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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who thinks UNC is a safety for OOS has zero clue about the college process. [/quote]

Unpopular opinion on here, I suppose, but it shouldn't take a degree in game theory to figure out where to apply for college. [/quote]

Well when a majority of applicants find only the top 1% of the nation’s colleges acceptable, that’s where you end up.  You feel entitled to a certain level of prestige.  The admissions process doesn’t have to be thus, however.  DC has taken 12 APs and got rejected from their 1 reach and got 10 acceptances, which were true safeties (accept 75% or more of all applicants) and targets (where DC was top quartile SAT/GPA and we expected a 2/3 chance or greater of getting in) based on Naviance/CCO

No carefully curated ECs.  1 or 2 sports. Summer jobs.  A little volunteer work.  Easy peazy lemon squeezey.

I doubt any of the colleges OP listed were safeties for almost anyone.  Probably true targets for very, very few.  UVA RD and UNC OOS are not targets.  Lehigh RD is not a target.  Pitt is not a safety, it’s a target.  OP’s list was waaaaaaay too top heavy.   [/quote]

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