Name the safeties your kids love

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary

Please explain how this is a safety.
Stats?
My DC has great stats and we are on pins and needles waiting in ED. I ready g why yiur DC views this as a “safety” might help me relax a little.

W&M is NOT a safety for anyone. Acceptance rate is 33.5%. That makes it at most a target for a top student

Someone high stats, has a better chance but it is still not a Safety for them.

For who? For everyone? I can see W&M is definitely a reach for you with your critical thinking ability.

[Anonymous]

Yes, at private schools there is a clear GPA line for many colleges. This is because unlike a public, you don't have 50% (or 30% or 20% or whatever..) of the class with a 4.0. You probably have 0% with a 4.0. Then you may have 2 kids with a 3.95 (and on down). So GPA actually distinguishes kids from each other.

The colleges know this so many admit solely on GPA. The 4.0 kids don't need a gazillion extracurriculars to distinguish themselves from the other 50 kids in the class with the 4.0. The GPA is enough.

Even some of the top10 schools have this sort of GPA line at our school. If you have XX GPA (which granted is high) it doesn't matter if you did original NIH research or did very little but play video games in high school---you're likely getting in--maybe not 100% likely every year but a very, very strong chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:F&M
Gettysburg

Nice schools! Good luck!

[Anonymous]

St. John’s

[Anonymous]

Rollins College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:F&M
Gettysburg

You think they are safeties..

[Anonymous]

For my son, the safeties were WVU and Arizona. He was also planning on applying to UNC Charlotte but as soon as he got in to a few schools that are great options (for him) he didn't finish the application.

We didn't really apply to reaches because we aren't willing to pay full price for an out of state school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For my son, the safeties were WVU and Arizona. He was also planning on applying to UNC Charlotte but as soon as he got in to a few schools that are great options (for him) he didn't finish the application.

We didn't really apply to reaches because we aren't willing to pay full price for an out of state school.

Where were you in-state?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For my son, the safeties were WVU and Arizona. He was also planning on applying to UNC Charlotte but as soon as he got in to a few schools that are great options (for him) he didn't finish the application.

We didn't really apply to reaches because we aren't willing to pay full price for an out of state school.

Where were you in-state?

PA.

The reach (slight) would have been Ohio State.

[Anonymous]

I have a high stats NMSF. So far, he’s gotten into all his safeties


Alabama
Arizona
Arizona State
Iowa
Michigan State
Oklahoma
Penn State
U of Central Florida
U of Minnesota
U Texas at Dallas
VCU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, at private schools there is a clear GPA line for many colleges. This is because unlike a public, you don't have 50% (or 30% or 20% or whatever..) of the class with a 4.0. You probably have 0% with a 4.0. Then you may have 2 kids with a 3.95 (and on down). So GPA actually distinguishes kids from each other.

The colleges know this so many admit solely on GPA. The 4.0 kids don't need a gazillion extracurriculars to distinguish themselves from the other 50 kids in the class with the 4.0. The GPA is enough.

Even some of the top10 schools have this sort of GPA line at our school. If you have XX GPA (which granted is high) it doesn't matter if you did original NIH research or did very little but play video games in high school---you're likely getting in--maybe not 100% likely every year but a very, very strong chance.

Are you on the right thread? What has this got to do with safeties your kid loves??

I don't disagree with your comment, just think you may have replied to the wrong thread by mistake!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For my son, the safeties were WVU and Arizona. He was also planning on applying to UNC Charlotte but as soon as he got in to a few schools that are great options (for him) he didn't finish the application.

We didn't really apply to reaches because we aren't willing to pay full price for an out of state school.

Where were you in-state?

PA.

The reach (slight) would have been Ohio State.

No Penn State? Have heard good things about Arizona, WVU, and OSU, btw. Just curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:W&M has admitted every single kid who applied with a 3.4 or better from our private school for the past 5 years. That is why the school considers it a safety for high stats kids.

I.e. if you have a 3.85+ from this school, college counseling will call W&M a safety. They recommend that every kid applies to 2-3 safeties but W&M can definitely be one of them.

Okay---so it's a safety for a very small amount of people (as in from 3-4 top level Private schools in the NoVA), but it's not a typical safety for 99% of students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a high stats NMSF. So far, he’s gotten into all his safeties


Alabama
Arizona
Arizona State
Iowa
Michigan State
Oklahoma
Penn State
U of Central Florida
U of Minnesota
U Texas at Dallas
VCU

Would they go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a high stats NMSF. So far, he’s gotten into all his safeties


Alabama
Arizona
Arizona State
Iowa
Michigan State
Oklahoma
Penn State
U of Central Florida
U of Minnesota
U Texas at Dallas
VCU

Why so many?
My kid has 3 safeties. 5 targets. and 12 reaches.