safety schools

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Notre Dame
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<p>nd is clearly my top choice by far. however, if there are some unforseen circumstances that prevent me from attending (such as being rejected or being unable to afford it), what do you think are some good safety schools for me to apply to? I have a 4.0 uw, approx. 4.1 uw (school offers no APs and very few weighted classes). took the toughest curriculum available. not too many ec's, but i have a lot of focus on one specific sport, which i tied into my essay. my act score is 32. i plan on going into mechanical engineering.</p>

<p>does anybody know of any schools that would serve as a safety for me with a reasonably good engineering program that might offer a good financial aid package? thanks for any help in advance.</p>

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<p>Boston College is a fairly decent backup for someone of ND caliber.</p>

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<p>Golfer, where do you want to look? Do you have location restrictions? Do you want a Catholic school? Co-ed?</p>

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<p>University of Portland is Holy Cross and has the same core curriculum and an engineering school. With your stats you might be merit aid material and you can play golf year around in Portland.</p>

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<p>PCB,</p>

<p>While it is true that some view BC as a decent backup they received more applications last year than any school in the Ivy league and accepted less than 30% of those that applied.</p>

<p>Since the OP said that they would like to study engineering then BC would be a bad choice since BC does not have an engineering school. Catholic schools that do have engineering schools are Villanova, Santa Clara and Gonzaga.</p>

<p>If engineering is the real focus then I would look at most any big 10 state university, i.e. Michigan, as a great “back up”, though, again, like with BC, acceptance is not guaranteed.</p>

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<p>Stonehill in Massachusetts is a Holy Cross College that has a 5 year Enginerring program that includes attending ND for the last 1 0r 2 years</p>

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<p>If cost is an issue, and you’re sure about engineering, then your best bets are one of the service academies (the Naval Academy has outstanding engineering programs, for example) or a state university. Your own state university would be the least expensive option, but paying out of state tuition at most state schools is still cheaper than Notre Dame or comparable private schools with good engineering programs.</p>

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<p>How about Purdue?</p>

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<p>Penn State has good engineering, and I think you would be a lock with a 4.0 GPA. Of course, the school is so much different than Notre Dame. Your safety school shouldn’t just be based on a couple of academic criteria, unless that is how you base your target schools on. You should still be looking for a good fit, just like you probably picked Notre Dame because you thought it would be a good fit.</p>

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<p>University of Dayton, it has an engineering college, it offers merit scholarships I believe, and the students that I have met from there are amazing, more so than many Domers.</p>

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<p>I was always told university of Illinois Urbana is the best big 10 engineering school… I know it is ranked pretty high…</p>