The Cincinnati Dealer - POLL: UC Too Unsafe to be Safety School

POLL: UC Too Unsafe to be Safety School

By Jorge Barnes | Dealer staff writer

Wed, Feb 2, 2005

CLIFTON - Because of its relatively lax entrance requirements, the University of Cincinnati (UC) has been regularly applied to by Tri-state college hopefulls as a "safety school," or a school that students feel very confident that they will get into if they are rejected from their preferred, but more highly-selective school of choice. But according to a recent poll conducted by the Cincinnati Dealer, UC is now too unsafe to be used as a safety school.

"Miami [University] is my dream school," explains Josh Reiner, a senior at Finneytown High School. "I spent 11 hours on one of the optional essays just to push myself over the edge with admissions. But I didn't want to take my chances because I have a 3.1 GPA and a 1080 SAT. So I considered applying to UC. But I didn't want to take my chances because they have the highest on-campus burglary rate in southwestern Ohio. So I applied to NKU [Northern Kentucky University] instead. And I fucking hate Kentucky."

Eighty-seven percent of polled college-bound Tri-state seniors agreed that UC was too dangerous to be a safety school. That sentiment was echoed by UC freshmen.

"I'm from Ross County, so although I was pissed off when I didn't get into Scripps Howard School of Journalism at OU [Ohio University], I was like, well, at least at UC it'll be cool being in a big city for once," recalled Mike Hufford, '08 Communications. "Little did I know I'd be mugged twice and have my car broken into eight times before my first midterm. And my parents won't even let my sister come visit."

Quick Poll

After Ike's damage to Cincinnati, how are you taking precautions against future hurricanes?

	Purchasing a windbreaker
	Cutting down every tree within 150 feet of my house
	Practicing dialing Duke Energy's phone number in the dark
	Looking for Duke Energy technicians who are willing to accept bribes
	Reading "Fixing Broken Power Lines For Dummies"
	Making sure my Bengals season tickets next year will be far away from the "wind tunnel" section
	Moving to the Gulf Coast, where people are actually warned in advance about hurricanes

What Grinds Your Gears?
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