<p>I am an international student and frankly I would not want to go a low-ranked state school in the US. Has anyone not applied to a safety and just applied to various matches and reaches? If the worst happens, I’ll be college-less for the rest of the year before I start college in my country (school year starts at the beginning of the year). Even though I don’t want to think too high of myself I think that I’d get accepted to atleast one of the schools I apply to.</p>
<p>First of all, safety schools are not always “low-ranked state schools” - it really depends on your stats</p>
<p>There are many students who regret not applying to safety schools. Beware.</p>
<p>Jelly is right. Safeties are not always low-ranked state schools. For, many students, their safety is a very good mid-tier school - public or private. </p>
<p>Since you’re an int’l, you have the option of applying to the best and if you don’t get in, going to your home college (which would be YOUR safety). I imagine that our mid-tier schools are comparable to that. </p>
<p>*Even though I don’t want to think too high of myself I think that I’d get accepted to atleast one of the schools I apply to. *</p>
<p>What are your stats? What schools will you be applying to? </p>
<p>Even with fabulous stats, you may only have about a 1 in 10 chance of getting into the elite schools (the odds might be worse for int’l students).</p>
<p>Jelly is right. Many regret not applying to a safety or two (or three).</p>
<p>since you’re an international student and have acceptable options in your own country, then if you don’t want to apply to safeties in the US why bother? The idea of safeties is to make certain that a student is not left without options. However, I wouldn’t choose safeties in terms of ranking, but in terms of how your stats and chances fit in with a school.</p>
<p>Your safeties are the schools in your own country, so no problem.</p>
<p>^ I think cherokeejew is correct. If you were absolutely going to school in the US, not applying to a safety would be begging karma to turn on you. Since you have safeties in your own country, it shouldn’t be an issue</p>
<p>ella93 -</p>
<p>As an international candidate, even if you have tons of money available to pay for your studies here, you do NOT have any safeties in the US - just matches and reaches. Your safeties are in your home country.</p>