Reach vs Match/safety

merc81
Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:52:29 +0000

1. Effort – as well as attributes such as genuine intellectual curiosity – can depend on a student’s ethic as much as that of the college attended.

2. The categorization of a reach/match/safety hierarchy – at least perceptually, if not statistically – can depend on socio-cultural factors rather than on the intrinsic attributes of the schools themselves.

3. I agree with @snarlatron that “reach” as a concept (rather than as a possible indirect consequence of a considered approach to college selection) would seem to conflict with the ideal of fit.