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<p>I think UChicago isn’t that ridiculous of a safety school.</p>
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<p>Unless you’re a recruited athlete, a super legacy, or connected to someone famous, neither of those are safeties.</p>
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<p>9:59 two-miler =/= Division 1 recruited athlete</p>
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<p>I’m legacy (what’s super legacy?), URM, and connected to someone moderately famous. I’m quantifying famous by means of number of Google results though.</p>
<p>And I said “as safe.” Not safety. I never called Cornell a safety, so I was moving UChicago to that status.</p>
<p>Dang Millancad, I’m kind of jealous. Cornell is my first choice but I’m white. The only thing I have going for me besides stats which are on the lower end and w/e ECs I have is that I’ll be first generation and hopefully bring diversity since I’m trilingual.</p>
<p>^ dang. i have competition here. Cornell’s not my “safety” but it is one of my top choice schools i’d like to attend. sucks that i’m not a URM, recruit, nor legacy</p>
<p>desi_chick, it’s on! Just kidding, same here. And as long as we apply to different schools we’ll be okay. Who knows, we may even all see each other there or be roommates or something, that’d be so weird!</p>
<p>Millancad, do you really think Legacy + Black + 2300 + 3.89 (around there) = Cornell as safe?</p>
<p>Do I really think that? Perhaps if I thought that, I would have listed Cornell as one of my safeties. OMG. I quote myself:</p>
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<p>And how do you think you have any idea as to what my GPA is?</p>
<p>My legacy, black, approx 2100 sister got rejected, so there’s no way I would call Cornell a safety.</p>
<p>Yeah I don’t see how Cornell could be a safety for anyone.</p>
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<p>It must be nice to not only have a safety, but financial safety.</p>
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I did say “as safe” just as you said “as safe”. Note I didn’t say “safety” anywhere in my post either 
I never called Cornell a safety, just like you. Don’t assume I didn’t read your post.
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You’ve said your UW GPA before on CC…don’t pretend you’re innocent
<a href=“%5Burl%5Dhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/748249-how-much-smarter-you-than-everyone-else-cc-4.html?highlight=upsies%5B/url%5D”>quote=Millancad</a>]My GPA is like a 3.84, probs average for CC.
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What’s the difference between “as safe” and “safety” for you, anyways? :p</p>
<p>Idaho has black people?</p>
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<p>This is one of those situations where English might be better with cases or some similar, more clear, grammatical system. Our uses of “as safe” were different.</p>
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Well, 3.89 is not my GPA.</p>
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“As safe” isn’t the same as safety to me at all. Yale is to me “as safe” as Harvard, as in, not safe at all. I would be pretty surprised if I didn’t get into UChicago, and I don’t consider myself to be a person who overestimates my abilities. I’m much more into underestimating myself, for instance, I was <em>sure</em> I would get a 1, perhaps a 2 if I were lucky, on the Calc BC exam. I got a much higher score. But you get what I mean, I hate being disappointed so I way underestimate myself and I do actually believe in those estimations. Nonetheless I would be really, really shocked to not get into UChicago. If I were to give myself a percentage chance of getting into UChicago and Cornell, it’d probably be about the same. But please don’t ask me because I can’t do those kinds of things with numbers.</p>
<p>“Idaho has black people?”</p>
<p>On Ellis Island there is this sweet graphic which lets you search how many descendants from certain countries and continents are in states. Searches for Africa - (Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, etc.) are hilarious.</p>
<p>Ahhh I’m a cornell fan here too! Seems like there are quite a few of us!</p>
<p>I think lots of people underestimate Cornell and use it as their “Ivy Safety”. I don’t think anything can guarantee you acceptance into Cornell as they seem pretty pre-professional and specific (probably want to see some EC’s relating to the field of study).</p>
<p>Random note: my safeties are UCSD and UCLA. My test scores should qualify me…</p>
<p>Well, 3.89 is not my GPA.
I had guessed that before looking again at the post where you mentioned your GPA. A guess is good enough, no? :p</p>
<p>Why do you think Chicago is a safety, though? It’s a damn tough school.</p>
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<p>Wow, you have a good memory. I didn’t even think I posted enough here for people to know my name.</p>
<p>I dunno, it just seems like it. It’s just what I think though.</p>
<p>University of Florida- The Ultimate Safety School</p>
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<p>Except some of us would’ve given a body part to attend UF, including myself.</p>