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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not a safety school for in-state students.  It's the flagship and indisputably one of the best public universities in the country.  Basically, if you're eligible for in-state tuition, it's like Berkeley.  Unless you have some esoteric academic/professional interest which skews your search, it doesn't make sense to turn Michigan down on educational grounds unless you get into one of a handful of world-renowned universities or unless FA or scholarships give you a high-quality alternative that costs the equivalent or less.

It *is* a safety school for talented OOS students whose families are willing and able to pay $60K/year for UM if their kid doesn't get into HYPS.  In that sense, it occupies a similar niche to Brown.  [/quote]

Calling an Ivy, with an 8% acceptance rate, a safety is just trolling.[/quote]

No different than calling Michigan a safety. Both are reaches for most applicants (and so out-of-reach that kids with average credentials are told don't even bother to apply).  And yet both get applications from people who aspire to more selective schools.  Both, of course, are also dream schools for some exceptionally well-qualified students.  Safety is relative and preferences vary.

Personally, I think that the whole safety/match/reach framing is screwed-up.  But if Michigan's a safety for some kids, so's Brown.  In my DC's cohort, the two schools are often safeties/back-up plans for the same caliber of student. [/quote]

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