Anonymous
05/15/2026 13:44
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Emory/Oxford which is their two year junior college.
Oregon, Arizona State, Kansas.
Emory/Oxford is not a safety for most kids. Admission rate is still less than 20%.
Admissions to Oxford at Emory is 10%. Emory College is 8.5%. Yall are chronically delusional on this site.
Your numbers are off. According to its official website https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_regular_decision_class_of_2030_26-03-2026/story.html, Emory's acceptance rate is 12.3%, obtained by dividing 5,317 applicants admitted to either Emory College or Oxford College or both, by 43,269 which represents the total number of applicants. No doubt Emory is not a safety for anyone, but it isn't as low as Emory mom wants it to be.
The answers here show why kids get shut out of colleges.
Some kids annd parents are so misguided that they think Emory and Northeastern are safeties.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 13:36
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:U of Minnesota has excellent reputation and for some reason is a relatively easy admit even for OOS.
Was just coming here to say this. As someone who once lived adjacent to the campus in the 90s then moved to DC, I never understood why Minnesota (and Minneapolis in general) was not much more popular with the DMV crowd. Especially those with strong average kids. Thinking about the people who get excited about Pitt, Delaware, Indiana and JMU OOS. EspPESHally those that cannot shut up about Pitt and how fun Pittsburgh is. I mean, I like it too -- no shade -- but have you spent time in Minneapolis?
If you're willing to accept the weather in Pittsburgh and/or Newark DE is a good enough city for you, then you really owe it to yourself to explore U of Minn
No great mystery, its mainly distance. Most of the schools you list above are an easy day's drive, and you can roundtrip in a single day. Not the same with UMn.
When your young adult child goes off to college why do they need to drive back-and-forth so frequently? And this days drive thing doesn’t seem to be a problem when the kid is at Wisconsin, Chicago, Indiana, Colorado or the California schools
Anonymous
05/15/2026 13:34
Subject: Re:“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To get back to the actual question: Arizona State (90% acceptance rate) and Arizona (86% AR) are good examples of what OP is looking for. Nationally solid reputation but a healthy acceptance rate.
The downside of AZ schools is the distance and need to transit.
True, but the weather makes up for a lot. My DD is in Arizona and loving life. She finds the people friendlier, the cost is similar to in state after merit aid, and she can sunbathe in February! Not a bad way to spend 4 years! And definitely fits OP’s request.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 13:21
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:U of Minnesota has excellent reputation and for some reason is a relatively easy admit even for OOS.
Was just coming here to say this. As someone who once lived adjacent to the campus in the 90s then moved to DC, I never understood why Minnesota (and Minneapolis in general) was not much more popular with the DMV crowd. Especially those with strong average kids. Thinking about the people who get excited about Pitt, Delaware, Indiana and JMU OOS. EspPESHally those that cannot shut up about Pitt and how fun Pittsburgh is. I mean, I like it too -- no shade -- but have you spent time in Minneapolis?
If you're willing to accept the weather in Pittsburgh and/or Newark DE is a good enough city for you, then you really owe it to yourself to explore U of Minn
No great mystery, its mainly distance. Most of the schools you list above are an easy day's drive, and you can roundtrip in a single day. Not the same with UMn.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 12:57
Subject: Re:“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To get back to the actual question: Arizona State (90% acceptance rate) and Arizona (86% AR) are good examples of what OP is looking for. Nationally solid reputation but a healthy acceptance rate.
When I see these schools on a resume I don’t think ‘Solid’. I think ‘good enough’ like I think of U of Kansas.
Agree, but keep in mind that OP is looking for safeties, where being labeled 'good enough' is a plus. Many schools cannot even claim that.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 11:15
Subject: Re:“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:To get back to the actual question: Arizona State (90% acceptance rate) and Arizona (86% AR) are good examples of what OP is looking for. Nationally solid reputation but a healthy acceptance rate.
