<p>Cangel, I agree with much of what you say but want to point out that it's not universally applicable. For some students, there simply wasn't a rolling admissions Safety. My D's criteria were very particular to her and very reasonable, I thought. No rolling admissions safety that she would have attended fit the profile. As it was, I was sweating the "regular" Safety had push come to shove. </p>
<p>As it turns out, she's attending what was a Safety-Match. I was told by a former admissions officer that she would pirouette in, not to worry, but in my CC-fueled paranoia, I did not believe her until the nod-and-wink letter from the admissions office was in hand.</p>