A "safety school" is a euphemism for an institution of higher learning that's a backup for wealthy high school students who are too dumb to go to Harvard. Here they are, ranked:

22. Tufts

21. [Live at home, save some money, read miscellaneous interesting Reddit pages]

20. NYU

19. Connecticut College

18. Dartmouth

17. Skidmore

16. Occidental

15. Elon

14. Bates

13. Trinity

12. BU

11. Washington University in St. Louis

10. Hobart and William Smith

9. Boston College

8. Kenyon

7. College of Charleston

6. Johns Hopkins

5. St. Andrews (UK)

4. George Washington

3. Emory

2. Hamilton

1. Cornell

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