2400 sat - safety schools?

bat · 11-21-2008, 01:28 AM

what sort of schools could a near 2400 sat achiever with great grades, consider as safeties

i recently jumped from a 2150 to a 2390(!!!!) and need to quickly tweak my college list.....

any thoughts?

liek0806 · 11-21-2008, 01:34 AM

Congrats. What kind of college do you want, research/lac? Majors? Location? This all plays into it.

bat · 11-21-2008, 01:41 AM

im looking for a uni that is:
strong in engineering and economics
has a good social life
good recruitment
research or LAC
in any location

and i am a canadian asking for financial aid

my first choice is the m&t program at penn
2nd to 4th choices - dartmouth, columbia, cornell

gadad · 11-21-2008, 08:31 AM

If international aid is an issue, you'll definitely want to consider applying to Harvard.

bat · 11-21-2008, 08:49 AM

all the schools im applying to are need-blind for canadians, except for duke and johns hopkins, which are need aware but, with my stats, i guess i would be competitive for the limited aid that they provide.....

i dont think harvard would be a personal fit, and i dont want to go there just because of the brand name....

any other college suggestions?

LaVieEnChocolat · 11-21-2008, 08:53 AM

a friend of mine last year was deferred at Yale with a 2400 perfect score! so it is not a guarantee of getting in. Anyway congrats!

bat · 11-21-2008, 08:59 AM

^ dammmn- the unpredictablity of college admissions make the list we build all the more important.....

so what schools Could i consider as safeties? i have u of rochester.....but......is this a place where i would be wayy too overqualified?

i need another safety suggestion, perhaps a bit higher up in the rankings

huskem55 · 11-21-2008, 10:21 AM

whats your gpa?

pierre0913 · 11-21-2008, 11:26 AM

choose Carnegie Mellon, great academics (engineering and business are top 10), well-known, and located in a up-and-coming city (Pittsburgh)

bat · 11-21-2008, 11:27 AM

wanted to, but carnegie have NO aid for internationals :S

oh yeah and my school doesnt calc GPA or rank, but i have, apart from one B in my freshman year, straight As taking the most rigourous courseload

MomofWildChild · 11-21-2008, 12:50 PM

How about Lehigh? I think you will get in to Penn, but not sure about the money.

palmalk · 11-21-2008, 01:40 PM

USC. WashU (maybe not so much a "safety" as they are on the lookout for those using them as such....). Case Western (engineering, anyway; not sure about economics).

happymomof1 · 11-21-2008, 01:50 PM

You are CANADIAN. Your safeties are in, get this, CANADA. If you have grades and test scores as good as you report, then any number of the very fine Canadian universities are going to be delighted to admit you. Not to mention that they (by and large) are going to be waaaaaaay cheaper than colleges and universities in the US.

As an international student in need of financial aid, there are no true safeties for you in the US. The best that you can hope for are matches and reaches.

country day · 11-21-2008, 05:32 PM

Good Schools for Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University Tartans
Rice University Owls
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Good for Economics/ Business

University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Georgetown University Hoyas
Boston College Eagles

I assume you will apply to Ivies and such so I did not put those down.

Consolation · 11-21-2008, 05:41 PM

Happymomof1 is correct, IMHO. I think that Rochester is a good US safety for you, although it may not be a *financial* safety. They have some very good merit scholarships, but their need-based aid is not great in my experience.