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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid, who also had Bucknell and UMD as safeties, also had Purdue and Tulane as safeties. DC was admitted to all four, and Tulane with significant merit aid. But, I'd not use those as safeties unless solid student means some combination of top grades/high SATs/very rigorous courses. [/quote] PP. This is what I'm referring to about different posters' different definitions of safety, because schools with low acceptance rates shouldn't be safeties for anyone, especially a school like Tulane with a reputation for yield protection and an acceptance rate in the teens due to their heavy use of ED. They love to defer/waitlist, which means it's not truly safe, if the purpose of a safety is the last backstop when the rest of the apps go to heck-in-a-handbasket. OP, just be aware.[/quote]
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