<p>You need to talk to your college counselor because limiting applications to 5 per student is bull-f<strong><em>ing-</em></strong>*. It’s just lazy counselors who don’t want to put in the extra work for SSRs. I’ve heard of schools capping at 9, but 5 is just ridiculous. That gets me mad. Anyways, like everyone else said, those schools aren’t safeties or matches for anyone. </p>
<p>A safety is a school that accepts at LEAST 50% of its applicants and the student has grades/test scores that are above the “average” applicant. Such schools include state universities, liberal art schools with high admission rates, lover UC schools like UCSC, etc.</p>