When I see these schools on a resume I don’t think ‘Solid’. I think ‘good enough’ like I think of U of Kansas.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 11:12
Subject: Re:“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Toured UMinn about 3 years ago. A solid choice. DC chose a different path but probably would have thrived there.
I agree that Minnesota isn't driving distance like Pitt, but a bigger thing is probably the lack of skiing. Also, east coasters like to know they're 'near' other things - so you're in Providence but you're pretty close to Boston or whatever. When you're in MN, you're ... in MN. It's a longer drive to Madison or Chicago or whatever than east coast people are used to. For those of us from the Midwest, we're used to longer drives. Plus we know that the twin cities are cool! But I guess I get why DMV kids aren't as jazzed about it.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 09:09
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:What schools will fall into this category?
Keep in mind when you’re writing your article: many high-quality universities around the world have easy admissions and then flunk many students out.
So, in a sense, the freshman year is preparation for admission to the sophomore year.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 08:58
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
This area it’s JMU for sure.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 08:45
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:U of Minnesota has excellent reputation and for some reason is a relatively easy admit even for OOS.
Of course it's an easier admit. Who the f*** wants to live in Minnesota besides current residents?
Non-p*ssies who won’t let winter get in the way of living their lives?
I've lived here for 30 years. Weather is horrendous. Just sayin. Things are now just blooming. :/
Anonymous
05/15/2026 08:41
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Emory/Oxford which is their two year junior college.
Oregon, Arizona State, Kansas.
Emory/Oxford is not a safety for most kids. Admission rate is still less than 20%.
Admissions to Oxford at Emory is 10%. Emory College is 8.5%. Yall are chronically delusional on this site.
Your numbers are off. According to its official website https://news.emory.edu/stories/2026/03/er_regular_decision_class_of_2030_26-03-2026/story.html, Emory's acceptance rate is 12.3%, obtained by dividing 5,317 applicants admitted to either Emory College or Oxford College or both, by 43,269 which represents the total number of applicants. No doubt Emory is not a safety for anyone, but it isn't as low as Emory mom wants it to be.
That the combined rate for both colleges not the individual rate for each college.
The combined rate would reflect the average of the two rates, adjusted to reflect the number at each school. It can’t be higher than both numbers. So, either this number is wrong or the ones quoted are wrong.
No wise one, its not an avg just addition and subtraction because its the same pool of applicants. You can decide whether or not to apply to one of the two colleges or both... 99% of the 43k apply to Emory college, however only 60% of the 43k apply to Oxford.
3600/42000= 8.6%- Emory
2700/ 26000= 10.4%- Oxford
Both
((3700+2700)- 1000)/43000= 12.5%
Im arguing about Emory to people who cant do simple logical deduction. The reason the combined rate does not matter to you is because theres almost a 50% chance your child did not apply to Oxford College only Emory college so their acceptance rate is only around 8%. Theres also a chance your child only applied to Oxford thus the acceptance ratenwould only be around 10%.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 08:16
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Many of the regional Catholic schools. St. Joes, Marquette, Scranton, SLU.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 08:10
Subject: “True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:SMU
TCU
These are not safeties any more, especially for someone not applying ED full pay.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 08:10
Subject: Re:“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To get back to the actual question: Arizona State (90% acceptance rate) and Arizona (86% AR) are good examples of what OP is looking for. Nationally solid reputation but a healthy acceptance rate.
The downside of AZ schools is the distance and need to transit.
True, but the weather makes up for a lot. My DD is in Arizona and loving life. She finds the people friendlier, the cost is similar to in state after merit aid, and she can sunbathe in February! Not a bad way to spend 4 years! And definitely fits OP’s request.
Anonymous
05/15/2026 07:53
Subject: Re:“True Safeties” that accept nearly every applicant but have retained great reputations?
Anonymous wrote:To get back to the actual question: Arizona State (90% acceptance rate) and Arizona (86% AR) are good examples of what OP is looking for. Nationally solid reputation but a healthy acceptance rate.
The downside of AZ schools is the distance and need to transit.