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11-06-2010, 12:42 AM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| What are your "U.S." safety schools?
Mine: Reed and U-Rochester.
I want to add one or two but cannot decide which ones. What about you, guys? My intended major is physics, btw.
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11-06-2010, 11:01 AM
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Reed is a safety for nobody; GPA + test scores + rank together comprise only 20% of admission criteria. The school's culture is unique, and fit is important!
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11-06-2010, 12:56 PM
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Why is US in quotation marks? Are the schools in the US or not?
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11-06-2010, 05:09 PM
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^LOL yeah..
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11-06-2010, 07:31 PM
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@vossron: I had no idea. I was researching safety schools and found that my numbers were fairly above Reed's first year students' numbers. Can you tell me what Reed looks for? Thanks!
@IAmPos: Cause most of you would mention Canadian universities as safety, if I did not emphasize 'U.S.'
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11-06-2010, 07:32 PM
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why do you need a US safety? Why pay more to go to a US safety?
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11-06-2010, 07:34 PM
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^^ Exactly, my safeties are Mcgill, UBC and the U of S
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11-06-2010, 07:54 PM
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^^ This thread is not for 'Why US school?'. We went through that many times previously. When I decided to go to US schools, I meant it. I am not just trying a few top schools but trying safeties as well. <--Please LET'S NOT get into this.
Well, in case you guys have US safety schools, I would love to know.
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11-06-2010, 08:02 PM
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Wow so you are really set on going to the US then? That is crazy, good for you.
I guess the "lowest" schools I am applying to are Northwestern and U of Chicago, but I wouldn't consider those safety schools at all, as I probably wont get into either of them haha
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11-06-2010, 08:07 PM
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Mine is U of Washington - Seattle
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11-06-2010, 09:43 PM
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Safeties: Wayne State University and Michigan State University.
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11-06-2010, 11:18 PM
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@ whitney: yea me too, UChicago is not really a safety either, but that's the school with the highest admission rate that I'm applying to. It's actually my new dream school though. XD
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11-07-2010, 01:35 AM
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11-07-2010, 11:31 PM
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@math: How does U of Washington in Seattle appeal to you? Help me out, here, plz.
@viggy: Have you, by any chance, established your residency in the state of Michigan? You earlied to UofMichigan, did you not? I don't think MSU or UofMichigan offers f/a to CDNs? Just curious..lol
@voss: Thanks!
Last edited by prjiki; 11-07-2010 at 11:37 PM.
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11-08-2010, 12:02 AM
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@prjiki I believe my case is a bit special. I did a summer program at UW - Seattle back in 2008 and had the best summer of my life there. I also became acquainted with a few professors in the department with my prospective major. In short, I will be very happy to attend it.
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