<p>I've looked at some boards with the same topic, but I don't really feel like any of them really pertain to me, so I'm sorry for cluttering up the boards but... do you guys have any safety school suggestions? </p>
<p>I've applied ED to Penn (Wharton). </p>
<ul>
<li>Not interested in going undergrad business if the college is not one of the top 5 in undergrad business (will just end up getting an MBA) </li>
<li>Preferably city, but open to anything other than really rural </li>
</ul>
<p>Leadership:
- Senate President (our student government)
- Class Treasurer
- Interact Vice President
- Varsity Tennis Captain</p>
<p>EC:
- Piano (12 years)
- Tennis
- Art
- School activities (i.e. Senate, Interact, National Honor Society, etc.) </p>
<p>Awards:
- National Merit Semi-Finalist
- American Mathematics Competition
- Various piano competitions
- Other various things... pretty unnecessary to list</p>
<p>Other:
- Taught English to freshman class in China [summer of 06]
- Interned in start-up company in China [summer of 07]
- St. Paul's Advanced Studies Program [summer of 07]</p>
<p>Any input is really appreciated!</p>
<p>If you have any links to boards resumes a lot like mine looking for similar schools, please post them as well... would probably save some trouble. =)
Thanks!!</p>
<p>I really don't think that you need a safety; just concentrate on deciding which Penn dorm you prefer. If you need some non-business major safties outside of MIT, Michigan, UNC, Virginia and Berkeley, then focus on the two best economics programs, which are at Northwestern University and at the University of Chicago so that your MBA will be even more sought after. Emory University may have a significant scholarship for you. Princeton, Yale and Stanford are also rumoured to be decent schools.</p>
<p>Northwestern?? I thought that would have been a reach...
+ the other schools listed, other than Emory probably seem like match schools? idk maybe I have a skewed sense of school selectivity...</p>
<p>A class rank of number one (1) and a 1560/1600 are above average. Varsity tennis captain and student Senate President are also above average for ECs. Northwestern has been known to dip as low as number 3 with only a 1520/1600 and ECs of varsity squash captain and student vice-president. But that was a slow year, so maybe you have a point. No--I still think that you have a good chance.</p>
<p>Much as I personally dislike Case Western, it may be a good safety. It has a decent (top 30) business program, and several other strong deparments (mostly in engineering and natural sciences) if you change your interest. And it is definitely in a city (Cleveland), with train and bus stops right on campus. With your stats, I'd expect you to get over $26,000 in merit aid per year. I suggest it only because, as good as your stats are, most of the supposed safety schools being thrown out are not safeties for any applicant. Schpols like Duke, Chicago, and Northwestern might be good choices, but they certainly are fallbacks you can expect to be available to you as options.</p>