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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with your general point that different people mean different things in discussion forums.

Rigor, grades, and accordingly rank, are not standardized. Trying to standardize that which cannot be standardized is... not a good idea.

On safety, too many schools with acceptance rates in the 30-50+ range also heavily consider demonstrated interest, yield protect, or otherwise are careful about admitting students with stats on the higher end for the school, if they think the student is unlikely to attend. They are not true safeties.

just my two cents...[/quote]

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These are terms that can't be defined in a way that applies across the board for all applicants.[/quote]

I generally agree with you (though i would like to think certain things are somewhat universal -- test scores for example), And it is underscores OPs point that when posters make claims about these things as determinative, it is not super helpful.  But also, colleges have to standardize these considerations when determining admittance, so there must be some sort of standard?

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I'm guessing Princeton has a different standard than Podunk.[/quote]

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