Good safeties for Top Schools (Ivy League schools & Top 20-30)?

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<p>Eh, I'd say your scale is too nice. Here's what I view as Safety/Match/Reach based soley off SAT scores, so thus obviously it's not a holistic view, but in view of the general trends, so thus the following is a huge generalization; [Examples are for Ivy level applicants]</p>

<p>Safety: Your SAT score is 100-200 points above their average. Preferably 50 points above their 75th percentile in all sets, which would make it a lot more. Thus about 90th percentile for stats, preferably more. [Ex. Northeastern, University of Delaware] </p>

<p>Match: Your stats are at their 75th Percentile, or between 75 and 50th. [Ex. GWU, NYU, Boston College]</p>

<p>Reach: Below 50th Percentile. [Ivies]</p>

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<p>Infinite_Truth: Obviously all Ivies are reaches, but wouldn’t you definetly want to be above the 50th percentile or even the 75th percentile if you apply?</p>

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<p>UMich - Ann Arbor is my safety of choice.</p>

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<p>If you are in the top 10% with above a 3.8, above a 2100, and hard classes, you should get in to Michigan, making it the ultimate safety for high stats applicants(who can afford OOS tuition at Michigan).</p>

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<p>Well, half of the students there are below the 50th percentile.</p>

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<p>I don’t think anyone can call HYPMS middle reaches.</p>