Let it rip!
What does this mean?
The thread is for all the angst, hopes and dreams leading up to M10. Just go with it… it’s a CC tradition. 
FWIW- Below is the freakout thread from last year… so you can get a feel for it. Plus- it’s a great thread. I’m always impressed by the camaraderie and support on these threads before, during and after M10. 
Anyway - here you go!
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-cafe/1926603-m10-freakout-thread-2017-p1.html
What’s your top choices guys?
Andover! What about you?
Parents are allowed to freak out too, right? My son is applying to Blair, George School and Mercersburg, plus a local day school. He has a first choice but I’d rather not say which one.
I think his overall app is strong, but SSATs are a weakness. His scores improved in January but they are really just average due to the verbal score. He goes to a private school that has sent kids to all the schools he is applying to. We’re full pay so hopefully that has a positive impact on his application! We survived the application process so now we need to wait, argh!
Same! Go Big Blue (if I get accepted though)
@dramakid2 What’s your child SSAT? It honestly can be bad as mine (2400’s :/)
@snapchat I’d rather not post the actual score bc I already feel like I included too much info in one of my first posts on here. But suffice it to say his scores are in the same ballpark as yours. I have been told that M’berg and George do not weigh the SSATs as heavily as others, so we’ll see! Best of luck to you during this admission season!!
@dramakid2 Thank you!!
@snapchat it is refreshing to see another poster who is applying to a school or schools that are not acronym schools! Hidden Gem applicants, make your presence known and freak out with us :-h
@dramakid2 my niece is at Mercersburg and loves it. She too had lopsided SATS. Good luck! any questions pm me.
@snapchat I’m sorry but I’m confused. Isn’t 2400 the highest you can get?
I would be so lucky and grateful to get into any of the schools though!
Thanks @center! Lopsided is a good way to put it. I do hope schools truly look at applicants holistically and do not use scores as a first cut measure. He has excellent grades from a strong private school, although it is clear his vocabulary needs a lot of work!
Yup @ephimerally. The raw score you get is then given in percentiles so that schools can compare you to other students.
@willmo Same dude. I applied to a whole variety of schools because I will need FA.
hello hello everyone, i’ve never been good at waiting and i think i will just about faint on m10!! (or maybe the 9th, though that’d be tragic)