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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given that a lot of OOS flagships are becoming much harder admits, is it better to look at private schools that don't have in-state admissions requirements?  We are in VA and my kid will be one of many who are vying for UVA.  My kid doesn't want a small school, so I'm having a hard time finding schools that will still be safeties.  UVA, VT & JMU are on their list.  Right now, my kid is undecided and I think would benefit from a school where you don't have to lock in your major before even starting college.  What would have been a safety before for a 4.0 UW, 1400/1500 SAT with good ECs aren't really safeties anymore.  I am struggling to come up with safeties that make sense.[/quote]

JMU is 100% a safety for your kid. Some nerd will come in here and say, "Not from NoVa!" but they're patently wrong. JMU still accepts nearly 80% of its applicants and its freshman classes are still largely comprised of students who were not even in the top quarter of their high school class. Really, it's a safety school's safety school.

There are also tons of solid OOS flagships that are still safeties for your kid: Alabama, Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan State, Minnesota, just to name a few.[/quote]

All the schools practice yield protection, so if you are too strong a candidate, JMU will reject you because they don’t want to be your backup. [/quote]

This makes it sound like the strong candidate kids just can't win.  The schools that require their stats are lotteries and the ones where their stats are high reject them for yield.  Is that what you are saying?[/quote]

NP... that's what they're saying, yes. Doesn't make it true... might be a kernel of truth to it, but the yield protection thing is way overblown. As others have stated (and have seen it in recent experience with my nieces/nephews who are a bit older than my grade school kids) it is common to get into one or more of your target and/or reaches, but also often have a better financial aid package offered by one or more of your safeties.[/quote]

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