Why not apply to only safeties?

[ucbalumnus]

@newyorkmom2girl

What I find frustrating is that even though my daughter is self-directed and doesn’t need any help searching for colleges, finding specific data on merit scholarships (how many kids receive them, what typical stats are, etc.) requires a lot of time that she just doesn’t have, so this is where I come in. I’d rather not be involved but trying to find details about merit scholarships at certain schools isn’t always so easy.

Yes, there is much less transparency with respect to merit scholarships (other than automatic-for-stats-or-NM-status ones) than for admission. Competitive merit scholarships should generally be treated as reaches.