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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools that yield protect are NOT safeties.

For this reason, GWU is not a safety. Low target yes, safety no. Same for Santa Clara!

The Boston schools (BU, BC, NEU) are nowhere near safeties. They are reaches for all.

OP, in most states, typically a safety would be your state flagship. What state is it?[/quote]
OPs stats are at/near the 75% percentile for BU, BC and NEU. They would be competitive for admission. I think they are targets. [/quote]

Absolute top students shooting for T20 schools can consider them matches, but don't be surprised if they reject you. 
You'll probably get into one if you apply to all 4 of them, BU, BC, NEU, Tufts.[/quote]

+100

Plenty of top students apply to these schools, but that doesn't mean they will get accepted. Even those stats below the top 75% might catch an admissions officer's eye with their extracurriculars, recommendations, or essays.

People often forget that other applicants are just as strong as their own kids, and think it's yield protection when they get rejected.[/quote]

Yup!  It couldn't possibly be that there are 96K+ applicants and 4-5K spots (including non-Boston for NEU) at NEU.  Willing to bet that at least 60-70K of those make the "academic cut" (high enough SAT/GPA). after that it's a crap shoot. 
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