<p>Schools list their admission criteria in section C7 of the common data sets, which should be findable by searching on their web sites.</p>
<p>If “level of interest” is listed as being considered (and there is an increasing trend for it to be among private schools), then there is the possibility of “Tufts syndrome” occurring at that school if a high stats applicant applies there as a safety without expressing additional interest in a way that the school records (e.g. scheduled visit or interview, optional application materials, etc.).</p>
<p>Public schools are much less likely to care about “level of interest” and thus would make safer safeties.</p>