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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL.  “Safeties” are not right below the top 20.  Almost everyone needs to apply to at least one college that accepts more than it rejects.   Being >75th percentile in GPA and SAT doesn’t guarantee you admission.  [/quote]
Some of those colleges may yield protect so for high stats kids, they could get flat out rejected.[/quote]

It's your job to convince a "safety school" that you actually want to attend.  Just like it's the school's job to manage yield and keep it high. 
If you do your job, you will most likely get accepted at your safety, same for targets

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This is true but just ridiculous. Imagine employers not trying to hire the best candidate because they don’t think the person will accept.  The high stats kids applied so obviously they are interested.   Assuming they are not and making them do extra work is just wrong.  [/quote]

Why?  Kids apply to 10+, some to 20+ schools.  Very few apply to only 1 and done.  So schools know that not every kid will attend if accepted.  By definition, if it's "your safety", you are hoping to not attend---you want some reaches and targets to come thru.  So if you have 1580/10AP/4.0UW and are applying to a school that accepts 55%, 50% is 1400 and 3.6UW, they most likely think you will not attend.  They know that from previous years.  Their goal is to have X students as freshman in the fall.  Their goal is to obtain ALL of them by offering admission thru ED/EA/RD.  They do NOT want to go to the WL.  Why?  Because come May 1 majority of kids select where they are going and don't look back.  Even if they get an offer from a WL.

Also, if an employer determines you might just be interviewing with them to boost your salary at your current job (as negotiating tool), then they might just select the "next best candidate".  Why?  Because they are interviewing because they actually need a person to do THAT job.  
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