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@yashnabadiye26
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 • 2 years ago •
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Should I be confident about my safety schools?
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Hey guys! I am so thankful to all of you for your help. I posted the previous question yesterday and received the answer soon after. Thank you again. I just wanted to know how sure should I be about the safety schools. I checked my chancing of a few universities and it was above 98%. Should I consider that this is one school I can be sure about my selection?

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@Anonymous123
415 answers, 342 votes
 • 2 years ago

Basically, round off anything above 90% to 100%. I got accepted at a 96% university in November 2021, and their application deadline is end of May 2022(six months prior to the application deadline).

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@emmyolive2 years ago

Seriously, what's the point about applying to any school above 95% chancing? Unless your family insists you attend such a school because it's in state, 99+% applicants would just be wasting the application fee.

@Anonymous1232 years ago [edited]

Applying to a safety school is worth it because admissions are unpredictable. You can never bank on universities where your chances of acceptance are below 60%. You just need one safety on your list, and based on the sheer number of students testing their luck at every single top-20 university, one extra application fee should not be much of a problem.

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@CameronBameron
2,281 answers, 8,539 votes
 • 2 years ago

I wouldn't bother applying to a school that had a 98% chancing acceptance rate unless you really want to go there because of financial reasons or you need to be close by because of family or responsibility reasons.

Anything 80%-90% should suffice as a safety school.

Good luck

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