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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When applying to colleges and universities, applying to at least 3 safeties is the most important. If a student accurately identifies & applies to 3 safeties, then the number of apps to other schools should not be a concern.

If up to me, I would limit students to 12 applications although 10 is also a reasonable limit.[/quote]

With high stats kids being yield protected from safeties, it doesn't seem like safeties exist anymore.[/quote]

Not all schools yield protect. If it does, it's not a safety.[/quote]

THIS.  Not sure why some here can't grasp that.[/quote]

Not a parent of a senior here, so please bear with me - So, how does that work, though?  When I'm seeing reports of kids with 4.0+ GPAs that, at least according to parents, have good ECs being rejected from Penn State, for example, how was that not them being rejected by a safety?  [/quote]

According to US News, Penn State's acceptance rate is 58% (could be lower now). FWIW, my kids have very high test scores and grades, and their safeties accepted 60%, 75%, and 94% of students. Overkill? Who knows. But we found schools that they would be very happy attending and that gave them good news before winter break of senior year. It makes the rest of the waiting much easier. (One ended up at a school that accepts less than 20% of students, the other is still waiting for more notifications.)[/quote]

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