<p>@ucbalumnus Not everyone defaults to the local community college. In fact, I don’t personally know one friend applying to the local CC. I’m sure there are those in my school who do, but definitely not everyone. My safeties are Union and Binghamton. In my case, that is how strong my college list is. Because I could very well be rejected from all the Ivys and LACs I’m applying to and end up with only those two schools as my choice.</p>
<p>But anyway, this entire point has digressed so much.</p>