<p>Admit rate of a school does not equate to “chances”. Applicants to schools are not identically weighted like the sides of dice. </p>
<p>A very highly qualified candidate (relative to the profile of the average student at that school) will have a greater likelihood of being admitted, and a lower qualified candidate (relative to the profile of the average student at that school) will have a lower likelihood of being admitted.</p>
<p>“Qualified” does not mean SSAT score alone. Having a score above the school’s avg does not make that school a lock for admission. We, unfortunately, learned this first hand.</p>
<p>The school will weigh your ENTIRE PACKAGE, and decide if you are a good for its school’s culture and whether you fill a particular institutional need that year (e.g., a lot of field hockey players graduated the prev year, or no student as of yet from Uzbekistan, or under-represented minority). </p>
<p>Needing FA will also affect your admit chances.</p>