<p>LLVILLE: Please read post #14 and stop perpetuating a myth. On average, it it NOT more difficult to enter 10th grade. I trust more the experience of a professional doing placement for nearly 20 years who presents data over a nine year period by day and boarding schools showing that it is not more difficult.</p>
<p>I only bothered calling the schools I was waitlisted on for information. Do any of you reccomend me to call the schools I was rejected in to find out why I was rejected? Or is it too late now?</p>
<p>It’s certainly not too late now.</p>
<p>I think calling is a good idea particularly if you are interested in applying next year. You can frame the call as asking for information about how an application from you might be received next year and what you can do to make yourself a more attractive candidate upon reapplication. It’s very unlikely that an admissions officer will come out and directly say “Don’t apply” but they may say that in more subtle ways so be alert for those sort of nuances. On the other hand, they may give you some constructive and encouraging advice which makes it clear that gaining admission next year is a possibility if your record improves in certain ways.</p>
<p>If you felt a reasonable rapport with the person who interviewed you, I would suggest calling him/her. If not, call the director of admissions. What’s the worst that can happen, after all? They don’t admit you. You can’t lose anything by trying here as long as you are respectful and mature in your behavior. And just the process of trying in such a manner may even help you a little bit.</p>
<p>LLVILLE:*from what I know, it is harder to enter as a new 10th than a freshmen because there are only slightly fewer applicants competing for far fewer spots *</p>
<p>Sorry to contradict a fellow Lawrentian, but I have it on good authority that you’re not correct here.</p>
<p>Thank you Lvillegrad for that sound peice of advice! Ill be sure to call the schools this week.</p>
<p>Sounds good, thank you for correcting me.</p>
<p>I dont think it is more difficult applying as a 2nd year student. My daughter applied and as we researched, and asked specific questions of admissions people I was told that many schools take 25%-33% of the graduation class as 2nd year (look up the numbers and ask the schools).</p>
<p>Each school also told us that fewer kids apply.</p>
<p>8 of the 10 Ten Schools that I questions gave me the above information. Another 10 of 10 school I contacted gave the same information.</p>
<p>The only school that openly stated an issue was Deerfield. It is well know that 2009-2010 enrollment of freshman girls made fewer seats for 2nd yr girls for the class of 2013 (10 spots I was told). </p>
<p>Depending on the child, repeating is not always the answer. We were told with my d’s information repeating was not needed, even though we would have taken that option, (my d has a late august birthday which has always made her the youngest in her class.) Also I will point out that my d doesnt play a sport, she is classical ballet/pointe dancer.</p>
<p>But trust the process, my d got one of those 10 Deerfield spots.</p>
<p>My d is also a year younger than her classmates. Repeating wasn’t necessary (and no one suggested it). </p>
<p>Alexzmom’s stats are correct. Many of the BS take a significant chunk of their students at 10th grade. But the number of applicants applying relative to those spots are lower because most kids interested in BS start applying at 9th grade.</p>
<p>This is off topic, but did anyone ever hear WHY there was such a big over-enrollment for girls in the 2009-10 freshman class at Deerfield? Computer error? Clerical error? Something else?</p>
<p>The most logical answer would be, the admissions department misjudged that year’s yield. It happens.</p>
<p>momb2k: There were a couple of significant factors that caused the “big” over-enrollment. First, just to clarify, “big” represents 16 more girls than usual. </p>
<p>Last year, recognizing a significant endowment loss (nearly $4M in annual income), the school made the short-term decision to accept a few more students. (They were primarily full-pay students.) This would have been fine except instead of an expected 65% yield, for freshmen girls it was 81.8%. (The freshman class overall yield was about 75%.)</p>
<p>While the school would prefer around 600 students, last year they started with 616. This year, they started with 653. Next year, they will begin to trend back towards 600, hence fewer acceptances for all classes.</p>
<p>Given all the factors mentioned above, it was more difficult to get accepted, especially for sophomore girls next fall.</p>
<p>Is this also true for a student applying for a 10th grade “day” spot at a private school that may be both day and boarding?</p>
<p>10th grade day spots are often more difficult. If you PM the school, I’ll see if I have the stats for 9th vs. 10th grades.</p>