@happymomof1 I don’t want the thread to get bogged down in semantics. If I could change the title I would. I would call it “ultra-likely” or something similar. I agree with @am9799 that applying to an auto-admit school is probably overkill for most. In my personal experience, I have never seen a kid with reasonable stats (Not straight A’s or 99% ACTs) rejected from a college with a 60+% admit rate school. The idea that ANY school with holistic admissions, regardless of admit rate, is suspect seems like a bit of unnecessary pessimism.
But, I don’t know this for an absolute fact, which was the reason for starting this thread. Of course, the best advice is to secure an admission somewhere reasonable through rolling admissions or EA. Nothing on this thread should suggest that I disagree with that excellent advice.