help needed in ugrad school choice

Hi WSO, I am Jose, a rising senior in Dallas TX, i am interested in IBD and want to know which out of the following schools would be the best choice for me as a safety ( I am applying to Stern, UVA, Ross preferred, etc and want a safe school just in case). my stats are 2230 sat and 3.73 gpa, after running the NPC, i found the cost of these schools as

Villanova 25k, IU Kelley 40k, Tulane 17k, Northeastern 10k

Which of these schools would be the best deal , both in terms of career prospects and financial safety, and suggest some safeties if possible.

Thanks and Regards

Jose

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IU Kelley and Villanova are decent safeties but between them IU Kelley is a much better safety and places very well in recruiting .

Stern and Ross Preferred Admit would be high reaches and UVA would be a low reach since you are applying out of state.

 

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