<p>Long story short</p>
<p>6th grade daughter- swims competitively (throwing that in because I WAS thinking it would help her due to the competitive nature of sports in the school)- applying to prestigious prep school coming from another, just basic private school. She took her SSAT's- her estimated National percentiles were verbal 80%, math 93% and reading 92%. Her total score was in the 1800s</p>
<p>I spoke to the school yesterday and admissions lady was cordial and nice and said they'd like for her to come in for a day of shadowing and more additional testing and they'd have my admissions coordinator call me to set up appt. </p>
<p>Today, totally different tune and person who called to tell me they were expecting her to score higher in math and were disappointed about her math scoring because her report cards and recommendation letter because the Dean show her as an outstanding student so they want her to come take JUST another math test no shadowing just another test.</p>
<p>So the conversation from today is what threw me into a loop because it has always been yes there are openings to now 'well she'll go into a wait list and you'll know in February for sure'.</p>
<p>Is this how it goes everywhere? I guess that's better than a 'no thank you' but talk about making this more stressful than it already is! Should I call back to get more clarification? Why do I feel so stupid all of the sudden and have no clue what to do or say?</p>
<p>Thanks for listening - I've been reading up on you guys for a while and figured this was time for me to ask a question and I'm sorry it's not a more upbeat one </p>
<p>Worried sick.</p>