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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PSA, schools that yield protect SHOULD NOT BE considered safeties BY DEFINITION!!!

Schools with &lt;50% acceptance rates are NOT safeties.

People rejected from &quot;safeties&quot; did not actually have safeties.[/quote]
This question is OT, but how in the world are we supposed to find out if a school yield protects?  This obviously isn't something that they put forward on their websites![/quote]
Look over last year's discussions (e.g. on college confidential) to see whether high-stats applicants are sometimes among the rejected or among those deferred in the early round.

This does not typically happen at schools with higher acceptance rates (say, &gt;70%).  Yield protection seems to be more of an issue in the middle ranges (say, 40-55%).

Example of a school that yield protects:  Santa Clara U.  Overall acceptance rate approaches 50%.  High-stats applicants are routinely rejected if they don't show demonstrated interest and/or a good fit with jesuit educational ideals.  Another important note:  the overall acceptance rate at a university may not be indicative of the acceptance rate to a particular program or major.  Engineering (CS specifically!) and business are often more competitive than the school's overall stats suggest.  Some schools publish separate stats, but most do not.

Less-selective state colleges and lower-ranked privates tend to admit more on stats and less holistically (i.e. less on subjective factors) and accordingly make for more reliable safeties.  Look to the back quarter of the top 100 national universities or just beyond the top 50 LACs.[/quote]
Adding, schools in the back quarter of the top 100 national universities are a mixture of safeties and low matches for the high-stats applicant.  Look carefully.[/quote]

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