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<p>Some schools have stated automatic admission or automatic scholarship for stats criteria; applicants who meet those criteria may find them 100% sure thing safeties, assuming affordability. Applicants who do not have such schools, but have some almost-safeties based on how they compare to the admitted students should have more than one (and be careful of schools that heavily use subjective criteria, and show interest to schools using “level of applicant’s interest”). But also, safeties should be schools that the applicant is interested in, not “let down” schools.</p>