<p>What’s the terminology here?
I mean, I get safety=fall-back and reach=stretch, but what’s the exact terms/levels etc.?
Thanks, and I apologize for my obvious ignorance.</p>
<p>I’ve never had anything to do with chances, but I believe I might have this halfway correct.</p>
<p>A safety is a school that you can definitely get into (as in your stats and every exceed the norm for that place). For many people here, this would be a state school.</p>
<p>A reach is one that you are trying hard to get into and you maybe might not get into. For people here, this might be an ivy.</p>
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<p>But as you know, the levels of schools will depend based on each person beacuse we all don’t have the same scores, stats, and ECs.</p>
<p>there’s no exact definition, but basically what you said. You can’t get more specific than that.</p>
<p>So what’s low reach vs. high reach?
I’ve heard some people use “high reach” as if it means “very low chance” but then others use it as “very high chance.”</p>
<p>high reach = low chance
and vice versa, imo.</p>
<p>Very high chance=safety
Lower chance=reach (maybe a high reach is one that is even harder to get (think like you are reaching for something on a high shelf and you are short, the higher it gets (high reach), the harder it is to get) than a low reach). I don’t think I’ve never really heard of someone using a high and low reach.</p>