<p>how many people are applying for junior year for 2008?</p>
<p>not me, i think atht's the hardest year to get into actually, so good luck!</p>
<p>I'm not anymore.
Where are you applying?</p>
<p>aw really?</p>
<p>im applying to phillips exeter, berkshire school, nmh, st. george's school, and brooks.</p>
<p>I am!</p>
<p>exeter, andover and sps.
but sps was like pretty much like 'uhhh, we only take like 2 girls junior year and usually they're repeating it...you should probably apply to be a sophomore' which kinda stinks cause I kinda want to go there, but like, not enough to repeat a year!</p>
<p>my daughter got into several schools as a junior so don't be disheartened!! She is at a top BS and from what I hear, it is actually harder to get in for 12th grade than 11th. So...keep the faith...there aren't nearly as many kids applying for 11th as you might imagine....good luck :-)</p>
<p>yeah, exeter's taking 40 applicants for junior year which seems like a lot but i dont know how many actually apply. i know that brooks is taking 8-11 (give or take), st. george's is taking 2-3 (ouch), berkshire is 15 i think?, and nmh is taking 20.</p>
<p>im just trying to get an idea of how many kids actually do apply as juniors, and if i stand a chance</p>
<p>fadedskyline, haha yeah i was going to apply for st. mark's but they weren't taking any juniors and the director of admissions (seemed kinda loopy haha) asked me if i would repeat the 10th grade with them. i was like "uh, no i dont think so." haha. i dont know if any school is worth that.</p>
<p>Yeah, it's weird cause at first I really wanted to convince my parents to let me repeat a year, because I had been trying to convince them to let me apply since 8th grade (so I would've had the full 4 years) and I was kinda ****ed off at them for making me miss out on half of it.</p>
<p>But then when I actually considered adding an extra year of high school, and how much that would cost my parents, and how much that would even further distance me from my current friends and all of those factors, I figured I'd much rather just shoot for entry as a junior and hope for the best. 2 years is still a good chunk of time to spend at boarding school!</p>
<p>im also applying for junior year.....but i havent been asked to repeat from any school</p>
<p>i think it's the best thing to do. but it is harder.</p>
<p>feel free to consult my thread for alternative perspectives on the boarding school experience.</p>
<p>I think it was just a general thing st pauls was doing, because it was done by the person interviewing me before I had sent anything in, so, I was pretty much just a faceless sophomore to them</p>
<p>And I've actually read most of your thread lbftw, but as I already attend a prep school, I'm figuring boarding school can only be a change for the good. I think I'd really like the dorm-environment, if only for the fact that I could be more connected to my friends (not being able to drive and living several miles away from your closest classmate can be tough) and I'm thinking co-ed will certainly be a plus. </p>
<p>But yeah, I can totally see what you're saying with how boarding school wouldn't be for everyone. I've actually had several awkward conversations with my friends (because they don't know that I'm applying out) about boarding school / switching schools half way through high school, so I've certainly seen the other perspective but for right now I'm still hoping to go to boarding school. However, I'm keeping my mind open, and the main reason I'm not telling my friends I'm applying out, is that I'm not really 100% sure I want to go. I definitely need to go to some revisit days (hoping that I get in, of course! knock on wood) and consider the pros and cons for a bit before making any big decisions.</p>
<p>hockeygirl</p>
<p>......yah?..</p>
<p>Many of the schools we talked to say that it is "about the same" maybe a "little harder" to get in as a Junior because while they have fewer spots, they also have fewer applicants, so the acceptance % is about the same.<br>
There are some, however that don't leave any openings and only fill based on attrition - which I think is what SPS does (they don't accept any seniors by the way), so it does vary. But by and large, it is *about *the same acceptance rate for all grades.</p>
<p>sorry I logged off, I was in school.</p>
<p>Did you take the ssat or the psat?
How'd you do?</p>
<p>hah yeah about that..</p>
<p>so i took the psat's in the fall kind of just for the heck of it, and i got in the 90th percentile for reading and writing, but then i got like 71 for math. so my overall percentile for that was 79. obviously not very good.</p>
<p>so i took the ssat in january and it was SO easy, and i felt like i did extremely well and i got the results.. and it was shocking. 69th percentile, i thought it was a mistake. my friend who is at a prestigious boarding school now told me that when he first took the ssat he got a really low score then retook it and got in the upper 90's. he thinks i messed up the bubbling or something.</p>
<p>unfortunately, only one school has said that i could retake the ssat, the others told me to submit my psat scores (i emailed them as soon as i recovered from the shock of my ssat scores) so the 79th percentile has been submitted. :-/</p>
<p>yah i didnt do very well i got like a 142 on the psat and like a 51 for the ssat....but i didnt study or prep for any of them</p>
<p>no it was a 56 for the ssat</p>
<p>hockeygirl,</p>
<p>I think in your situation (an athlete wishing to play at a competitive admission boarding school), your test scores will probably have less of a bearing if they are within the schools norm than your athletic talent.</p>
<p>Most competitive schools have a target range of the number of certain "harder to find" role players that they want. Say they want to have somewhere between 14 and 18 girls on their team. They know if they admit to the point that they have 23, they may have a problem with not enough ice time if (based upon yield expectations) too many show up. They sometimes do admit too many (I've heard stories about one particular larger school where a couple girls who didn't make the varsity team packed their bags after the first term), but this is rare as in your specialty there is a shortage of "good" players (who can play top level club as well). </p>
<p>If you've got the game (coach's call) and the test scores are within the norm you are highly likely to get admitted (no guarantees in life, sorry). Being a Junior transfer, you are more likely to have played a higher level (more sophisticated systems) of hockey. It is easier for a coach to make a decision watching you play during 10th grade and watching an 8th grader play. There is a huge difference between 14U (where most 9th and 10th graders come from) and 19U hockey (where many 11th and all 12th/PG players come from) in terms of the teamwork and play. </p>
<p>Very few incoming 9th graders have the game skill level to compete effectively with Seniors and PGs. However, incoming 9th graders are evaluated on their potential (you can fill a 3rd line with them) as opposed to 11th graders who have to produce immediately and are looked to be 1st or strong 2nd line players.</p>
<p>This does not apply to most mainline sports however and even guys hockey at some places. Immediate impact players (game changers) can significantly improve their admissions chances, but beyond that, it is a nice-to-have skill that there is plenty of competition for. You had better be competitive academically.</p>
<p>I know a male goalie (currently a Junior) who applied 2 years ago to 3 of the top boys hockey program schools. Got accepted at 1, but not enough FA (didn't quite meet EFC). He is starting for one of the top 5 AAA 18U Club teams in the country right now with a ridiculously low GAA (<2.0) and 93+% save percentage. He did well at Nationals Last Year in his first year at 16U Tier 1. He is certain to be drafted next year for Junior Hockey.</p>
<p>He had plenty of game as a rising 10th grader and showed plenty of potential, but hadn't played enough 16U hockey to be considered a game changer, thus the less than acceptable FA offer. Had he held off applying one more year (after he played 16U Tier 1 Nationals), he probably would have had one of those generous as a rising 11th grader this year.</p>
<p>It goes to show you that for athletes, the impact you have on a team drives your likelyhood of acceptance/FA as long as the academics are acceptable to the institution.</p>