Seniors, what are you safeties?

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<p>JEZ21 : Agreed. :D</p>

<p>Don’t wanna go to UF : /</p>

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<p>^ I’d be really happy if I got into UF…</p>

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<p>I’m going to be a junior, but I already have two safeties that I’m pretty sure will stay on my list come senior year: USC and UT Austin (legacy). I might add NYU too, but realistically, that seems like more of a match than a safety.</p>

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<p>UT out of state is in no way a safety.</p>

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<p>^ Really? I thought legacies helped (my mom went there), but I could be wrong.</p>

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Oh wow, you have great safety schools. Just curious, I notice you live in Ann Arbor Michigan and question where would you place University of Michigan- Ann Arbor? Safety, match, reach, top choice, or too close to home ?</p>

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<p>UM is a great place! I’d actually be glad to go there if I got rejected everywhere else. I’d say it’s a mid- to high match for me.</p>

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<p>Legacy wont do much at UT, especially OOS.</p>

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<p>CUNY City College or Hunter College</p>

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<p>UF has a 36% admittance rate, lower than UT-Austin. It is hardly a safety school. Jez is frustrated he got rejected and had to go to FSU, the school where UF rejects attend.</p>

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<p>I think to a lot of people safety status is more based on the Freshman profile - SAT/ACT scores, class rank, GPA. If those are a good bit lower than their own, people often consider the school a safety, regardless of acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>San Jose State, and probably some other state schools.</p>

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<p>safeties are carnegie mellon, tufts and bu</p>

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<p>you cant use those as safeties ? :/</p>

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<p>i can use bu as a safety =]</p>

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<p><em>Carnegie Mellon Incoming Freshman</em></p>

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<p>BU will reject you if you’re overly qualified and it’s clear to them you have no interest in attending.</p>

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<p>pigs<em>at</em>sea you might want to reconsider your safety schools, so that you don’t end up having nowhere to go</p>

<p>tufts - ever heard of tufts syndrome?!?! it’s also becoming more competitive as a school, so don’t assume that high scores will blow them away in 2010 </p>

<p>bu - low acceptance rate. they also hate being used as a safety</p>

<p>cmu - you’re asian and your sat1/sat2 are 2290/2280. their acceptance rate will be close to 20% next year(us news is a few years behind). this is a high match for you, not a safety.</p>

<p>i was trying to resist calling out people’s choices, but you’re putting yourself in a bad situation</p>

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<p>I don’t have a safety, I wish I did though. The only school I might have a better chance of getting into is UConn since I am in-state and my sister goes there. But, it’s getting pretty tough to get in, so I am not sure.</p>

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<p>I dont know your stats, but I’d highly recommend Temple. It’s very popular with people from CT.</p>