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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have a safety on your list you love, and you'd be happy to go there, do you really need more? Especially if they have rolling or early action. If for some reason, you are rejected, you would still have time to apply to other safeties if necessary. But assuming you do get in, you could save your efforts for targets and reaches..
.No? Tell me what you think if you've BTDT. Thanks![/quote]

For a kid who’s truly full-pay, no.

For a kid who will need a lot of aid, it’s better to have more safeties, in case some schools are much more generous than others. [/quote]

+1.  My kids had 3 safeties.  They didn’t love the in-state public college that was their safety but with OOS public colleges at 55-60K and up and private colleges at 80K at up, I said they needed a public in-state safety. You can’t assume merit amounts or financial aid amounts will be the same even among peer institutions because each college is making their own decisions based on the school’s priorities, resources, and the applicant pool.[/quote]

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