<p>Do not believe that applying as a repeat will increase your chances, because it will not</p>
<p>Do you have any statistical evidence to back up this claim?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m intrested…</p>
<p>really? i think logically, it would. if you were in 9th grade applying to be a repeat frosh, you’d have a whole year’s worth of extra curriculars than the average 8th grader applying. a lot of holes/variables in this logic but you know what i mean… another whole year to get volunteer hours, develop your ECs, win awards, write better essays…</p>
<p>that being said, i’m not applying as a repeat :)</p>
<p>Exeter Fact Sheet New Students: 9th: 203
2010 Applications 10: 62
9th:1813 11th: 46
10th:604 12:38
11th:388
12th:76</p>
<p>203/1813= 11%
62/604= 10%
42/388= 12%
38/76= 50%
So being repeat does not give you the upper hand</p>
<p>For 12th grade it does.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, Middlesex had only room for 2 students last year in their 11th grade class, out of 70 applications. That is around a 3% acceptance rate. They might have admitted 3 students due to yield making the acceptance rate around 4%.</p>
<p>I don’t know the exact statistics for the 10th grade class but I think it would be safe to assume its higher than 3-4%. </p>
<p>It really just depends on the school, on the grade you’re repeating, and the year of admissions. </p>
<p>I would use DiveAlive’s logic. You have an extra year to become more competitive for the pool you’re applying to. If you applied for the normal year you are supposed to be going into next year, then you wouldn’t have that extra edge on the applicant pool. So even if the numbers don’t support this, you would most likely have a better shot for admission compared to the applicant who didn’t repeat.</p>
<p>wait, scales, i don’t understand your stats… where in there does it say anything about repeating? :S sorry, it’s still early morning here, maybe i haven’t woken up yet…</p>
<p>@scales1994,
You’re basing the acceptance rate of MATRICULATED students, not ACCEPTED students. For example, let’s suppose Academy X receives 1000 applications. Out of the 1000, they admit 500. But only 250 actually matriculate to Academy X. On a fact sheet like that they could say:
New students: 250
Total applications: 1000</p>
<p>And they could make it LOOK like they have a 25% acceptance rate. But in reality, they have a 50% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>The percent of admitted students that actually matriculate is called YIELD. I think Andover has the highest yield of any other school, 80%.</p>
<p>It doesnt, repeats are mixed on with newcomers , making the ninth grade applicate number 1813</p>
<p>@scales1994,
Yeah, b/c repeaters are mixed in with newcomers there is no evidence claiming whether or not it is easier to get in as a newcomer than it is a repeat. Of course, you could contact the admissions office with this question and get a direct answer.</p>
<p>I agree with DiveAlive, you would be a year ahead than most kids in school and you would have more ECs</p>
<p>(Off topic)
@Ifax: I believe that Thacher’s yield is a bit higher than Andover’s. But it isn’t exactly comparing apples to apples since they are on different coasts.</p>
<p>That would mean each grade had a higher acceptance rate, maybe I worded what I said in my first post wrong, being older does not decrease your chances, on the contrary, it increases them if you are a senior</p>
<p>@2010,
Yeah, that does make sense. I mean, Tatcher doesn’t have as much competition as Andover does for students. I know a good number of school’s yields and I think it would useful to make a list of school’s yields.</p>
<p>scales, that makes more sense. being a repeat has nothing to do with being older…
and you can’t really tell for sure, right? maybe those older students were more qualified than naive 8th graders, idk</p>
<p>but yeah, that makes more sense. repeating / older = completely irrelevant :P</p>
<p>Agreeing with these people- your facts don’t differentiate between admission rate for repeats and non-repeats. Moreover, repeats have that extra year to take classes [and can therefore be in more advanced courses], become more accomplished athletes, musicians, actors, artists, etc., and can garner more community service hours and such.</p>
<p>Can someone in 10th Grade apply to 9th? Thanks.</p>
<p>No, you could apply for 10th grade repeat or 11th grade.</p>
<p>Oh. That Sucks!</p>