<p>I'm applying to ivy schools but i'd like to put 2-3 safety schools in there.. since they're safety school i'd like to base them on where i want to live;
IN OR NEAR a big city preferably NY, LA, MIA
and uh fun? and well a safety school...
thanks!!</p>
<p>I’ll say UM. Great accademically and you have South Beach right there. Its all about the U</p>
<p>It looks like you’re an international student. A school in your home country would be an obvious safety.</p>
<p>Questions to help people come up with suggestions:
*What are your GPA and SAT/ACT scores?<br>
*Are you looking for financial aid?
*What do you want to study?</p>
<p>I dont want to study in my home country…
there’s no GPA at my school (also no APclasses, honors, etc) … but my grades are all above 80% a lot of them are +90%</p>
<p>No financial aid. </p>
<p>Business or Economics; something like that.</p>
<p>2011ivy,</p>
<p>If you have not already done so, read through everything at [EducationUSA</a> | Study Abroad, Student Visa, University Fairs, College Applications and Study in the U.S. / America](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.state.gov/]EducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.state.gov/) Then make an appointment with the counselors at the advising center closest to where you live. They are expert at helping students from your country find good places to study in the US. If you cannot visit the office in person, find out how much help they can give you by phone or email.</p>
<p>There are more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the US. Since you are full pay, you almost certainly can find one that will admit you. However, you need to find safeties that would be places where you could thrive as a student. You should use one of the college search engines (there is a nice one here at CC, to find it, go to the home page), to find likely matches for your interests and preferences.</p>
<p>If you won’t consider any of the universities in your home country, you should at least take a look at some in other countries that are not the US. Contact the Education Officer at consulate of each of the countries that are interesting to you, and ask for information about their universities. You may find good safeties in one of those countries.</p>
<p>NYU has a very well known business school. So does Boston College. McGill might be an interesting non-american choice.</p>
<p>but my grades are all above 80% a lot of them are +90%</p>
<p>What are your SAT scores???</p>
<p>What is your rank?</p>
<p>Your GPA seems a big low for top schools.</p>
<p>Are you male of female?</p>
<p>What kind of fun do you like? Big city theaters? Rah rah sports to watch? What???</p>
<p>“In or near a big city and fun”
Have you considered Fordham? Check out Fordham’s beautiful Rose Hill campus in the Bronx. It wpuld not be a safety school if you don’t have good SAT or ACT scores, but it is much easier to be admitted to than Columbia. It is a really nice college with many excellent programs, and you have ready access to all of the arts and culture and fun of NYC.</p>
<p>havent taken the SATs yet, expecting a good score.
my school is really difficult so noone really has better than my grades. NO gpa at my school either. Rank: they dont rank but i might convince them to maybe figure out the rank thing for my application… im either 1 or 2. Female.</p>
<p>OP, there’s just too little information here, especially as you don’t have SAT scores yet. Has your school sent students to US universities before? That would be a good way to evaluate your chances at different schools. </p>
<p>Schools in the Los Angeles area you could look into: Chapman, USC, Occidental, Loyola Marymount. None of those would be a safety, and some might well be reaches for you. You could also look at the Cal State system; the Northridge campus is probably the least commuter-ish of the LA area schools. Fordham and NYU in NYC; again, probably no safeties there. </p>
<p>Without knowing more about your school’s record (meaning, where have they placed students) and your standardized test results, it’s difficult if not impossible to help you identify safeties.</p>
<p>my school sends around 2-7 students each year to us univs.
a lot to brandeis, some mcgill, BU and well thats all i remember from the past 2 years from Us universities since a lot of kids go to england - LSE, oxford, etc.</p>
<p>Female? Apply to Barnard as well as Columbia.</p>
<p>i was doing that too. thanks for the tip anyways 
is barnard easier than columbia?</p>
<p>OP has no scores, school doesn’t provide a GPA, nor a class rank… Grades are a mix of 80-90+%… Looking for Business and Econ. Look at the Jesuit schools. They generally offer business programs and run the gamut on selectivity.</p>
<p>What kind of fun do you like? Big city theaters? Rah rah sports to watch? What???</p>
<p>Can you tell us what is fun for you? </p>
<p>Do you want a good-sized campus with lots to do there? Lots of clubs? Beautiful campus with state of the art facilities? Fun things to do off-campus.</p>
<p>You mention Miami. Do you want warmer weather? </p>
<p>What is your likely major?</p>
<p>You say that your school sends a few kids to American schools each year? </p>
<p>oops…male or female. LOL</p>
<p>Admission to Barnard is easier than Columbia (which is always a SUPER REACH)…but…Barnard isn’t a safety school. I’ve known girls with really good stats get rejected. At best, Barnard is a match school.</p>
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<p>And how do you compare to those students in the context of your school? (BTW, McGill is Canadian.)</p>
<p>If your education has not been primarily conducted in English for the last several years, you may also need to take the TOEFL.</p>
<p>i know mcgill is in canada! lol
the kids that got accepted to these colleges had VERY poor grades and are def below average, and no good extracurriculars either. I wonder how they got accepted? haha.
yeah the toefl thing is not a problem, im fluent in english.</p>