What are your "saftey" schools?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>I always found that applying to Michigan in September is a great move. You get in by October and then get to focus on matches and reaches.</p>

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<p>Michigan has revised their admissions process. From the U of Michigan web site:</p>

<p>“The University of Michigan Office of Undergraduate Admissions is pleased to announce the implementation of an “Early Response” deadline for prospective freshman applying for Fall 2008. For all students whose completed applications are received by October 31st, we will guarantee that a decision will be released by December 21st. Students whose applications are complete after the Early Response deadline will receive decisions on a rolling basis, approximately 8-12 weeks after their completed application is received by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.”</p>

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<p>Here’s a list Yale applicants may want to consider while looking for safety colleges. </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=405031[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=405031&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>uuh…i haven’t seen too many “safeties” on this thread. either there are a lot of self-inflated folks out there, or majorly outstanding students, or kids who need to re-visit the meaning of safety! with the increasing boom of college applicants, EVERYONE has to get in touch with their safeties!</p>

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<p>Good advice. “Safety” should mean sure bet for admission. Have all of you applied to a college that will surely admit you? Are any of you admitted somewhere already?</p>

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<p>Neurosurgeon08, I’m impressed by your confidence. I was wondering, what kind of grades, scores, and EC’s you have.</p>

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<p>This evening is the SCEA deadline for Yale. You should take a look at what rolling admission applications you can submit consistent with Yale’s rules–having a safety in hand before you hear your Yale results could be good for your nerves. Good luck, everyone.</p>

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<p>There is an inscrutable mentality which is quite common among Ivy-maniac that if one applies to all of the ivies, one must get in at least one of them. It makes sense to me since I used to have that “intuition”. Yet sometimes one just loves a school so much that one cannot imagine oneself being anywhere else.</p>

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<p>I only have one safety: University of Washington. I’m sure I can get in and I’d be okay with going. Not thrilled, but okay with it.</p>

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<p>American Safety: Wellesley (I know this typically wouldn’t be considered a safety, but I’m pretty much 100% certain I will get in since everyone last year who applied from my school did, and I know one of the Admissions Officers quite well)</p>

<p>Canadian Safety: McGill</p>

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<p>My safety is UC San Diego. Although from what all my teachers, guidance counselors, and college counselors tell me, I have a very good chance at getting into USC and the two other UCs I’m applying to: UCLA and UC Berkeley.</p>

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<p>So far, the University of Rochester is the only one. Looking for others.</p>

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<p>haha, I <3 URochester!</p>

<p>If you don’t mind losing the prestige (but saving a lotta dough), state schools with honors programs work equally as well. I’m looking at Schreyer for PennState but I think many other public schools have great honors programs as well :D</p>

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<p>Apple, this is true, but it is also true that the cost of attending those honors programs for OOS students can be at least as high as a decent private school–often higher. It costs something like $30K for an OOS student to attend Berkeley or the University of Michigan, for example. Definitely NOT a bargain.</p>

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<p>@Consolation~ I meant your native state school. Thus, the losing of prestige. To me, Berkeley and UMichigan are both pretty reputable schools.</p>

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<p>it’s pretty hard to get into UC berkeley and UCLA as an out of state applicant, so be careful about relying on that.</p>

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<p>University of Washington?..in Seattle? Not a safety? I’m instate, too. Are you serious?</p>

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<p>UC San Diego and American are my safeties. I am also applying to Tufts, WashU and Georgetown but I wouldn’t call them safe. I intend to major in International Relations or Political Science.</p>

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University of Washington?..in Seattle? Not a safety? I’m instate, too. Are you serious?"</p>

<p>I’m serious, and I don’t live in Washington. Our state university is not a reknowned one. Although it has its strengths, they are not in the areas of interest.</p>

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<p>UDub shouldnt be a safety for anyone.</p>