What exactly defines a safety school?

Until a couple years ago a GC at the local public high school in MA was telling students with a 3.5 UW GPA and 1300 SAT that Northeastern, BU and BC were safeties. When the decisions came back there were a lot of unhappy students…and parents.

That may have been the case 25 years ago but not recently. And yes I know GC’s have a lot on their plate but they need to keep up with reality or keep quiet.