It may not surprise others, but since the Chance Me template is up for discussion again, I’m going to mention the possibility of renaming Safety & Reach. This thread goes into the rationale more, but it basically stems from the negative connotation of “safeties” and the idea that students have agency with “reaches” that they can work hard enough to get in and that if they don’t get a “reach” it’s because the student wasn’t good enough, and all the result mental challenges that might ensue.
• Safety (certain admission and affordability) → Extremely Likely: Certain affordability and would be very unlikely or surprising for it not to admit
• Likely (would be possible, but very unlikely or surprising, for it not to admit or be affordable) → Remove very
• Match → Lower Probability (I can live with the term Match, but it does seem to lead to possible confusion and it can be problematic that you only match to schools that are not likely to accept you)
• Reach → Very Low Probability (admissions rates of less than 20% for the institution overall or for the desired major would usually be in this category)
I think recruited athlete is better, but I might even say “recruitable” athlete. There was a recent post from an Indian swimmer who was getting national records/titles. Even if she hasn’t been recruited, I strongly suspect she’d be recruitable if she reached out to any coaches.
I can understand why this suggestion is made, but I think it might get confusing. I could see a lot of these threads appearing:
- Thread 1: $50k, 3.9UW, 1580, CS
- Thread 2: $40k, 4.0UW, 1550, CS
- Thread 3: $60k, 3.8UW, 1500, CS
For a subject heading perhaps recommend including the intended major(s) and any distinguishing situation/attribute (and I don’t mean race/ethnicity by attribute…obviously someone else would need to wordsmith). For example:
Thread 1: Match Californian cheerleader for CS
Thread 2: Match a student with special needs for CS schools
Thread 3: Chance an undecided/exploratory student for SEC schools
As we are actual people (and not computers) responding, having clearer distinctions between threads is helpful (for me at least).