I need safety schools!

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<p>My top choices are BC, Georgetown, and Berkeley, which I believe are attainable but not quite certain. Hence, I need good fallbacks. </p>

<p>GPA weighted: 4.55
GPA unweighted: 3.9
SAT: 2180
SAT(M+CR): 1440
I’ve played varsity softball for 4 years and have been a member of student council for 4 years also. </p>

<p>I also need a lot of financial aid. What are some good fallback schools for me?</p>

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<p>A safety meets these four criteria:

  1. You can pay for it without any aid other than what you are guaranteed by filing the FAFSA and/or guaranteed state aid and/or aid guaranteed by the institution itself.
  2. You are flat-out guaranteed admission because of your grades/test scores/other special talent or activity.
  3. Your potential major is offered.
  4. You will be happy to attend if all else goes wrong in the admission process.</p>

<p>Sit down with your parents, and find out how much they are ready, willing, and able to pay. Run some of the Net Price Calculators to see what the colleges you are interested in so far will expect your parents to pay. And go read the threads at the top of the Financial Aid Forum so that you can start to get a handle on how that process works.</p>

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<p>You can also look here:</p>

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