<p>OK, so I need some help finding some safeties. I can't seem to find any I could actually see myself attending. What are some good safeties that are similar to the schools on my list minus the competition to get in.</p>
<p>Brown
Princeton
Williams
Middlebury
Colgate
Haverford
Hamilton
Colby
Bowdoin
Amherst
Lafayette
Bucknell</p>
<p>Ok, this list is obviously a big range from my uber-reaches to my safer (but not sure thing safeties). So what would be some good safeties for someone interested in these schools?</p>
<p>Standarized test scores aren't a problem. Although my scores aren't outstanding, I don't think they will be a deciding factor against me. I have a 34 on the ACT.</p>
<p>This type of post is a common one. No one can list a safety for you or suggest one without seeing your stats. Additionally Boston University should not be considered a safety for anyone. Check the admitted student profile for schools you are interested in. Schools with an acceptance rate under 50% should not be considered a safety. If you want more specific advice, post your stats.</p>
<p>Safer schools (assuming you are in range for all your reaches; that they are not ridiculous reaches):</p>
<p>Skidmore, Union, Clark, Wheaton, Dickinson, Allegheny, Lafayette, U MD College Park, Hendrix, Rhodes, Franklin & Marshall, Lehigh...</p>
<p>If you are female: Smith, Holyoke</p>
<p>Do you need $$? Because if so your ultimate safety would be one where you KNOW you will be admitted & can afford the school. (Generally your state U.) Some State U's match your in-state tuition from your home state (I think U Conn does this).</p>
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<p>I'd be inclined to consider a 34 "outstanding"</p>
<p>those who think otherwise are delusional and spend too much time on CC</p>
<p>gellino, I thought I would love Dartmouth and it was my first choice at the beginning of my college search, just from what I had read. But I got there and I hated it. I think I built it up too much. </p>
<p>Kazz, yeah, you're right, it's really good (I'm actually really proud of it) but it's not what's going to get me into any of these schools.</p>
<p>I hated Dartmouth, too. Some people just get feelings. </p>
<p>I loved Williams very much and had an extremely difficult decision ultimately picking Amherst over it. I think that makes me a very bad Amherst student.</p>
<p>Artyyy and unregistered highlight an aspect of college choice that is too often ignored on college confidential: there is a certain "chemistry" that exists between a person and a college that goes beyond the numbers or beauty or location. Picking the right college for you is a lot more like picking the right spouse for you than picking the right auto insurance policy for you. Emotion, feelings, and "clicking" with the college are important. It's not a math equation like getting the max insurance coverage for the least amount of money. Treat it like MATHEMATICAL interpolation for somebody who likes Williams, Amherst, and Cornell, and you'd say, "DARTMOUTH!" But treat a college like a unique, idiosyncratic lover and it's no guarantee that you'll have the hots for Eva Longoria just because you stay up nights thinking about Penelope Cruz and Eva Mendes.</p>
<p>Might want to add Holy Cross -very similar to Colgate and Bucknell. As mentioned earlier HC is SAT optional and unlike most LAC's, Holy Cross is close to a big city-Boston.</p>