<p>ooo ooo oooo!!! I can so help with this!! I live in Colorado and these are my two safeties 
Here’s what my research dug up (copy and pasted from my blog):</p>
<p>University of Colorado, Boulder
Type: Public
Class: Safety
Location: Boulder, CO
Cost: $15,000 p. yr.
Size: 32,000 students
Fee: $50.00
Deadline: 1/15 vs. rolling admissions
Notification: ?
Financial aid: 4/1
Housing: 5/1</p>
<p>Why: A huge Public Ivy and the flagship of CO, as well as being located in “the country’s smartest city,” this school would have an unblemished reputation if not for its hardcore partying. Even so, a recent study in England ranked this school as the 11th best public university in the world. The school of mass communications and journalism is supposed to be decent, with an award-winning advertising focus, and they do offer an Honors program. Further down the road, they also have a career placement system… and to be fair, the campus does look really pretty.</p>
<p>Cons: A huge, dwarfing university with an intense party reputation is not especially alluring to me, although it is definitely the best school in Colorado for academia. This school contests UNCo for my safety of choice.</p>
<p>University of Northern Colorado
Type: Public
Class: Safety
Location: Greeley, CO
Cost: $12,000 p. yr.
Size: 12,000 students
Fee: $40.00
Deadline: ?
Notification: ?
Financial aid: All students with a certain admission index get offered financial aid. Clockwork.</p>
<p>Why: In spite of the fact that this school is unlisted on all major compilations of top-notch schools, I got strong positive vibes from this campus. It might be a good school to attend, get freshman credits out of the way, and then transfer, if I don’t get a good financial package anywhere. It has an award-winning business school that is basically its reason for existance; otherwise academics are supposedly mediocre. Still, the campus is beautiful - think cool, fresh, wooded Colorado campus with breathtaking dorms in Central Campus. Also, it’s highly organized: I definitely got the feeling that the school runs like clockwork, with loads of student-friendly services like an on-campus spa and a cheap electronics (computer) service. It seemed like a system easy to master for newcomers. Also, our tour guide and financial aid officer were both very informative and impressively knowledgeable about just about everything on campus. Also, this school is super-friendly; I even got a handwritten note a month later from my tour guide, thanking me for visiting and wishing me the best of luck with the rest of my high school career, which has never happened at <em>any</em> other college I’ve toured. I was like, Awww… So yeah. Not the best school, but an acceptable safety school to my mind. Also it’s a nice size and setting – we had lunch later that day at the Salvador Deli (cutest name ever!) and then explored the downtown area. Very nice. Fun fact: they have a Student Exchange program where you can switch colleges with another U.S. undergraduate and go elsewhere in the country-- that might be awesome!</p>
<p>Cons: The fact that it was unlisted in every single college guidebook I checked made me antsy. I don’t think I’m a prestige whore, but I’d like to attend a school with some accolades for its academia. That’s the only negative thing about this school, but as far as problems go, it’s a big one.</p>
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<p>As far as musical theater goes… UNCo definitely has the better MT program. They did Titanic: The Musical this last year and supposedly it was AMAZING. They found a way to do the ocean setting onstage (I have no idea how; they had to order a bunch of really expensive lighting equipment, I think) and every person we talked to on our campus visit raved about it, even though it had been like two months previous.</p>