Exeter, hotchkiss, choate, lawrenceville, and Taft chances with SSAT score

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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Took the SSAT and got a 91% total- I hope that this score is enough- also wait list re applicant

Future 10th grader
One AP class and full honors curriculum 4.0 unweighted

Lacrosse- 6 years travel team- have positively corresponded with coaches
Wrestling- 2 years
Student Government- 3 years president and honor society member
Helped to fund community outreach program through school
School Newspaper editor
Guitar- 4 years

All interviews were fantastic along with essays

I would appreciate it if I could get some sort of prediction as to what I might see on March 10

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If you are an URM who needs no FA from an underrepresented state than your chances are excellent! Otherwise you are in the running everywhere but have no guarantees of anything. You did not apply to a range of schools, only the best ones and there are many many kids applying to those schools with excellent credentials who are WL and rejected every year. You may get in, and you may not.

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I’m from Arizona and I need no financial aid

4

Then I like your chances much better! Good luck!

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Thanks, I’ll see what happens on March 10!

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Also, I want to know if 10th grade admission is statistically harder than 9th grade

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It is. There are fewer spots available, which makes it more competitive.

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Yeah but isn’t it relatively close because with less spots there are less applicants for 10th grade

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At least that’s what the schools told us

10

Eh, it all depends. 10th grade is USUALLY harder. Good luck though.

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I see it as more competitive applicants vying for those precious, few spots.

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I see it as more competitive applicants vying for those precious, few spots.

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It depends on the school-- but most BS classes do get bigger in the sophomore year and, if you look at the numbers, because fewer people apply, the admit rates are often NOT worse (harder) than for 9th grade. However, because most JBS want their students to go through 9th grade, they’re mostly applying for 10th-- and a lot of senior BS like those JBS kids (already have shown they can live independently, can do similar work, play the same sports at a high level), so they fill a lot of those slots with JBS kids. In the end, therefore, if you’re NOT a JBS kid, but are competing with them for JBS slots, it’s somewhat harder and more competitive. Applying for Junior year is significantly harder because, though there fewer applicants, there are SIGNIFICANTLY fewer slots, and the schools often want to use those slots to fill specific “holes” in the class (certain ECs or sports, for example).