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[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]

Your kid needs to show interest, convince the safety why they want to attend.  Safeties do exist.  A school with a 50-60%+ acceptance rate does not just reject all high stats applicants.  But your "why School X" essay has to be meaningful, you need to show interest and contact admissions/dept chairs/etc and let them think you actually want to attend.  If you do that, you will get into at least 50% of your safeties. And you should have at least 2 safeties that have 75%+ acceptance rates...those do NOT yield protect, they are going to accept your high stats kid, 99% of the time. 
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Just FYI, you (and several others) are quoting posts from a year ago. A troll bumped an old thread.[/quote]

So what?  The discussion will be relevant each year.  Especially when so many feel their "high stats" kid are entitled to a T25 admission and couldn't possibly find any "safeties" they like/would fit in with the student population.

If you have a truly balanced list and all the schools are ones you want to attend, your kid will be fine and will get a few target acceptances and most of their safeties.  Majority of time, when that does not happen it means they didn't  have an accurate list.  Most Schools ranked 25-50 are NOT safeties, they are targets at best (and reaches for some). [/quote]

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