Safeties?

College Search & Selection
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<p>My college search thus far has gone pretty smooth and I have compiled a list of match/reach schools to which I will be applying:</p>

<p>Cornell
Penn
Georgetown
Brown
UVA</p>

<p>The problem is, I am having trouble picking out saftey schools. I have high expectations of myself so I don't want to attend a "safety" school that will not please me. So far the only school I have been able to match as a saftey that I would enjoy going to is Villanova. PLEASE reccomend me some other safeties.<br>
Criteria is: Northeast US, Good Reputation, Nice Campus, Strong Academics (areas I will be studying could range from premed to int'l business with possible minor in music or film).</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>U of Maryland</p>

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<p>You only need 1 or 2 safeties. Just make sure that they are actually safeties, or else you will be in bad trouble.</p>

4

<p>Well..what are your stats?</p>

<p>Boston University
GWU</p>

5

<p>Tufts - wide range of studying, great sciences and international relations, nice campus within easy reach of Boston...
not quite a safety but maybe a good option</p>

6

<p>Tufts is a bad safety these day, not dependable...neither is GW, most likely... Boston could be a safety tho...again, I suggest Maryland...American mught be good too.</p>

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<p>Tufts is absolutely not a safety!!! It has a fricken 26% acceptance rate...lower than Cornell(which is one of his reaches).</p>

8

<p>I third Maryland.</p>

9

<p>BU, Northeastern, BC, UMass, UConn, UMaryland, Penn State, American, James Madison...</p>

10

<p>its very hard to determine what can be a safety for you without seeing your stats. but, based on what you've picked out, the following schools are easier to get into:</p>

<p>union
bucknell
lafayette
lehigh
richmond</p>

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<p>Everyone's starting to use BU as their safety. As flattering as it is, it's kind of annoying for those of us who WANT to go to BU as our first choice. I just hope i'm not losing my spot because of this crap.</p>

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<p>Tufts is almost as difficult to get into as most of the Ivies (& easier than Cornell) - How on the name of Earth can nearly anyone call Tufts a safety, or even a match for that matter? They had 16,000 application and 26% admit rate. You CC'ers are horrifically confused! GW and Tufts are not even on the same plane of thought!</p>

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<p>yeah i saw kids with amazing stats choosing Tufts as their first choice and hoping they'd get in...definitely do not apply to Tufts unless you want to go there, b/c if you don't it'll show in your essay and you will not get in.</p>

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<p>your essay....and also if you look like just another top student with the same EC's and awards...same logic as in any other top school.</p>

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<p>Colgate, Holy Cross, and Bucknell.</p>

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<p>Whatever school you can afford and can get into without questioning yourself is a safety.</p>