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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid is 4.0+, 1500+ student, what are their safeties?

I told my kids they need to have true safeties. One kid said Boston University and other kid said USC. I told them they should have a few true safeties. I was thinking Penn State.[/quote]
IMO, top stats kids should think about applying to safeties in RD, if they have made a horrible mistake in identifying target schools during early action. This board gets all up in arms when top stats kids are rejected from their safeties because the schools know there is no way that kid isn't getting in somewhere else higher ranked. It's better time spent correctly identifying target schools (where DC's stats are above median, but acceptances are 20-50%), doing a good job on essays/questions that show understanding and fit with the school, and applying early action to these. These schools should include the in-state flagship(s), which every top stat kid should be applying to at least for the base of comparison (cost, honors college, etc.)

Save the fretting about safeties for January, because top stat kids who are realistic about the process should have a couple of solid acceptances at target and reach schools by then.[/quote]

Aren't most apps due Jan 1?[/quote]

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