<p>Hi All!
I am a junior in high school and have been seriously thinking of schools.<br>
Here are my stats:
GPA- 3.3/3.4
Freshman year- 2.9
Sophomore year- 3.1
Junior year- I currently have a 3.6 and am hoping to bring it up to a 3.7 or 3.8</p>
<p>ECs:
Varsity swimming (5 years)
SADD Club
School Newspaper</p>
<p>Volunteer work:
Volunteer swim coach
Church work
Going on a service trip to New Orleans in the beginning of the summer</p>
<p>Other:
I went on a trip to DC with my school and am going on a trip to Europe with my school in the spring. I am opting to do work for the trip in order to receive credit for it.</p>
<p>My SATS are hopefully going to be an 1870</p>
<p>I come from an extremely competitive, private, catholic high school in NY. </p>
<p>I am planning on applying to TCU, University of South Carolina- Columbia, Elon, High Point, Miami University-Ohio, University of Dayton and James Madison University. </p>
<p>I have a good list complied of reaches and targets, however, I was wondering if anyone knew of any good safety schools for someone with my credentials.</p>
<p>That’s quite a motley list of possible colleges! It’s hard to tell from it exactly what you are looking for, other than that the South is attracting you somewhat, and you don’t particularly want to be very close to home.</p>
<p>Most of the SUNY state colleges (as opposed to the bigger universities) ought to be safeties for you, other than Geneseo. You should probably look at them.</p>
<p>There are lots of fine Catholic universities that are better known in their regions than nationally – not unlike Dayton, but maybe a little less selective – where you should be a very strong candidate for admission. In my area, I would suggest St. Joseph’s or University of Scranton. You might want to check out Fairfield University in Connecticut, Loyola outside Baltimore (and another in New Orleans), or Seton Hall in northern New Jersey. There are lots of these around the country.</p>
<p>You could also triangulate some of your existing choices to find similar schools where you might have slightly better odds. For example, crossing University of South Carolina with James Madison, TCU, and Dayton might give you George Mason, a large, relatively new public university in the far Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. Or if you like High Point and Miami University, how about Ohio Wesleyan, a Methodist school near Columbus?</p>
<p>Your safeties must be affordable. Talk to your parents and ask how much they’ll pay each year. That figure, and your stats will determine where you should apply and what schools will be your safeties.</p>
<p>There are economic safeties, schools you can afford, and admission safeties, schools you can definitely get into. Be sure you have both covered (could be covered by the same school)</p>
<p>I spoke to my parents and we have a ton of money saved up for my college tuition, and they said that we really do not need to worry about the price. I am looking for admission safety schools- schools that I know I can get into. I am sorry- I should have clarified. I really want to study nutrition or exercise science. </p>