What exactly defines a safety school?

“The point is even near perfect stats that are far beyond the stat range of the college does not guarantee acceptance at SJSU, which is a public college that uses stat based admission and had a >60% admit rate in the most recent CDS.”

You keep changing the applicant profile on this, anyway, none of those three would look at SJSU as a safety. The kids thinking of SJSU as a a safety have a UC gpa well over 4, as they have taken honors courses,live in Santa Clara county and 1500 or better. The naviance data for kids like this are all accept, the high school’s acceptance rates are around 80-85% for all majors because the hs are located in SC county.