#rising new englang senior looking for more targets/safeties (also open to reach suggestions tho!!)

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wicked oak
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Tufts,Bu, and BC aren't targets

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Maybe BU if you applied ED

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BU is also huge

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Doesn't really fit

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Targets could be like Rochester, Lehigh, Union may be a bit rural

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URoch

grand relic
wicked oak
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No

grand relic
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they might yield protect him but idk i feel like they are

wicked oak
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That's great you think that, it isn't accurate

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All are well below 20% admit rate

grand relic
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hm yeah maybe.. but idt the acceptance rate is a problem w/ his stats. i get where ur coming from though!!

wicked oak
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Trust me...

grand relic
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lol maybe ur right.. i think its bc the school i went to a lot of ppl got into those places w/ much lower stats!

wicked oak
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People will get in with lower stats, but higher stats doesn't really move that needle a lot

grand relic
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i mean a 1570 vs a 1400 does kinda move a needle but yeah ig

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anyways id say targets: UNC/neu/urochester + easier to get into LACs like franklin marshall, macalester, haverford(maybe a bit of a reach ...(lacs amazing for med school)
safetys: umass amherst, rutgers, lehigh, syracuse, umbc/any state schools rly

imo i feel like your school is similar to mine-i went to a really good public school and most people got into good schools or our state school &sorry also for arguing in chat didnt mean to cause any beef!

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yeah!! also u can ask me any q's abt hopkins cornell and dart if u need help (i went to admitted day for all 3 and ive talked to like 1029021312013 students there) and one of my bffs is going to corn !

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HELP

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tbh thats partially true it depends who u surround urself with and what type of person u are.. at all of thsoe schools premed is hell but some of my upperclassmen friends love jhu and most people ive talked to there have told me they're fine even though it is really hard. there is def a collaborative culture but its also true that most of us are aiming for med school which is lowkey why i chose hopkins in the first place and why most of my peers chose hopkins in the first place as well!

idle kestrel
idle kestrel
idle kestrel
idle kestrel
idle kestrel
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Tufts and BC are not targets

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Stop lying to these people please

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For class of 2027, out of 34k applicants, 3400 were admitted. The middle 50% range of SAT scores for admitted students are 720-770 for EBRW, and 750-790 for math. For AXT, it’s 34-35

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This persons lovely stats aren’t changing a 10% acceptance rate school to a target

idle kestrel
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Tufts and BC are not targets

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Certain acceptance rates stop a college from entering target and safety

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Yea

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A target/safety will be different for people depending on whether they are In state or out of state (if it’s a public), their stats relative to the school (and a decently high or average acceptance rate is usually a precursor)

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Not everyone will have the same safeties/targets, but a reach will remain a reach

wicked oak
wicked oak
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yeah, same. I went to Dartmouth

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Tufts isn't a target foor anyyone. Period

grand relic
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HELP sorry guys I think my perception of safety’s and targets is skewed bc of my school mb 😭😭😭

wicked oak
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so target reach and safety are based on a students stats. What may be a target for you may be a safety for me. But at a certain point schools are reaches for everyyyone

wicked oak
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Lehigh isn't a safety for anyone

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you just don't really know what you're talking about

grand relic
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I mean I was just trying to help and everyone can have their own opinions idk why ur attacking me 😭😭

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IMO lehigh is a good school but it’s def a school op can get into which I would classify it as a safety

wicked oak
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Because if you give advice that is bad, you were better saying nothing

grand relic
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Mk I mean at the end of the day it’s for OP to decide what he wants to believe

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And op can hear different perspectives there’s no need to restrict him to what you think 🤷‍♀️

vast light
wicked oak
vast light
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My school has plenty of people will reallt good academics but their ECs were poor whicu is why they were unable to get into colleges even I had initially assumed were ‘targets’

grand relic
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Yeah that makes sense!! Thanks for being kind about it 💗💗

wicked oak
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Or they have great ECs and academics and are just applying to really compeitive schools

vast light
wicked oak
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Real is always my aim

vast light
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our personal perceptions can’t dictate how the reality is

vast light
wicked oak
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Feels like the best use of my expertise

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I gain nothing by blowing smoke up anyone's ass

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and you don't either

vast light
vast light
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If you’re considering another reach premed program, would encourage you to think of Georgetown

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Altho you are looking at targets and safeties do ig it’s not as helpful to you

vast light
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Cool then! We’ve got a great program with tons of support for students so you could definitely look into it