What's a CS Safety?

soozievt
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:29:33 +0000

Your son sounds amazing in the academic department!! Wow, a very high achiever and brilliant kid. You already got great advice from everyone else. I agree on Penn State. But as another “type” of college that your son could rely on getting in…I would have concurred on RPI and RIT. Best of luck…I agree that statistically he should get into at least one of his other schools but I think you are very very wise to have one school a step down from the others and then one more that is two steps down. What is important is that he likes the safety and it is not just a school “tacked on”. I have seen some kids have all these top tier schools and then tack on some safety they have no interest in that is very easy to get into. I think for top students, like your son, the safety school is “relative” and need not be an easy school but simply easier to get into in terms of odds for HIM. So, for instance, Lehigh might be a good safety for your son but would not be for every kid.

Susan