Chance of Getting into ANY top tier school

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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<p>My son has recently applied to Exeter, Andover, SPS, Deerfield,Choate, Lawrenceville.</p>

<p>We aren't real educated on the admissions process-I'm a U of Chicago graduate-but when I went there, we had fairly few prep school products</p>

<p>MY son has and 87% SSAT
(707 Verbal, 713 Math,767 Reading)</p>

<p>We are a home school family-so grades aren't really an issue. He spent last summer at Exeter's program for junior high school students and really liked it and would like to go back.</p>

<p>Our major considerations are a good arts program, good financial aid options. His sports include Fencing, Tae Kwon Do, tumbling, running. I'm disabled as is his older brother(I had serious complications from a minor surgery and his older brother is a non-verbal autistic).</p>

<p>What would folks place the odds of getting into ANY of these schools.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any suggestion for a backup plan(schools that might accept a late application that have financial aid resources)?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I know several schools that have rolling admission, but admittance for late applicants who also require FA is extremely rare. </p>

<p>As for your son’s chance, his SSAT scores are definitely competitive enough (though his Math section may be a bit low for Exeter), and his ECs may place him in good standing. Other than that, I–we–really can’t speak for the schools’ AO’s. </p>

<p>March 10 is looming near. Be patient, have your fingers crossed, and best of luck to all!</p>

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<p>Because he doesn’t have grades or real what the AO’s would consider “unbiased” recommendations his application is going to depend fairly on his interviews and essays. Good Luck</p>

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<p>Actually, he was in Exeter’s summer program in summer 2011-so he has recs from teachers at Exeter-which may help a bit.</p>