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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no magic bullet op.  Your kid didn’t pick safeties she wanted to  attend.  She didn’t pick targets that  she could afford.  No one can change that now.  Either add schools with late deadlines (unlikely to be schools more appealing than her current safeties), take a gap year and do more research next year, or [b]help her  come to terms with the schools she can afford, apparently Towson and Salisbury[/b].  Alternatively she can go to community college and transfer afterwards to Maryland, or another affordable state school.[/quote]I think OP is trying to gather ideas for making the safeties more appealing. But few people have any. I actually know several kids who have had great experiences at safeties, but they started out enthusiastic about the schools, usually going there to play a sport or because of a substantial scholarship that made them feel great about the school. [/quote]
Count our family as one of those with DCs at or getting ready to attend a “safety.” Both are using philosophies already stated in this thread (amongst the finger-waggers!):

(1) Love the School that Loves You, and
(2) Be the Big Fish in a Small(er) Pond.

Several years in, the wisdom of zero-debt is also HUGE as those friends getting ready to graduate are starting to fret over job prospects and looming loan payment startups.

DC1 is indeed a BMOC within their department with prime, paid internships that further knocked down COA. DC2 has all but had the red-carpet laid out for them by an OOS flagship that is rarely discussed on DCUM and would statistically be a safety.

Not saying Towson will do that for your DC but I’d be willing to bet they’ll get some good attention. And remember, if your child is in this position, there will be others too!

So attend that Admitted Student Day and start rooting for those Tigers!
[size=9](I loved CAA football and am sad UR left)[/size][/quote]

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