safety schools
Admission insurance options
Safety schools are colleges or universities where a student is confident of acceptance, applied as backup options in case more selective institutions reject them.
The term implies these schools have lower admission standards relative to the applicant's qualifications: She applied to two reach schools and three safety schools.
The strategy hedges against the uncertainty of competitive admissions.
- admissionsActs of letting in
- admissions processEvaluating candidates for entry
- college applicationsDocuments requesting university enrollment
- collegeHigher education institution
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
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