<p>I think you also need to clarify if you are considering these schools a “safety” for academic or audition purposes (or both). For example, Northwestern is non audition, but is by no means a safety as the academic standards for admission are very high. Temple U may be a safety for academic admission, but as an auditioned BA they did not accept many students into the fall 2012 class. Muhlenberg College is a non audition BA (audition optional) but they accept a large portion of the incoming freshman ED and not everyone can meet their academic standards for admission.</p>