<p>Could anyone tell me, is applying to grade 11 really THAT difficult?</p>
<p>Well, what I heard is, applicants of grade 11 are mostly of international students, and the number of applicants isn't a large one. I used to think that there are maybe hundereds of spaces of grade 9 applicants, but only very few for grade 11 applicants. But, concerning the number of applicants, can applying to grade 11 be even less competitive?</p>
<p>I am new to here and thanks for your advice.</p>
<p>Don't quote me on this but I think that this is how it works:</p>
<p>Imagine a school only wants a student body of 1000 students.
Most students will apply as a freshman, then sophomore, then junior, and finally senior.
Since most kids enter the school in 9th grade, naturally 9th grade has the most slots.
This pretend school will be accepting 500 freshman, 300 sophomores, 100 juniors, and 100 seniors.
Because there are more applicants for the freshman pool, they will accept more.
When you apply as a junior you will only be competing against other juniors. The acceptance rate is the same for all the grades and since only a few people are applying as juniors, they will accept fewer people.
I'm trying to explain this right :)</p>
<p>i.e. 1000 students applying for 500 freshman slots. acceptance rate- 50%
200 students applying for 100 junior slots. acceptance rate - 50%</p>
<p>Of course, this is just my personal view. This could be completely off but it's just my theory.</p>
<p>crickett2324, if a school wants a student body of 1000 students and in Year 1 accepts 500 freshmen, 300 sophomores, 100 juniors and 100 seniors, what happens in Year 2? Assuming students are not kicked out, in Year 2 there are: 500 sophomore, 300 juniors, 100 seniors... that's 900 for the three grades so would the school admit only 100 freshmen?</p>
<p>arthas1208, I have heard people say that the acceptance rate does not change much between 9th and 10th grade. It seems to be a different story for 11th grade; in most schools, there are so few spots open in 11th grade so even if fewer students apply, the competition becomes intense. There seem to be several threads on this subject. Maybe you could try a search.</p>
<p>Hmm.
It seems my theory is wrong. But a school always admits a majority of a class in freshman year. If the class of 2012 has 200 students freshman yr. they gradually add more students up until senior year. Wahh, I dont understand!
**Ignore my previous post, arthas1208. It made sense when I was typing it.</p>
<p>The number of spots for 11th grade will vary by school and by year, so you have to do some research and ask your schools directly. I am guessing that you will have to convince the schools that you are a great college applicant. They will start college advising in the second half of 11th grade. I have no idea how the applicants breakout US vs. international, but I think there is still interest in the US for 11th grade spots.</p>
<p>hi, I'm also applying for 11th grade, so I thought I would share what I've learned.
I'm only applying to 3 schools (andover, exeter and st. paul's) but they have very different takes on accepting 11th graders.</p>
<p>At both andover and exeter they told me I had a pretty good chance, that they take 25+ students for 11th grade.</p>
<p>However, at st. paul's they pretty much told me that I should applying to repeat my sophomore year because I wasn't going to get in as a junior, because they only really accept about 5 new kids. (So only like 2 girls) and that they have many people who are planning on repeating their junior year to apply.</p>
<p>So it varies from school to school. I would ask around at the schools you are applying to. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>It depends on the school and where you are coming from. You also must realize that it if youre Chinese applying, it is much more competitive because the USA only has so many visas for international students. So, you kind of are at a negative. If you were American attending international school in CHina then you would be in a different pool and you'd look more attractive as an applicant because you'd be an american with international experience.</p>
<p>sorry i meant 12 for last year's 2007 applicants at milton academy.
no i mean just juniors. ask the schools that youre applying to, they'll let you know the number.</p>
<p>i am also applying for 11th grade i think it depends on how many people are applying, how many spots there are, and how strong the applicants are</p>