<p>I don't really understand what are people commenting by low reach, reach and match. What's the chance of getting in?</p>
<p>Safety: a school where you easily meet stated requirements and your numbers are at the high end of previously admitted freshmen.
Match: you meet the stated requirements and your numbers are safely within the mid-50% statistics of previously admitted freshmen
Reach: you meet the REQUIREMENTS but your numbers are in the bottom 25% of previousy admitted freshmen</p>
<p>When any of these terms are mixed with easy/high or hard/low: an easy match/high match means your stats border safety & match, a hard or low match means your stats border match & reach</p>
<p>Or sometimes you will see low match when, in fact, schools are near-safeties for an applicant rather than near-reaches (or high matches).</p>