<p>I am applying to Ivy League Schools, and I want to add some safeties on my list. I am international by the way. Please recommend some safety schools.</p>
<p>What are your stats? Are finances an issue? What do you want to major in? What type of school are you looking for - location? public vs private? large vs small? residential vs commuter campus?</p>
<p>GPA: 98%
SAT: n/a (but scores are very good from practice tests-->above 700 and 750)
Major: International Relations/History/Linguistics
Private school, preferably small, residential campus
(what is computer campus?)
Plz gimme some safeties.</p>
<p>com*m*uter campus ;) It's the opposite of a residential campus, meaning that most students live off-campus and commute to school every day.
One last question: do you have geographical preferences (e.g. Northeast, rural vs urban)?</p>
<p>oh, lol!
I prefer northeast, yes. New England region. Rural or urban, it doesnt matter</p>
<p>Syracuse seems to fit your criteria but it is rather large (around 10.000 students?)</p>
<p>Some smaller schools without a linguistics major:
American University in DC
Skidmore College in NY
Lafayette College in PA
Mount Holyoke College in MA (only if you are female)</p>
<p>Those are all match-safeties provided that you are not from an East Asian country and that you do not need fin aid.</p>
<p>For a real safety I would look at larger public universities like the University of New Hampshire or the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.</p>
<p>But are these good colleges? They sound pretty..well.
I'm Greek btw, and I do need financial aid...do u think NYU is a safety?</p>
<p>NYU is pretty popular among intls because, well, its name contains NYC. You can consider it a match but not a safety.</p>
<p>The schools I listed are all good schools but a little bit "below your league" which is the characteristic of a safety school. You also have to keep in mind that the intl pool (even the one without fin aid) is more competitive than the domestic pool.</p>
<p>Ok, i will consider some others. My stats are more than fine for these schools I presume, though the idea of compromising is vomit-inducing..:D</p>