<p>For those of you who have applied to Chicago, what schools do you expect to apply to as “safeties”?</p>
<p>I applied to Michigan under Early Response (and got in).</p>
<p>Possibilities: Wesleyan, Vassar, Barnard
Safeties: Bryn Mawr, Reed, Bates</p>
<p>Reed is not predictable enough to be a safety for anyone.</p>
<p>Boston University. I guess neither Brandeis nor Wellesley would be a ‘safety’ right?</p>
<p>I also applied EA to MIT and BC.</p>
<p>So, I guess it’s BC.</p>
<p>I thought BC was restrictive.</p>
<p>UF, but I’ll probably get into Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Hopefully: William & Mary, UVa, Bryn Mawr</p>
<p>Definitely: Pitt</p>
<p>My safeties are: Rutgers and Penn State :)</p>
<p>“Safeties: Bryn Mawr, Reed, Bates”</p>
<p>“Reed is not predictable enough to be a safety for anyone.”</p>
<p>Agree that Reed is a safety for no one (only 20% of admission criteria are based on GPA + test scores + rank), but I’d say it’s because students are not predictable enough! :)</p>
<p>My main safety is American. I also applied EA to Georgetown.</p>
<p>^^OMG, he broke the Single Choice EA rule by georgetown, I’m telling.
lol</p>
<p>I was going to do the same thing; they won’t find out.</p>
<p>My safety is UVA.</p>
<p>^^No, I talked to a rep about it. The language is weird, but they allow multiple EAs as long as you didn’t try ED. Most EDs will allow you to apply elsewhere, but with the understanding that if you get accepted you will withdraw the offers immediately. Georgetown just doesn’t want you to do anything that would be binding. Luckily, UChicago isn’t. :)</p>
<p>you can apply early to both UofC and Georgetown.</p>
<p>Yes, there are essentially three flavors of EA:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Single Choice EA. That’s Yale and Stanford. Their decision isn’t binding on you, but they don’t want you applying anywhere else early, binding or not. There are exceptions for your home-state public university and certain other situations that don’t arise with colleges actually competitive with Yale or Stanford.</p></li>
<li><p>Restrictive EA. Georgetown, BC, and some others. You can apply to multiple schools on a non-binding EA basis, but not on a binding ED basis. You can apply early to these colleges and Chicago and MIT at the same time, but not to them and Columbia ED, for instance.</p></li>
<li><p>Plain old EA. Chicago and MIT (and others). Go ahead! Apply to Columbia ED! Apply wherever you want! They don’t care. Students rule!</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Main safety : HKU and HKUST. Hoping for scholarship at the same time</p>
<p>Possibilities: Vanderbilt, Sciences Po/Columbia (dual degree), Hopkins, Brown, and WSHSL.
Safeties: University of Toronto (St.George and Scarborough), Western Ontario-Ivey, Brandeis, and McGill. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Safety: University of Connecticut
In increasing order of unpredictability but still sort of likely: NYU, RPI, Wesleyan (which is more difficult, so we’ll see)
Also applied to UMichigan but that’s sorta far so it’s definitely not a first choice.</p>