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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+3 I think there is some confusion about what a safety school is, especially in the current time.

A safety school is one that you are extremely likely to be admitted - like at least 70% and for some up to 99% (there is no 100 of course).

That is partially a measure of your credentials compared to typical admits, but also a measure of the school's process - which of course is never fully known.

Just an example, Miami of Ohio received 26,844 applications (from 2020-2021 common data set). They admitted 24,684, over 90%.

So we know they are not highly selective, and we likely know that if your credentials compare favorably to their typical applicant, you are highly likely to be admitted. They also have a low ultimate yield, because they had 3800 enrollments from that 24,684 admitted number.

That is a safety school for a lot of people.

Tulane at 9% or even 15% admittance rate is not a typical safety. It may be for very high achieving students, but for most it is not a guaranteed admittance.

Plus, keep in mind that an AO can also sniff out if they think a student is serious about attending, right? What if they perceive your non-early RD application as over-qualified and might reject to protect their yield? So even on the highest end you are not guaranteed anything.[/quote]

Tulane has been perhaps the most aggressive school out there at drumming up applications so they can lower their acceptance rate.  They send postcards to people with a pulse.[/quote]+

My kid with a 2.8 and 22 ACT has been getting inundated with stuff from Tulane.[/quote]

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