<p>We are from Mass also. </p>
<p>It’s not easy to find a great safety that size. Some good examples would be University of Vermont and University of Delaware. Vermont has Early Action. It’s a good 4 hours from Boston. Both of these schools have nice honors programs. Vermont has so many students from the Boston area, it ought to be renamed University of Masschustts at Burlington, Vermont. </p>
<p>Miami University in Ohio is an undergraduate, liberal arts university, something along the lines of William and Mary, but much easier to get into. They also have an honors program. </p>
<p>You should be hearing about the University of Alabama which will award you a full tuition scholarship based on that ACT. </p>
<p>If you’re willing to go bigger, and want a lot of strong academic peers, assuming that your grades are commensurate with your test scores, then Wisconsin is an ideal safety because it’s simply gorgeous, is very highly regarded academically - much more so than the others I’ve mentioned - and it has rolling admissions meaning if you apply in early September, you can get a decision by the end of October, and have one in the bag before any EA/ED applications are due. </p>
<p>My older daughter who was an academic star used it as her safety. The essays were easy and you’re probably in the automatic admit pile. </p>
<p>Some other possibilities are Binghamton, which is the most selective SUNY, and Tulane, which has early action. </p>
<p>Though these might not seem like safeties, but your admission is very likely. If you apply early, you can get a decision mid December and still have time to apply to another safety in the unlikely event that you don’t get in. </p>
<p>From the experience of both of my kids, I can’t emphasize enough how nice it is to have an admission to a school that you like in the bag early so that you can relax and focus on your reaches and matches. </p>