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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Possible reasons are the "safety" was ranked too highly to be a real safety, or there was yield protection going on, or there was some problem with the application like something was not completed properly.[/quote]

Can schools that consider demonstrated interest be true safety? [/quote]

Of course they can.  Your kid just has to put in the effort to convince them "you are school #1 for me".  DO that and you will likely get accepted. 
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No. Far too much uncertainty involved in that. The entire point of a safety is certain admission.[/quote]

Well then your kid might not get into their safeties.  Or all their safeties will be Iowa, Kansas, ASU---schools that guarantee admission if you have a 3.X+ gpa or Sat over 1XYZ

But there are plenty of Likelies/safeties that do not do that your kid can get into, but you of course need to convince them you want to attend.  My 3.99/1520/10+ AP kid did not really want to attend a school with a 85%+ acceptance rate (or a large school).  So we searched for excellent choices in the 50-70% acceptance range and made sure to show interest/do interviews if offered.  My kid got into all their Safeties (50-75% acceptance rate) and only applied to 1 with a higher acceptance rate (and had no intention of attending it, but our CC requires you apply to a Safety/likely that's within 6 hour drive so we did that). 
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