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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Above a certain GPA/SAT/ACT Case Western is a safety at the 2 high schools I'm familiar with - you can see it very clearly on the Naviance scattergram. Look at your school's Naviance instagrams and you'll see the same pattern for other schools.[/quote]
In my view, that makes it a match.  What is obvious on the static Naviance scattergram may be creeping to the right and up a bit each year.[/quote]

Well, in that case neither of my kids ever applied to a "safety," because the schools they used as their "safeties" were UVA, W&M, CWU, Wisconsin. Their stats put in them in the part of the Naviance scattergram where everyone had been admitted to those schools. They had no desire to go to a school with a 70% acceptance rate and we weren't going to pay for that, so what's the point of applying to a school like that for a kid who needs more of a challenge?

What schools are good safeties for the 4.0/1560+ kid?[/quote]

When did your kids start college?

My 4.0/1560 DC(graduates HS in 2019) safeties were St Mary's of MD, Wooster and Pitt. Applied EA for each, in w/merit at all.

Also applied RD to Haverford, Kenyon, Middlebury. Assumes all are reaches and college counselor concurred. [b]Perhaps could have increased chances if ED were feasible, but with our financial situation it wasn't.[/b] [/quote]

Haverford and Middlebury do not give merit money - only FA.  Given that, applying ED would have been fine if you are either full-pay or need aid.  I'm guessing it's the latter - in which case, your "out" would have been insufficient FA.[/quote]

What do you mean by, "your 'out' would have been insufficient FA."  Are you saying you can get out of an ED commitment if there is not enough FA?[/quote]

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