Does anyone know what were the acceptance rates at schools like Andover, Choate, Deerfield, Exeter, Groton, and Middlesex?
I know Choate had a 15% acceptance rate this year.
Groton = over 1200 apps for 90 spots or 7.5 percent
With additional acceptances for yield purposes, I’d guess about 10 percent.
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The acceptance rates are different depending on whether you need financial aid. For example, at Thacher, the overall rate is 11 percent. But it is actually 16 percent for full pay and 9 percent for those requiring financial aid, according the info about their current fundraising campaign.
@raddad2018 Groton typically has about a 12% admit rate. Was your child admitted? I have a 6th form son and attended a reception for admitted students today. I’m sad to see it all ending!
Andover typically has a 14 % admit rate, and Exeter 19%. This website has it all if you’d like:
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-selective-boarding-schools-in-america-2016-2
This year St. Mark’s School accepted 94, out of an applicant pool of 721, for a class of about 65 = 13%. This is according to their admission acceptance video.
In 2016, St. Paul’s School accepted 13%. (BusinessInsider shows 16%, but I believe that that was for the prior year.)
Not sure of the acceptance rate this year or last year.
@Applier1. I hope you aren’t picking a school based on admit rates
The schools on your list are SO different.
Do you prefer a large school with lots of different offerings and classmates who have already excelled and specialized in some of these areas? Or a smaller school where everyone is encouraged to take risks, try new things?
Do you love the thrill of competing with similarly motivated peers, or do you prefer a more supportive environment? These schools all have very different vibes. I hope you get to visit them again before deciding.
Andover had 14%, tied for their lowest, and Choate had 15%, which I think is their lowest.
The SAO/Gateway systems have artificially inflated admit rates just like the common app has for colleges. The more applications they receive for the same number of spots the lower the admit looks. The admit rates are vastly different for asian and white students verses under represented minorities, legacies and athletes. Just to name the largest buckets.
FA admit rates are lower, too.
Middlesex this year : over 1,200 students applying for 110 places
^That’s less than a 10% admissions rate, which seems suspicious…
“admission rate” is number of people offered admission… it is NOT seats/applicants… it is that number divided by expected yield (figure at least 50% higher)
and yes, it is a poor measure of anyone’s individual odds, without taking into account various hooks/demographics/FA… just a rough/average indicator of relative selectivity.
@Momto4kids - Congrats on having a soon-to-be graduate!
Regarding admissions stats: I hear that Groton has less than 10% rate of admission for the 8th grade and less than 12% for 9-10 true? Plus the school has established mandates over past few years that impact admit rate and the space factor for 8th grade (more boys than girls). It’s a very different admit pool than 6 -7 years ago. Plus,we met several repeats who are in 9th grade there. I think some schools or some years attract more repeats. Those students present as more mature and may have better athletic abilities to bring to the school.
Also I think some years there are many legacies applying for very few spots. Someone on here a couple of years ago said that in his year there were several faculty kids in his form. So many factors at work.
@christian007 Is it true that Choate accepted only 15% of their applicant? How did you figure it out?
That does not account for the yield rate (whatever percent that happens to be, They would need to accept more than 110 to net down to their desire class size.
At Belmont Hill, Third Form, acceptance rate is likely between 13% and 16%. Because they have an 8th grade, they only add 20-25 boys, and they get a little over 200 applicants for this Form. Probably accept 35, and then go to waitlist.
Percentages are not useful in looking at the ease or difficulty of admission, especially the smaller the school…
In almost all instances, admission committees are curating a class. Thus nearly everyone is competing in micro-segments (URM vs. URM, ORM vs. ORM, hockey player vs. hockey player, hockey player who is multi-sport vs. hockey player who is multi-sport, legacy vs. legacy, musician vs. musician, academic super star versus academic super star, FA applicant vs.FA applicant, development candidate vs. development candidate. International vs. international, faculty kid vs. faculty kid and on and on in all different kinds of combinations).
This is why it is so difficult, I would say, nigh impossible to predict who gets in, and why it seems so random on the outside. But it is not random on the inside. Admissions committees are like God assisting Noah fill the Ark.