Safety = Past the 75th percentile in stats and the U has admission rates 50%+ ?

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<p>Here is an old thread about finding an assured admissions safety:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1314309-how-find-assured-admissions-safety.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1314309-how-find-assured-admissions-safety.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Of course, to be a true safety, the school must also be affordable and must have the desired academics, as well as be a school that the student wants to attend.</p>

<p>A student who is too picky in his/her preferences (e.g. “only HYPMS are acceptable schools for me”) may not be able to find any safeties. Tiger parents who insist on the student applying only to super-selective prestige schools (or schools which are too expensive) also set up their kids to being shut out.</p>