<p>This is just a question I wanted to ask on the site to get feedback, but at what percentage do you get a little bit of optimism for your chances of getting in.</p>
<p>For me, for a reach school 15-20% makes me optimistic.
For a backup school or match school, 70% makes me optimistic.</p>
<p>Well for reach schools, you never really know if they actually decide to pick you. Therefore, sometimes I don’t even contemplate about a certain percentage of getting in. For match school I think above 60% is good and backup maybe more like 80% lol.</p>
<p>What does that number mean? Percentage of what???</p>
<p>Reach: 20-25%ish
Backup: 95%</p>
<p>I don’t really see a 30% chance of failure as something too good for a backup school :))</p>
<p>The school I consider my safety has like a 38% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Acceptance rates can be misleading. For some, There are different acceptance rates for individual schools and programs within the school and even for males and females.</p>
<p>What makes me pessimistic is the rock’s analytical skills. </p>
<p>Rocksupper: a percentage means nothing w/o context. If you have a 1.5GPA & 12 ACT you won’t be getting into a college with an 80% admit rate. If you have a 4.0GPA/36 ACT, you’ll get into multiple colleges with sub-20% admit rates.</p>
<p>It’s not about the admit rates – it’s about what YOU bring to the table. Consult Common Data Sets and see how you stand.</p>
<p>@ noimagination the percent chance of you getting accepted</p>