Safety schools for a high stats kid?

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Anonymous wrote:What would be a safety for a high stats kid from DC (4.0 unweighted, 35 ACT)?

Reach for a top 15 national university (NU) or top 5 SLAC; aim/target 15-50 NU or 5-15 SLAC; safety 50-100 NU or 16-30 SLAC.

If safety means a greater than 75% chance of acceptance then it can easily be a t30-50 school for a kid with high stats from a strong HS with rigorous curriculum

The problem with this strategy is that any private school in the top 100 might be unpredictable about how it handles being treated as a safety.

I think one requirement for a safety for a high-stats kid is that it takes all reasonably well-behaved high-stats kids.

So your high-stats kid would go to a national university rated lower than 100? If so, they should be getting a full-ride.

Plenty of true high-stats kids are going to have to go to financial safeties outside of the top 100, without even necessarily getting a true full-ride.

And I think a lot of the kids people are describing here are just pretty good stats kids, not kids with SATs over 1550.

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Anonymous wrote:Op - What about Miami University in Ohio as a safety? It’s ranked 103 and they have formulaic merit aid that will get your student in-state or full-tuition.

I highly doubt that's what OP is looking for

Why? What's wrong with Miami Ohio?

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Anonymous wrote:Op - What about Miami University in Ohio as a safety? It’s ranked 103 and they have formulaic merit aid that will get your student in-state or full-tuition.

I highly doubt that's what OP is looking for

Why? What's wrong with Miami Ohio?

Nothing wrong. It is just that op was looking for a top 50 school

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Anonymous wrote:Op - What about Miami University in Ohio as a safety? It’s ranked 103 and they have formulaic merit aid that will get your student in-state or full-tuition.

I highly doubt that's what OP is looking for

Why? What's wrong with Miami Ohio?

Nothing wrong. It is just that op was looking for a top 50 school

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Anonymous wrote:Op - What about Miami University in Ohio as a safety? It’s ranked 103 and they have formulaic merit aid that will get your student in-state or full-tuition.

I highly doubt that's what OP is looking for

Why? What's wrong with Miami Ohio?

Nothing wrong. It is just that op was looking for a top 50 school

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A top 50 school can’t be a true safety for any student who’s not famous for doing something like being a president’s grandchild.

I think it’s way better for an applicant who gets shut out of T50 schools to swallow hard and go to the University of Kansas, which is a wonderful research university in a blue town, than to spend a gap year playing Minecraft.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA if s/he is truly outstanding.

Not if they are a VA resident . My niece was accepted to 2 Ivies and rejected from UVA. She went to Hopkins for Med school.
UVA is weird for in-state students.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA if s/he is truly outstanding.

Not if they are a VA resident . My niece was accepted to 2 Ivies and rejected from UVA. She went to Hopkins for Med school.
UVA is weird for in-state students.

The year I was waitlisted, Scalia's son was rejected. I was ranked #10 out of 450 students at a Fairfax Co HS and high SATS, varsity athlete all 4-years, youngest NHS, etc. I think everything happens for a reason though--I am not that 'type'. I would have hated it there.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA if s/he is truly outstanding.

Not if they are a VA resident . My niece was accepted to 2 Ivies and rejected from UVA. She went to Hopkins for Med school.
UVA is weird for in-state students.

The year I was waitlisted, Scalia's son was rejected. I was ranked #10 out of 450 students at a Fairfax Co HS and high SATS, varsity athlete all 4-years, youngest NHS, etc. I think everything happens for a reason though--I am not that 'type'. I would have hated it there.

Is that what you wrote in your UVA supplemental essays?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA if s/he is truly outstanding.

Not if they are a VA resident . My niece was accepted to 2 Ivies and rejected from UVA. She went to Hopkins for Med school.
UVA is weird for in-state students.

There is no such a safety that can GUARANTEE your admission. It's all relative.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA if s/he is truly outstanding.

Not if they are a VA resident . My niece was accepted to 2 Ivies and rejected from UVA. She went to Hopkins for Med school.
UVA is weird for in-state students.

There is no such a safety that can GUARANTEE your admission. It's all relative.

But, if you’re from Virginia, you know the lowest-ranked state universities with dorms will take a high-stats kid who fills out the forms right. Every high-stats who can afford to a school like that should apply to at least one school like that, if only to ward off bad luck.

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Anonymous wrote:Lehigh

That is an interesting idea. It was not on my radar, kids from our school don’t apply there

You have to be in good physical shape to get back to the dorm after class.

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Anonymous wrote:Op - What about Miami University in Ohio as a safety? It’s ranked 103 and they have formulaic merit aid that will get your student in-state or full-tuition.

I highly doubt that's what OP is looking for

Why? What's wrong with Miami Ohio?

Nothing wrong. It is just that op was looking for a top 50 school

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A top 50 school can’t be a true safety for any student who’s not famous for doing something like being a president’s grandchild.

I think it’s way better for an applicant who gets shut out of T50 schools to swallow hard and go to the University of Kansas, which is a wonderful research university in a blue town, than to spend a gap year playing Minecraft.

Agree -- not saying they won't get in, but it's not a true safety. Find at least one school with >60% acceptance rate, that isn't known for yield protection, that is strong in the field your kid wants, and where she can write a genuine "Why this school?" essay. That is a safety.