this list are Santa Clara and Kelley, so you should go with those.</p>

<p>What worries me in this list is that all the colleges you mention are very different. Santa Clara and Wake Forest, for example, are completely different environments, as are Kelley and Brandeis. How many of these have you visited? Would you be comfortable in all of them?</p>

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<p>OP, are you saying that your family can afford all the schools listed? You will be required to show you can pay as an international student.</p>