<p>im trying to pick out colleges, but i have no idea what i can consider a safety. i took the sats a year ago in october and got 770 in math and 740 in critical reading. i will probably take them again soon. im considering these schools: purdue, u maryland college park, u michigan ann arbor, carnegie mellon, notre dame, johns hopkins, duke, and a few others. any help on which ones of those would be ok to call a safety?</p>
<p>With those scores Maryland College Park, UMich, and Purdue are safeties.</p>
<p>Safety Category:</p>
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<li><p>State Schools: If you are above their 75th SAT percentile and above their average GPA, they are a safety, OR if you are in their medium range and you are in-state, then it's a safety.State schools are easier to get into because they arent as subjective as long as you got the grades and arent a drug dealer.</p></li>
<li><p>Private Schools: No such thing as a safety, as they could reject you for random reasons even if your the best person applying to the school.</p></li>
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<p>thanks! im also applying to some ivies and obviously thats always up in the air no matter how good your scores are. im debating whether or not i should apply to SUNY binghamton also because i was planning on using that as my safety but after hearing my friends safeties, im thinking maybe thats a little too safe, if theres such a thing. and one more thing...my dad is a professor at SUNY geneseo, which kinda makes me hesitant to apply there because i really wanna get out and do my own thing when high school is over. but geneseo is a better school and they have an honors college too. chances are slim id end up going to a SUNY school, but if financial stuff doesnt work out it might happen. should i apply to the better state school even if my dad teaches there or the slightly less hard to get into one and be independent?</p>
<p>SUNY Binghamnton is not a safety school, especially not with the current amount of colege applicants. Get a clue.</p>