What are your high stat kid’s safeties?

[Anonymous]

Back in the day, I would have put Boston University and not even Northeastern as a safety. We can full pay private so looking to add some safeties.

[Anonymous]

Boston U will only be a safety if you apply ED2.

Of 81k applications last year, 6000 were ED and 75000 were RD. 48% of the incoming class was filled from the ED pool. 52% of the class came from the other 75000.

DCs safeties are UVM, Pitt, and a few instate SUNYs.

[Anonymous]

UCLA, Imperial in London, and UCSF.

[Anonymous]

Public: JMU, Virginia Tech, George Mason, Christopher Newport

Private: Richmond, Dickinson, Wake Forest, Colgate, Bucknell, Lehigh

[Anonymous]

We are also full pay. My son's safeties were GMU, Pitt, Rose-Hulman, and Morehouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Public: JMU, Virginia Tech, George Mason, Christopher Newport

Private: Richmond, Dickinson, Wake Forest, Colgate, Bucknell, Lehigh

Dickinson is still a safety, the rest of your privates list not so much

[Anonymous]

Indiana, Syracuse, Pitt

[Anonymous]

Tufts, Frostburg, Pitt, Charleston..

[Anonymous]

Rose Hulman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts, Frostburg, Pitt, Charleston..

How is tufts a safety?

[Anonymous]

Lawrence U and Bucknell

[Anonymous]

Fairfield, Bucknell, Drew, and Lehigh

[Anonymous]

I personally disagree that many of those listed above are safeties, even for a high stats kid.
For my high stats kid, safeties were very difficult to identify, because admissions are tough across the board, and bc of yield protection (justifiable).
I humbly recommend treating "safeties" with the respect they deserve, showing them a lot of demonstrated interest, and only choosing those that your student would be happy to attend.
Nothing is a slam dunk anymore, nor should it be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally disagree that many of those listed above are safeties, even for a high stats kid.
For my high stats kid, safeties were very difficult to identify, because admissions are tough across the board, and bc of yield protection (justifiable).
I humbly recommend treating "safeties" with the respect they deserve, showing them a lot of demonstrated interest, and only choosing those that your student would be happy to attend.
Nothing is a slam dunk anymore, nor should it be.

OP here. I want to say BU will be my kid’s safety but want a few true safeties. I’m thinking Penn State.

Do schools reject high stat kids knowing the school is considered a safety?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally disagree that many of those listed above are safeties, even for a high stats kid.
For my high stats kid, safeties were very difficult to identify, because admissions are tough across the board, and bc of yield protection (justifiable).
I humbly recommend treating "safeties" with the respect they deserve, showing them a lot of demonstrated interest, and only choosing those that your student would be happy to attend.
Nothing is a slam dunk anymore, nor should it be.

OP here. I want to say BU will be my kid’s safety but want a few true safeties. I’m thinking Penn State.

Do schools reject high stat kids knowing the school is considered a safety?

Yup
And BU is no one's safety
Welcome to the college admissions reality check!