<p>How can I know what would a safety school be for me? For example a uni where the accepted students have far below my scores or just a school where i`ll probably get in but is not 100% sure?</p>
<p>Well, most people define a safety as those you have about…90-100% chance of getting in (if not 100%), which is usually based upon the fact that your scores are of the higher level than their mid SAT/GPA percentile (like they only have 50% kids who have over 3.0 GPA in high school, and you have a 3.8 GPA).</p>
<p>But don’t base it only on scores. A safety should be a school you’d be happy to attend if the matches and reaches don’t work out. :)</p>
<p>Welcome to CC!</p>
<p>thanks for the reply 
<em>happy</em></p>
<p>after all it is hard to decide what colleges i<code>d like to go besides cornell. If i don</code>t get in there it would be almost all the same where else i<code>d go. what do you think of University of Nevada: Las Vegas??? it sounds like a safety to me… they accept students with an average of 1000 (old sat) from what i can see on collegeboard and i have 1310 and well my gpa is much higher than their average… in fact everything i have is higher than their average… isn</code>t it too humiliating to apply to such schools?</p>
<p>Don’t think of it that way! It’s not humiliating. There are some people who get accepted into high-tier schools who end up going to their safety because they find out its a better fit or the finaid is way cooler.</p>
<p>I had an ex-boyfriend whose classmate got into UNLV. She loves it, and the football games. Don’t know much about it, though, sorry. Maybe if UNLV has a honors college/society, you might be asked into it?</p>
<p>Oh i gave it just as an example. The thing I don<code>t really like about it is that it</code>s too west and too south. I definitely prefer east and north.
but most schools there are much tougher to get in. What about getting in some uni and then applying as a transfer to the top choice again? It won<code>t be all over if i don</code>t get in the first time. is it hard to get in as a transfer?</p>
<p>Ah, okay.</p>
<p>Okay, some universities/colleges DON’T accept international transfers. So you’d have to read their sites very carefully.</p>
<p>I’ve heard it’s harder to get in as a transfer - since few places are usually available - than as a freshmen. Grades have to be stellar.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re in need of financial aid, mostly universities/colleges don’t give financial aid to students after the freshmen year. And if you’re in the school since the freshmen, but you didn’t apply for aid when you applied as a high school senior, you’re not eligible for aid in future years, either.</p>
<p>Aw! that seems like Mission Impossible. Like… <em>now or never</em> :'(</p>
<p>So then what about applying the next year again as a freshman??? There must be more than one chance to get in!</p>
<p>Well, you can take a gap year, than apply as a freshmen. You can’t go to a college, than apply to another school as a freshmen and say you just spent the one year between graduation and that year doing nothing. 
Most colleges ask what you did the gap year.</p>