Safety Schools Recommendation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC in a good student 3.9 and high 1500's SAT interested in engineering/science based major. Hearing about how this past year has been very unpredictable with admissions. We are having trouble deciding on "safety" schools. Some schools I would think would be safety (flagship state schools locally UMCP or UVA - the stats showed it may not be a sure thing! Any advise on selecting safety schools?

MD and UVA are def. likely.
Va Tech is a sure thing if you are aiming for CS. It's a safety otherwise.

The other schools - GMU, JMU, etc are safeties.

Not this year. Lots of kid with similar stats got waitlisted.

[Anonymous]

Look for schools with early and rolling admission options. Example, Colorado School of Mines has rolling admission and tends to respond to its earliest applicants by the end of Oct. Add a couple of safeties with EA that will respond by December (note that not all EA plans will do so!).

[Anonymous]

Radford has a dual degree engineering program with Virginia Tech. B.S. in Physics from Radford and a B.S. in Engineering from VT. https://www.radford.edu/content/csat/home/physics/engineering.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's amazing how every DCUM poster has a high 1500s SAT or 35+ ACT - this must be the smartest bunch in America.

Numbers don't lie.

Most highly educated cities in America, 2015:
#1: Bethesda, MD
#3: Potomac, MD
#5: McLean, VA

Most highly educated large cities in America, 2015:
#1: Arlington, VA
#6: Washington, DC


https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/studies/most-educated-top-cities-2015/

[Anonymous]

Any rolling admission school where he can get admitted directly into engineering (or a major he can live with) Applications may open as soon as August. The sooner you apply, the sooner you get in. The sooner you apply, the easier it is to get in. It wouldn't be unusual to have an acceptance by Oct. Maybe a couple before Thanksgiving. Visit later after acceptance, if you can't visit before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any rolling admission school where he can get admitted directly into engineering (or a major he can live with) Applications may open as soon as August. The sooner you apply, the sooner you get in. The sooner you apply, the easier it is to get in. It wouldn't be unusual to have an acceptance by Oct. Maybe a couple before Thanksgiving. Visit later after acceptance, if you can't visit before.

+1 Consider U of Delaware. Good engineering program, honors college, gives good merit for OOS students, rolling admission

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any rolling admission school where he can get admitted directly into engineering (or a major he can live with) Applications may open as soon as August. The sooner you apply, the sooner you get in. The sooner you apply, the easier it is to get in. It wouldn't be unusual to have an acceptance by Oct. Maybe a couple before Thanksgiving. Visit later after acceptance, if you can't visit before.

+1 Consider U of Delaware. Good engineering program, honors college, gives good merit for OOS students, rolling admission

3.9 and 1500 SATs can do better than Delaware. One thing if in state but with those stats would aim higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GMU is great for STEM and accepts almost anyone

Not anymore. GMU accepted only 80% in 2021. I know a lot of very unhappy families that didn't get in . . . and didn't get into Virginia Tech . . . and didn't get into UVA . . . and W&M. Remember also that the public high school college advisors direct students to the schools where there interests lie and where they are most likely to get in, so the selectivity numbers on publics are always high. That's their job. It makes no sense to support a B student applying to W&M.

OMG it's this guy again, and he's contradicting himself in his own comment! Isn't UVA a state school? William & Mary? Are their "selectivity numbers always high?"

[Anonymous]

University of Washington is also very good and not super competitive.