Which of these are safeties/matches/reaches/

College Search & Selection
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<p>You can find the resources you need on the web to assess your chances for yourself.</p>

<p>For starters:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/687793-selectivity-ranking-national-us-lacs-combined-usnews-method.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/687793-selectivity-ranking-national-us-lacs-combined-usnews-method.html&lt;/a&gt;
I’m thinking that for the OP, schools in the 3rd group of 25, shown in post #4, would be high match schools based on grades and scores alone. Schools in the 2nd group of 25, shown in post #3, are realistic reaches (especially at the private schools, considering his strong ECs). Schools in the 1st 25 probably are out of reach unless the SATs go up above 2100 and the essays and LORs are exceptional. The ECs/competitions are a bit of a wild card here. If his class rank is in the top 10%, committees at some of those schools may look past his test scores and GPA, which are a bit low for the top 25-50.</p>

<p>To isolate selectivity by SAT scores:
[url=&lt;a href=“USA University College Directory - U.S. University Directory - State Universities and College Rankings”&gt;Top 500 Ranked Colleges - Highest SAT 75th Percentile Scores]Top</a> 500 Ranked Universities for Highest SAT 75th Percentile Scores<a href=“good%20%22match%22%20schools%20are%20likely%20to%20have%2075th%%20M+CR%20scores%20equal%20to%20or%20below%20yours,%20unless%20their%20admit%20rates%20are%20below%2020%%20or%20so,%20in%20which%20case%20they%20are%20reaches%20for%20nearly%20everyone”>/url</a></p>

<p>Also consider the PrincetonRev site’s Admissions Selectivity Rating for individual schools (Google “Princeton Review” + school name; follow the “admissions” link in the box at the left; look at the “Key Statistics” box on the right).</p>

<p>The best, most authoritative source for class profiles would be the Common Data Set document for each college. Google “Common Data Set” plus school name. Download the CDS, then examine section C to see where you stand compared to enrolled students.</p>