<p>When people say this school is a reach, this one is a match and this other one is a safety, what percentages of college acceptance are they implying for each?</p>
<p>reach/long-shot school = _ to _%</p>
<p>match/target school = _ to _%</p>
<p>safety school = _ to _%</p>
<p>also, long-shots and reaches mean the same and the same goes with matches and targets right?</p>
<p>some people categorize as</p>
<p>super reach
high reach
low reach
reach
high match
low match
safety</p>
<p>haha.</p>
<p>dont look at it as in percentages. if you are a B student applying ED to brown, it is a reach. you should have something “special” that makes you stand out to have a chance.</p>
<p>A match means taht your scores, GPA, etc. are within the 25-75 percentile range. however, this does not guarantee admission.</p>
<p>A safety is guaranteed admission.</p>
<p>Our state’s flagship university accepted about 59% of applicants in 2009. It says that it looks for a high school GPA of 3.5 to 3.9. I think the median ACT range was 26 to 30. Our older daughter got a 34 on the ACT and had a 3.4 GPA. We considered this school to be somewhere between a match and a reach for her because of her GPA. Her sister got a 35 on the ACT and has a 4.0 GPA. We considered this school to be a safety (although I have to say that almost nothing actually feels totally safe!) Both got in.</p>
<p>@ipoppills</p>
<p>i thought a low reach was “lower” than a reach</p>
<p>low reach is like a reach but an attainable reach. whereas high reach is almost unattainable</p>
<p>reach/long-shot school = 5 to 30%; high reach= 5-15%, low reach= 20-30%</p>
<p>match/target school = 35 to 80%; high match= 35-55%, low match= 60-80% </p>
<p>safety school = 85 to 100%</p>
<p>^^My son’s school uses the euphemism “likely” instead of “safety” and considers all Ivies to be far reaches for everyone unless you are a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>First of all, I think it is YOUR probability of getting in. I don’t think it’s possible to estimate that to more than 1 significant figure, for example 10%, 80%, etc. Not 23%. </p>
<p>I think safeties are 100%, match is 40%-90%, reach is 10%-30% and lottery is 0%. </p>
<p>A Naviance scattergram from your school is an excellent tool to estimate your probability of acceptance.</p>
<p>We only considered one school a safety for d-she was so far ahead on both ACT and GPA. It also turns out not to be a good school for her either even though they offered her the honors program. </p>
<p>All the other schools d has applied to she is either within the 25-75 range or a bit above it. Both she and we consider those to be either matches or possibilities. Why am I calling the one school in particular a possibility instead of a reach? Because it isn’t a school where she is below the academic level of the other students- it just is a school with high selectivity. It isn’t her first choice since she is almost completely undecided.</p>