Safety Schools for me?

DadTwoGirls
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:21:43 +0000

You should find out what your budget is.

Rutgers and TCNJ are very good. I have worked and/or studied with multiple Rutgers graduates and have been quite impressed.

Your GPA is very good, even without AP classes. Your SAT is low for the very highly selective schools, but should be okay for many universities. I see from prepscholar that the average GPA for Rutgers is 1300. You are close to this, and your GPA should get you in safely.

What is your nationality? Do you want to attend university in the US? If you get your Green Card before you show up for classes then you should be good to apply and pay as a US permanent resident, which is the same (as far as I know) as a US citizen. However, depending upon your other citizenship it might or might not help for some universities outside of the US.

Given your SAT, it is hard to think of any large out of state safeties that are better than Rutgers. There are a number of smaller schools that are SAT optional, and a few that do not look at the SAT at all.