“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?

[Anonymous]

Michigan State

[Anonymous]

Toured UMinn about 3 years ago. A solid choice. DC chose a different path but probably would have thrived there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Colorado”

Their admit rate is high but not so much for OOS and definitely not a safety for more selective schools like business & engineering. DC several friends who were rejected.

It was definitely a safety at our HS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Emory/Oxford which is their two year junior college.

Oregon, Arizona State, Kansas.

Emory/Oxford is not a safety for most kids. Admission rate is still less than 20%.

In fact, the admitted stats re identical to Emory main campus. Probably because they get the same degree.

[Anonymous]

SMU
TCU

[Anonymous]

Oberlin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory/Oxford which is their two year junior college.

Oregon, Arizona State, Kansas.

Emory/Oxford is not a safety for most kids. Admission rate is still less than 20%.

Admissions to Oxford at Emory is 10%. Emory College is 8.5%. Yall are chronically delusional on this site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Colorado”

Their admit rate is high but not so much for OOS and definitely not a safety for more selective schools like business & engineering. DC several friends who were rejected.

It was definitely a safety at our HS.

It still is a safety at our private (oos).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory/Oxford which is their two year junior college.

Oregon, Arizona State, Kansas.

Emory/Oxford is not a safety for most kids. Admission rate is still less than 20%.

Admissions to Oxford at Emory is 10%. Emory College is 8.5%. Yall are chronically delusional on this site.

Your numbers are off. According to its official website https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_regular_decision_class_of_2030_26-03-2026/story.html, Emory's acceptance rate is 12.3%, obtained by dividing 5,317 applicants admitted to either Emory College or Oxford College or both, by 43,269 which represents the total number of applicants. No doubt Emory is not a safety for anyone, but it isn't as low as Emory mom wants it to be.

[Anonymous]

MN makes a lot of sense for the DMV social-welfare crowd and libs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory/Oxford which is their two year junior college.

Oregon, Arizona State, Kansas.

Emory/Oxford is not a safety for most kids. Admission rate is still less than 20%.

Admissions to Oxford at Emory is 10%. Emory College is 8.5%. Yall are chronically delusional on this site.

Your numbers are off. According to its official website https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_regular_decision_class_of_2030_26-03-2026/story.html, Emory's acceptance rate is 12.3%, obtained by dividing 5,317 applicants admitted to either Emory College or Oxford College or both, by 43,269 which represents the total number of applicants. No doubt Emory is not a safety for anyone, but it isn't as low as Emory mom wants it to be.

That the combined rate for both colleges not the individual rate for each college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory/Oxford which is their two year junior college.

Oregon, Arizona State, Kansas.

Emory/Oxford is not a safety for most kids. Admission rate is still less than 20%.

Admissions to Oxford at Emory is 10%. Emory College is 8.5%. Yall are chronically delusional on this site.

Your numbers are off. According to its official website https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_regular_decision_class_of_2030_26-03-2026/story.html, Emory's acceptance rate is 12.3%, obtained by dividing 5,317 applicants admitted to either Emory College or Oxford College or both, by 43,269 which represents the total number of applicants. No doubt Emory is not a safety for anyone, but it isn't as low as Emory mom wants it to be.

That the combined rate for both colleges not the individual rate for each college.

The combined rate would reflect the average of the two rates, adjusted to reflect the number at each school. It can’t be higher than both numbers. So, either this number is wrong or the ones quoted are wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:U of Minnesota has excellent reputation and for some reason is a relatively easy admit even for OOS.

Was just coming here to say this. As someone who once lived adjacent to the campus in the 90s then moved to DC, I never understood why Minnesota (and Minneapolis in general) was not much more popular with the DMV crowd. Especially those with strong average kids. Thinking about the people who get excited about Pitt, Delaware, Indiana and JMU OOS. EspPESHally those that cannot shut up about Pitt and how fun Pittsburgh is. I mean, I like it too -- no shade -- but have you spent time in Minneapolis?

If you're willing to accept the weather in Pittsburgh and/or Newark DE is a good enough city for you, then you really owe it to yourself to explore U of Minn

+1. They just don’t know the Midwest.

Minnesota is a flight away. The rest of those are driveable from the DMV. It's really that simple. Minnesota also doesn't have the stuff that gets kids excited about certain schools, like skiing in Colorado or New Hampshire.

Okay, now explain Wisconsin

NP. Wisconsin has a really strong reputation and Madison is a great college town. It makes sense that it would draw more from out of state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U of Minnesota has excellent reputation and for some reason is a relatively easy admit even for OOS.

Was just coming here to say this. As someone who once lived adjacent to the campus in the 90s then moved to DC, I never understood why Minnesota (and Minneapolis in general) was not much more popular with the DMV crowd. Especially those with strong average kids. Thinking about the people who get excited about Pitt, Delaware, Indiana and JMU OOS. EspPESHally those that cannot shut up about Pitt and how fun Pittsburgh is. I mean, I like it too -- no shade -- but have you spent time in Minneapolis?

If you're willing to accept the weather in Pittsburgh and/or Newark DE is a good enough city for you, then you really owe it to yourself to explore U of Minn

+1. They just don’t know the Midwest.

Minnesota is a flight away. The rest of those are driveable from the DMV. It's really that simple. Minnesota also doesn't have the stuff that gets kids excited about certain schools, like skiing in Colorado or New Hampshire.

Okay, now explain Wisconsin

NP. Wisconsin has a really strong reputation and Madison is a great college town. It makes sense that it would draw more from out of state.

OP is asking about safeties, making Wisconsin not an answer because OOS acceptance rate is <40%. Minnesota, on the other hand, is 79% (although different colleges within UMN have different numbers) which makes it somewhat a safety.

[Anonymous]

To get back to the actual question: Arizona State (90% acceptance rate) and Arizona (86% AR) are good examples of what OP is looking for. Nationally solid reputation but a healthy acceptance rate.