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Anonymous wrote:UMD-CP! My child (soph) loves it

? UMDCP is a safety for most kids? I know a few magnet kids in MCPS who didn't get in.

Not a safety. Anyone who lives in MD wants to go their b/c of the tuition. Highly selective just because of the number of applicants.

Safety is relative. And, if you have really high stats, you should be good at UMD (EA of course). It was a safety for my kid last year. 4.83W, 1570 SAT, lots of honors, ECs.

But, I agree generally that UMD is not a safety school. It just might fill that slot for some kids, though.

You might have considered UMD a safety, and it turned out OK because your child got in. My kid had similar stats this year, and got in, as we expected. But I wouldn't call it a safety school, even for our high stats kids. (And I think referring to UMD as a safety school is likely to lead astray other people whose kids may not get in, now or in the future.)

PP here. No one is calling it a "safety school " the question was about what safeties your kids were happy about -- for THEM. This was one for mine and a few others. In this case, safety is relative to the student, but not one person who identified it as a safety for their kid suggested it was a "safety school " overall. I even went so far as to say that I agree it is not a safety for most. So why try to pick a fight here? So annoying.

These days, UMD-CO isn't a safety for anyone. Take a look at the UMD results thread where you will see that high performers were rejected this year.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD-CP! My child (soph) loves it

? UMDCP is a safety for most kids? I know a few magnet kids in MCPS who didn't get in.

Not a safety. Anyone who lives in MD wants to go their b/c of the tuition. Highly selective just because of the number of applicants.

Safety is relative. And, if you have really high stats, you should be good at UMD (EA of course). It was a safety for my kid last year. 4.83W, 1570 SAT, lots of honors, ECs.

But, I agree generally that UMD is not a safety school. It just might fill that slot for some kids, though.

Then anybody can jump into this thread, and say bunch of T50 schools are safeties.

It defeats the purpose of the thread.

Pitt. Daughter loves it there. It was only a safety due to stats; after she visited the first time it went to #1 on her list.

Towson! My dd has loved it.

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Anonymous wrote:Wheaton College (MA) - generous merit, accepting campus, study abroad program on Bhutan
College of Wooster - strong research + senior thesis program, good STEM departments, generous merit
Others: Allegheny, Gettysburg, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Kalamazoo, St. Olaf (math and music strengths), Denison, Mount Holyoke, Puget Sound.

You have SO MANY kids, wow!

For my niece, definitely Salisbury University.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD-CP! My child (soph) loves it

? UMDCP is a safety for most kids? I know a few magnet kids in MCPS who didn't get in.

Not a safety. Anyone who lives in MD wants to go their b/c of the tuition. Highly selective just because of the number of applicants.

Safety is relative. And, if you have really high stats, you should be good at UMD (EA of course). It was a safety for my kid last year. 4.83W, 1570 SAT, lots of honors, ECs.

But, I agree generally that UMD is not a safety school. It just might fill that slot for some kids, though.

You might have considered UMD a safety, and it turned out OK because your child got in. My kid had similar stats this year, and got in, as we expected. But I wouldn't call it a safety school, even for our high stats kids. (And I think referring to UMD as a safety school is likely to lead astray other people whose kids may not get in, now or in the future.)

So you're saying it was a safety for your kid? That is entirely the point. For your kid. It's relative to the student.

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Anonymous wrote:UMD-CP! My child (soph) loves it

? UMDCP is a safety for most kids? I know a few magnet kids in MCPS who didn't get in.

Not a safety. Anyone who lives in MD wants to go their b/c of the tuition. Highly selective just because of the number of applicants.

Safety is relative. And, if you have really high stats, you should be good at UMD (EA of course). It was a safety for my kid last year. 4.83W, 1570 SAT, lots of honors, ECs.

But, I agree generally that UMD is not a safety school. It just might fill that slot for some kids, though.

You might have considered UMD a safety, and it turned out OK because your child got in. My kid had similar stats this year, and got in, as we expected. But I wouldn't call it a safety school, even for our high stats kids. (And I think referring to UMD as a safety school is likely to lead astray other people whose kids may not get in, now or in the future.)

PP here. No one is calling it a "safety school " the question was about what safeties your kids were happy about -- for THEM. This was one for mine and a few others. In this case, safety is relative to the student, but not one person who identified it as a safety for their kid suggested it was a "safety school " overall. I even went so far as to say that I agree it is not a safety for most. So why try to pick a fight here? So annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:Wheaton College (MA) - generous merit, accepting campus, study abroad program on Bhutan
College of Wooster - strong research + senior thesis program, good STEM departments, generous merit
Others: Allegheny, Gettysburg, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Kalamazoo, St. Olaf (math and music strengths), Denison, Mount Holyoke, Puget Sound.

Many of these are not "true safeties."

And how many kids do you have?

Fair, maybe target-safeties? My point is that we identified these schools as generous merit providers earlier on and did demonstrate interest through visits but ultimately were quite confident that our kids would gain acceptance and receive scholarships, which they did, all upwards of 30K/yr. I included so many, because we did find many "safeties" and "targets" that we as a family and my children loved and also applied to several since we a) wanted options and b) were counting on merit aid to attend OOS private colleges. I was hoping that a list of more colleges would be helpful, even if they didn't all include details. Other safeties could include Chatham University, Duquesne, Washington & Jefferson, Albright, Ohio University, Miami U (OH), and Temple for some more PA/OH colleges. (Things have also changed over the years since my first went to college and Pitt was her in-state safety - 2020.)

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Anonymous wrote:UMD-CP! My child (soph) loves it

? UMDCP is a safety for most kids? I know a few magnet kids in MCPS who didn't get in.

Not a safety. Anyone who lives in MD wants to go their b/c of the tuition. Highly selective just because of the number of applicants.

Safety is relative. And, if you have really high stats, you should be good at UMD (EA of course). It was a safety for my kid last year. 4.83W, 1570 SAT, lots of honors, ECs.

But, I agree generally that UMD is not a safety school. It just might fill that slot for some kids, though.

You might have considered UMD a safety, and it turned out OK because your child got in. My kid had similar stats this year, and got in, as we expected. But I wouldn't call it a safety school, even for our high stats kids. (And I think referring to UMD as a safety school is likely to lead astray other people whose kids may not get in, now or in the future.)

Loyola Maryland college

Anonymous wrote:Kid wanted Villanova or Boston College. Wound up at St. Joe's and completely loved it.

Similar story here. Kid wanted Georgetown but went to another Jesuit school, St. Joseph’s University, known as St. Joe’s. He’s done extremely well there and landed a great summer analyst position in the fall.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

PP here - tell us more! TY!

My DS with a 4.4 GPA and 1550 SAT was offered 13k per year merit.

Sorry, I meant 3.4 GPA.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

PP here - tell us more! TY!

My DS with a 4.4 GPA and 1550 SAT was offered 13k per year merit.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC is loving UMass. Got enough merit aid to make it super-affordable.

Amherst? Does UMASS generally imply UMASS-Amherst around here?

Yes, UMass Amherst, and I think so?

Thanks! Is it a real safety though (low GPA/SAT threshold, high admit rate)?

I think it has a 66% acceptance rate? (At least that is what Google tells me). Regardless, DC is happy there!

DP here - what do they like about it? Thinking about it! TY!