“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
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Anonymous
The downside of AZ schools is the distance and need to transit. |
Anonymous
True, but the weather makes up for a lot. My DD is in Arizona and loving life. She finds the people friendlier, the cost is similar to in state after merit aid, and she can sunbathe in February! Not a bad way to spend 4 years! And definitely fits OP’s request. |
Anonymous
These are not safeties any more, especially for someone not applying ED full pay. |
Anonymous
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Many of the regional Catholic schools. St. Joes, Marquette, Scranton, SLU.
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Anonymous
No wise one, its not an avg just addition and subtraction because its the same pool of applicants. You can decide whether or not to apply to one of the two colleges or both... 99% of the 43k apply to Emory college, however only 60% of the 43k apply to Oxford. 3600/42000= 8.6%- Emory 2700/ 26000= 10.4%- Oxford Both ((3700+2700)- 1000)/43000= 12.5% Im arguing about Emory to people who cant do simple logical deduction. The reason the combined rate does not matter to you is because theres almost a 50% chance your child did not apply to Oxford College only Emory college so their acceptance rate is only around 8%. Theres also a chance your child only applied to Oxford thus the acceptance ratenwould only be around 10%. |
Anonymous
I've lived here for 30 years. Weather is horrendous. Just sayin. Things are now just blooming. :/ |
Anonymous
| This area it’s JMU for sure. |
Anonymous
Keep in mind when you’re writing your article: many high-quality universities around the world have easy admissions and then flunk many students out. So, in a sense, the freshman year is preparation for admission to the sophomore year. |
Anonymous
I agree that Minnesota isn't driving distance like Pitt, but a bigger thing is probably the lack of skiing. Also, east coasters like to know they're 'near' other things - so you're in Providence but you're pretty close to Boston or whatever. When you're in MN, you're ... in MN. It's a longer drive to Madison or Chicago or whatever than east coast people are used to. For those of us from the Midwest, we're used to longer drives. Plus we know that the twin cities are cool! But I guess I get why DMV kids aren't as jazzed about it. |
Anonymous
When I see these schools on a resume I don’t think ‘Solid’. I think ‘good enough’ like I think of U of Kansas. |
Anonymous
Agree, but keep in mind that OP is looking for safeties, where being labeled 'good enough' is a plus. Many schools cannot even claim that. |
Anonymous
No great mystery, its mainly distance. Most of the schools you list above are an easy day's drive, and you can roundtrip in a single day. Not the same with UMn. |
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Anonymous
When your young adult child goes off to college why do they need to drive back-and-forth so frequently? And this days drive thing doesn’t seem to be a problem when the kid is at Wisconsin, Chicago, Indiana, Colorado or the California schools |
Anonymous
The answers here show why kids get shut out of colleges. Some kids annd parents are so misguided that they think Emory and Northeastern are safeties. |