What to use as a safety: Harvard or Princeton?

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<p>okay, just kidding. but anyway, i have a question that seems silly to me, since i'm finished with my college apps already: how do you pick a safety school? is it just based on numbers? i asked my counselor and he kind of equivocated, so i thought you guys would know. </p>

<p>and just to clarify - i did apply to a school that's a definite safety, but i hope to death that i don't have to end up going there so i'm trying to figure out what else to use. i'm doing questbridge so my application timing is weird.</p>

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<p>Search Tokenadults posts. There is a kind of overview that may help you on the topic.</p>

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<p>a place that you're absoultely sure will accept you...yeah you pick a school that accepts most of its applicants AND you are in the top 25% stats-wise. basically a safety is more like a school that only looks at stats and has more or less an "equation" for admittance</p>

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<p>thanks! 10 char</p>

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<p>Search "love thy safety"</p>

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<p>Early acceptance at a school with EA or rolling admissions can also be considered a safety. While it may not fall within the traditional definition of a safety, it is "in the bag" which is the purpose of a safety.</p>

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<p>i would've done EA somewhere, but since i used the QuestBridge app i wasn't allowed to...</p>

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<p>Can you do rolling admission state schools with Questbridge though?</p>

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<p>Yes, rolling admissions are allowed, and I believe OP could have applied EA. There was some discussion on the QB thread regarding this. I looked back at D's match e-mail, and it said,</p>

<p>"You must now withdraw all other applications as your match is binding."</p>

<p>Obviously, OP could not apply ED anywhere, but we took it as EA and rolling were fine.</p>