Should I ditch my private school safeties?

College Search & Lists
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<p>I got good news today, accepted EA to Michigan Engineering OOS.
I’ve already applied to UCs and USC as financial alternatives.</p>

<p>I feel I should drop from my RD list the private school safeties
and matches on my list, and try for Reaches only. </p>

<p>Thinking of dropping:
Santa Clara University
Univ of Miami
Carnegie Mellon
U of Notre Dame</p>

<p>That’ll leave four super reaches on my list, mostly Ivies.</p>

<p>Comments?</p>

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<p>If you’re able to afford Michigan, and consider it a better school then the ones you’re dropping, go for it. </p>

<p>(Honestly though, if you haven’t done so yet, look at their Common App supplements. If this is Univ. of Miami in Ohio the supplement takes 10 seconds. Santa Clara requires you to write a paragraph. You might as well apply.)</p>

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<p>Honestly University of Notre Dame is a safety for no one and Carnegie Mellon is at most a high match.</p>

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<p>Thank you. I think I’ll keep Notre Dame and Santa Clara and play the catholic card in the supplement.</p>

<p>Will drop Northwestern, a bunch from our school got deferred ED!</p>

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<p>I’d drop 'em all and enjoy the holidays. ;-)</p>

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<p>It’s Miami U in Ohio, U of Miami in Fla.</p>

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<p>Congrats about UMich! :)</p>

<p>Do you go to a Catholic high school? If so, that’s a plus for Santa Clara U
SCU is not a safety for anyone. </p>

<p>Did UMich give you an FA package or can you pay full-freight (UMich OOS COA is $50k.) :slight_smile: </p>

<p>BTW…are any of the schools on your list financial safeties? Do you have a financial safety? If not, you should keep at least one.</p>

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<p>If you’re planning on being an engineer, I’d drop all the private schools on your list (as indicated by your OP) except for Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>The UCs and USC are better for engineering than the schools (except CMU) on your list.</p>

<p>Do your “super reach” ivies include Princeton, Cornell, Columbia or Penn? These ivies are the ones with strong engineering programs.</p>

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<p>As a Santa Clara University student, I would keep it on your list. If you haven’t visited, come out here and take a look. The campus is beautiful and whatever major you decide you will get access to professors.</p>

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<p>Can you afford UMich as a out of state student, would you attend UMich over one of the possible schools your considering to drop if they offered aid in where the school was 10k more affordable? There are multiple reasons to keep your list expanded.</p>

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<p>I’m applying to Cornell Engineering. Econ at most other places.
Will have to decide in April based on FA packages. Will be hard to beat Berk, LA, and SD even with the tuition hikes esp because I’ll qualify for Cal Grant, Pell Grant etc. first year … depends on whether I get into those UCs. </p>

<p>Will pay $10K/yr more for better school.</p>

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<p>What fa is umich giving you?</p>

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<p>Don’t know yet. Will likely know only by March.</p>

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<p>Others can correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think UMich meets the FA needs for OOS students. So, you’d likely have a big gap in your FA package.</p>