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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. [b]My kid goes to TJ, and the guidance office there specifically says that no student should consider UVA a safety. Period. [/b] Highly likely for some kids? Sure. But not a given and big surprises every year.

Michigan is arguably a heavier lift (depending on if you want engineering).

TJ considers VCU, GMU and Pitt safeties.  Almost every kid who applied will be admitted.  (Aside: Pitt is strange for TJ. Most year well over TJ kids apply to Pitt as a safety and every single one is admitted— 100%— almost all with significant merit).

Remember how you should define safety: your kid is certain to get in and you can definitely find a way for them and/or you to pay. The worst case scenario. But that definition, no. UVA can be a low target. But virtually never a safety. [/quote]

Has something changed in the last 2 years? Because our 2017 TJ grad on the advice of her counselor had one safety - UVA. And you could see on the scattergram that above a certain GPA/SAT combo, every kid got in.

I also see the same pattern on our base school scattergram - again above a certain GPA/SAT, everyone (except one red X) got in.[/quote]

No, I don't think it has changed.  Our school's Naviance shows a clear GPA line - above that line and 1300+ SAT and you are in.  But I would imagine those lines are moving up and to the right.[/quote]

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