Safety school your child ended up loving…?

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Anonymous wrote:Elon

+1 High numbers, but no ECs to speak of. Loved Elon and graduated at the top of the class. Now in med school.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD-CP! My child (soph) loves it

? UMDCP is a safety for most kids? I know a few magnet kids in MCPS who didn't get in.

Not a safety. Anyone who lives in MD wants to go their b/c of the tuition. Highly selective just because of the number of applicants.

Safety is relative. And, if you have really high stats, you should be good at UMD (EA of course). It was a safety for my kid last year. 4.83W, 1570 SAT, lots of honors, ECs.

But, I agree generally that UMD is not a safety school. It just might fill that slot for some kids, though.

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My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

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Another one with a student who loves UVM!

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

Amherst? Does UMASS generally imply UMASS-Amherst around here?

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

Amherst? Does UMASS generally imply UMASS-Amherst around here?

Yes, UMass Amherst, and I think so?

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

Amherst? Does UMASS generally imply UMASS-Amherst around here?

Yes, UMass Amherst, and I think so?

Thanks! Is it a real safety though (low GPA/SAT threshold, high admit rate)?

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These are friends' kids

Stonehill College in MA - kid has a good job in Boston with kids who went to the colleges he was rejected by (BC, Villanova, Notre Dame)

Mary Washington - kid was rejected from every other VA school he applied to - was NOT excited at all by UMW but now loves it

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

Amherst? Does UMASS generally imply UMASS-Amherst around here?

Yes, UMass Amherst, and I think so?

Thanks! Is it a real safety though (low GPA/SAT threshold, high admit rate)?

Low GPA/SAT is entirely subjective. 1350 might be low for one kid, 1000 for another.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

Amherst? Does UMASS generally imply UMASS-Amherst around here?

Yes, UMass Amherst, and I think so?

Thanks! Is it a real safety though (low GPA/SAT threshold, high admit rate)?

I think it has a 66% acceptance rate? (At least that is what Google tells me). Regardless, DC is happy there!

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfield U

Great school for beer pong at the Seagrape!

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Anonymous wrote:These are friends' kids

Stonehill College in MA - kid has a good job in Boston with kids who went to the colleges he was rejected by (BC, Villanova, Notre Dame)

Mary Washington - kid was rejected from every other VA school he applied to - was NOT excited at all by UMW but now loves it

Loved my time at Mary Washington and it prepared me very well for grad school (at Va Tech). I would not have been ready for a school the size of Tech when I was 18. I’m still very close to friends from my Mary Wash days.

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Oberlin. Devastated about not getting into Brown, but thrived here.

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JMU has been a wonderful experience so far. Something for everyone it seems.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

PP here - tell us more! TY!