Seeking some advice

<p>NY state, I am in the best state school, which isn't saying much</p>

<p>the beautiful thing about a transfer is that you already have a safety... the school youre at now. unless you HATE your school and just want to leave, i wouldnt apply to schools you dont particularly want to go to just to have a safety. you dont want to overextend yourself... youll only do a worse job on your applications (and probably your schoolwork). i wasnt entirely unhappy with my school and only applied to four schools i REALLY wanted to go to, which meant only reaches. i dont think i could have handled more applications.</p>

<p>collegedropout's point is exactly right. But I don't think Stich has answered the question of whether he likes his current school well enough to consider it a safety. He just keeps tossing out ideas for safety schools that aren't safe.</p>

<p>The top 25 universities in this country are not safeties - for anyone. The next 25 aren't either, because they are jam-packed with applicants who have them as their first choice <em>plus</em> applicants for the top 10 who are using them as "safeties." First, they don't like that; second, their acceptance rates are still too low to be safeties.</p>

<p>Stich?</p>

<p>Well, my answer isn't exactly the greatest one... Although I do really want to transfer from SUNY- Binghamton, I do not want to transfer to a school which is weaker academically. Binghamton has a fairly high ranking (top 70?) if that even means anything, so I guess that does not leave a lot of options available to me as far as safety schools are concerned. What I'm basically saying is I am willing to risk not getting in anywhere as a transfer, but I'm also open to suggestions as far as a safety school goes.</p>

<p>Well, here were a number of schools suggested for your consideration back on page 1: BU, Rochester, Villanova, UMd-College Park, Vanderbilt, Syracuse,Pitt, Case Western, GWU, Santa Clara U, Babson, Bentley, Tulane...</p>

<p>Of those, several might be safeties. Also American U.</p>

<p>And brand gave you a good idea of how to go about identifying a safety in his post #12. You have to do the work, Stich, to find a safety you would really enjoy - like brand did. Or, you may find you really enjoy SUNY-Bing and it will be a good safety for you.</p>

<p>If I were you, I would check into UNC - CH. I think that could be a possible safety for you and it's a great school...as long as you keep your GPA as high as possible, I think a transfer into the college of liberal arts wouldn't be difficult at all. The only reason I didn't consider this my safety school, although several ppl suggested it, is b/c I found UBC. But it's a great school, nonetheless.</p>

<p>Thanks for the advice, I guess I have to do some research</p>

<p>yeah research for a safety school SUCKS. lol. but it's worth it.</p>

<p>is there any good resource for financial aid given to transfer applicants? It seems like Northwestern and Chicago would be bad choices for me since from what I've heard on here they are less than generous with fin aid for transfers.</p>

<p>i've heard the same...NYU is also very bad with transfer aid. You may just ask the question a/b transfer aid for and list the schools you're interested. A lot of ppl that have applied in the past could give you an idea. I haven't heard a/b Northwestern, but I have heard that Chicago isn't too good with fin aid.</p>

<p>Stich, I don't know the answer for those specific schools nor a general site for finding out re fin aid generosity for transfers. I hate to see you (or anyone) rule out a school based on hearsay, though - even from this forum which has a lot of knowledgeable people.</p>

<p>Might be wiser to determine your target schools (reach/match/safety) and then talk to admissions/fin aid at each school and see what they say.</p>

<p>jmmom thanks a lot for all the advice</p>