How many were in shock when they discovered that having the stats that are in the top 25% of the admitted students does not automatically mean that the school is in any way a safety?
I’m also pretty sure that your state flagship is the college which the largest number of students from your school attend.
Reading about the atmosphere in your school come application season makes me really glad that my kid’s school (both faculty and parents) has a much more sane approach to the whole college application process than is typical for people in the community’s SES and education levels…