Need suggestions on safety schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that no college wants to be your safety so if your kid's stats are too high above their average, they will get rejected, especially if they have not shown demonstrated interest. Any validity to this?

Yes of course. Yield Protection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that no college wants to be your safety so if your kid's stats are too high above their average, they will get rejected, especially if they have not shown demonstrated interest. Any validity to this?

Yes of course. Yield Protection.

+1 it is important to show interest to safeties and this also helps you learn more about them and feel good about what they can offer you if that's where you end up. In particular, interview at small schools if possible.

[Anonymous]

Chatham University in Pittsburgh and Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA. Not quite Easy Coast but close enough. St. Joe's University if you want to be closer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like mine, though she was more humanities focused. Her safeties were Muhlenberg and umd. Muhlenberg has a new science building under construction (may be finished). We liked the people and campus. I've also heard a lot about Juniata with environmental science fields. Those two may offer good merit aid options. We are middle class and did not qualify for need aid at Muhlenberg but still got 30k/yr in merit aid. She got excellent need aid (38k+/yr) at top LACs and universities, though.

UMD as a safety? I'm a VA resident so I don't know much about UMD, but from the postings here last spring it didn't seem like a "safety" at all. Many students with excellent stats were rejected.

I think UMD can be a safety for very high stats kids (possible exceptions for a couple select programs) because they don’t seem to yield protect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goucher is another one in Baltimore, and I think it’s also in a safe part of town and gives merit.

Look at CTCL schools, too.

I wouldn’t recommend CTCL schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that no college wants to be your safety so if your kid's stats are too high above their average, they will get rejected, especially if they have not shown demonstrated interest. Any validity to this?

This was not our experience. Both kids got into their safety schools with EA applications, Juniata, Ursinis, Ohio Wesleyan, Mary Washington, CNU,. They did show demonstrated interest, as we put effort into making sure those schools would be a good fit if necessary.

Kids eventually ended up at their desired choice, top SLAC for one, W&M for the other.

[Anonymous]

Thank you all.

[Anonymous]

My DC loved College of Charleston.

[Anonymous]

St. Joe’s right outside Philly
Seton Hall
Loyola Baltimore
VCU
Eckerd
Coastal Carolina
Florida Atlantic

[Anonymous]

Have your child as the school counselor.

[Anonymous]

U of Miami is a good safety choice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that no college wants to be your safety so if your kid's stats are too high above their average, they will get rejected, especially if they have not shown demonstrated interest. Any validity to this?

Yes

[Anonymous]

Check out the buyers schools from Jeff Selingo's website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goucher is another one in Baltimore, and I think it’s also in a safe part of town and gives merit.

Look at CTCL schools, too.

I wouldn’t recommend CTCL schools.

Because?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that no college wants to be your safety so if your kid's stats are too high above their average, they will get rejected, especially if they have not shown demonstrated interest. Any validity to this?

This was not our experience. Both kids got into their safety schools with EA applications, Juniata, Ursinis, Ohio Wesleyan, Mary Washington, CNU,. They did show demonstrated interest, as we put effort into making sure those schools would be a good fit if necessary.

Kids eventually ended up at their desired choice, top SLAC for one, W&M for the other.

You do realize you basically contradicted yourself: you say it was not your experience, then your third sentence basically aligns with the pp who said yield protect may happen when an applicant has "not shown demonstrated interest." Your DCs did, so that was your experience.