@Calliemomofgirls Time for a new “Second-Tier” thread??? 
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I so agree with @Calliemomofgirls on this.
I would add that, on top of the incredible experience of “boarding”, the quality of teaching at many, many boarding schools beyond the most-well known ones is incredible, and without some of the constraints teachers have in the public systems.
It’s also amazing to have 6 to 7 day access to teachers on campus for office hours, discussions, extra help, enrichment, socializing.
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Wow, I appreciate your advice a lot. Yeah, I get that boarding school is different than the normal high school experiences it’s just that I don’t have time to apply for lower-level schools. 
Thank you for your help!
@heartcrysounds like you have a plan you feel good about!
For the benefit of future readers — “lower level” feels like an inaccurate way of describing the suggested schools.
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Hi! My score is a lot worse than yours so don’t worry. I got a 75% on reading too, mainly cuz I got A FEW questions wrong but it takes away a lot of points sooo
A 99 on Verbal is REALLY GOOD.
Also, the schools you are applying to have an average SSAT around your scores, so you should pass the first hurdle. And the scores aren’t even required for any schools (except for Nobles) so you don’t even have to provide them if you feel like it isn’t the best. Submitting scores will definitely show you are academically advanced though.
I would highly recommend you to submit your scores. These are really good scores!
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Hey! Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for your reply
I wish you the best of luck with your application!
It’s fine. Best of luck to you too!
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I was just thinking about this the other day.
Personally, I feel like what’s the most important is Reading and Math. I mean, you’re gonna use those skills more than verbal, which is memorizing words. Having a strong verbal means that you really put the work into remembering vocab (which i hate doing), and AOs can see that. A 99 on verbal is really hard! Congrats again on that.
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Thanks, but also remember that having a low verbal score is the least important part on the SSAT scores. Don’t worry if you have low verbal because like you said, it’s just memorizing. I assume you’ve finished applying (the deadline was yesterday for me) so make sure you relax 
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Too late to the party, but here are my thoughts (I got 99 in math, 96 in reading, and 99 in verbal):
- If the scores are not required, I wouldn’t advise to send them. I sent a similar set of scores when I applied last year and got rejected. This is because, even with pretty good letters of rec and ec’s, I did not meet the baseline requirements of the ultra-competitive schools.
- If they are required, you should have submitted them already lol. It’s decent enough I guess.
- Just so you know, total composite percentile is not what they look at. They look at the section scores individually.
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You were not rejected because of your scores. Those are exactly the scores those schools want.
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I don’t want to turn this into an argument, but I know as a fact that it was the scores that got me rejected. They are looking at a 90%+ on each section, not 90%+ overall. Obviously, you are a parent who doesn’t understand the current situation of privy admissions.
I am sorry you were not admitted to the schools you wanted to be admitted to. I may be a board member, but most certainly did not evaluate your application.
Do you seriously think I’m annoyed by my rejections? I am at a great public school and am just stating facts. If OP doesn’t want to consider my advice, I’m fine with that. Again, I don’t want to start an argument.
Sorry, I assumed you read that I was a board member at one of the schools from a past post. I am hopeful that you continue to flourish in your academic environment. No argument here!
No problem, hope OP gets into his dream school
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@michaeluwill hi could you help clarify what you mean by these are the scores the schools want? Do schools have a minimum score in each section or overall score, and as long as a student clears that hurdle scores will not be used against the student?
these schools definitely prefer higher scores and the majority of the students are in the top 20% but people are admitted each year that are as low as 50%.
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@michaeluwill thanks. This is consistent with a 2015 memo from Deerfield which showed the distribution of scores. I was surprised to see 5 kids below 30th percentile admitted.
It is rare but does happen.