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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always thought of it in relative terms---one person's safety may be another person's reach.  Given the numbers of OP's dd, i think many of the schools people are saying aren't safeties would be considered a safety for OP (e.g, Kenyon, Muhlenberg, Denison, Lafayette, Case Western, etc.) [/quote]

I get your point, but crazy things happen during admissions. My DC is a very high stats kid that was shut-out from schools that *should* have been a safety for him (including [b]Case Western, Northeastern, Tulane, Tufts[/b]).

This is why I also subscribe to the PP's post above:

Safeties are typically where your child is not only in the 75th percentile and above in scores, but ALSO have acceptance rates above 50%, and for good measure, is a school you can safely AFFORD.

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Respectfully and redundantly, none of those schools are safeties for anyone, and Tufts is so famous for yield protection that the slang for it is "Tufts Syndrome".  That's so well known it makes me doubt this is a real post.[/quote]

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