French bac (BFI) student

[MYOS1634]

This thread will help you understand reach/match/safety - here, a student with stats similar to yours applying for math.

Chance me for mathematics/statistics [international, 3.92 GPA, 1550 SAT]

Overall admission rate does not mean that your chance of admission is that chance. A safety is a college that is 100% likely to admit you in particular. Note that many colleges have different admission selectivity for different majors, or for in-state and out-of-state students. For example, University of Texas - Austin automatically admits Texas students in the top 6% of their class, which fills up about three quarters of the class (these students can consider it a safety if they are not applying to a competitive major). All out-of-state (including international) students and Texas students outside of the top 6% compete for the small number of remaining places, so all such students should consider it a reach.

(He’s disadvantaged compared to you because he comes from an over represented country and you don’t, and because he has 4s in 2 key subjects.)