<p>What is a magnet school anyway?? Is it just west coast for charter school?? Because that is whatr it sound like to me.</p>
<p>Dear reachyourgoals, try going to boardingschoolreview.com and searching for a list of schools with rolling admissions. Then post them on this site and we will tell you what "level" they are on. I'll try to do this for you myself. </p>
<p>Anyway, good luck!! If your applying this year sign up for the SSAT soon!!!!</p>
<p>Wow, that really weird, I was typing my post and then burb parent said the same thing I was going to say when I hadn't written it yet. That kinda cool. Anyway, now you have an adults reccomendation to the site so it must be true. Good Luck !!</p>
<p>Ok, I just looked for a list of schools with rolling admission but I couldn't find one. Basically, every school that you have NOT heard of on this website has rolling amission, except for Northfield Mt. Herman, but that's becuast the school has gone under an incredible transformation procces and almost nobody wanted to apply this year. So basically, if you want to apply to a "good" school, you will have to be a late applicant. However, as other posters have said, since you have such inpressive stats of what we've seen, you still have a chance if you do really good on the SSAT.</p>
<p>God luck with your search!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>There are many schools that are good schools but are not the most competitive in the country. While your stats are impressive, I think they would not stand out at the most competitive schools. They would stand out at many other schools which are also very good. </p>
<p>I just heard a talk by the head of admission at Princeton. She was answering questions and said that a frequently asked question is whether it is better to get an A in a non-honors track or a B in an honors track. She said for Princeton, the answer is that it is better to get an A in an honors track. What I am trying to say is that the most competitive schools expect top grades even with very hard courses. Before everyone objects, I am sure that are some exceptions.</p>
<p>You should find which schools you like most on paper. Get in contact with admin office get the apps and apply. There are of plenty of people who have applied way after the deadlines and have gotten in to some of the top schools.
Do not be discouraged by what you read on this site. You have a background that is not typical,that being said good story goes a long way. Good luck kid.</p>
<p>Thank you for all of the great help!</p>
<p>Agree with s.martin up here:</p>
<p>You're in 9th grade. You just missed the regular window to apply for 10th grade. So you've got a choice -- assuming BS is what you want -- and this is what it boils down to:</p>
<p>a) go against the odds and apply now, late, for 10th grade slots; or</p>
<p>b) go against the odds and apply next year, in a timely fashion, for 11th grade slots.</p>
<p>Whether the odds are against you isn't really the question. Heck, at the top BS they're pretty much against everyone! The question is whether you like your odds applying late for 10th grade or on time for 11th grade and, this is just one ignorant man's opinion, but given that choice your odds are pretty good if you get humping on those applications right now! So get to it!</p>
<p>Okay Thanks!</p>
<p>NMH is an excellent school, and they have had late admission for years. </p>
<p>Exeter and Andover will consider late applications - it says so on their websites.</p>
<p>thank you, do you think i would have a chance at getting into those schools?</p>
<p>Only if you apply, RYG! Only if you apply!</p>
<p>What is RYG?</p>
<p>Reach your goals, there are so many variables that determine acceptance other than grades and scores that it is impossible for any of us who are not adcoms to say!</p>
<p>RYG is reach your goals hah</p>
<p>Okay so talking to my parents about it they suggested i look into schools for 11th grade-12th. i was wondering, what would my chances be, and what schools would you suggest to look at?My parents seem to think i have no chance, and that there is no use, my mom said "blossom where you're planted". But there are NO good schools at here, the best school anyone from my school has gone to is UCLA... Anyways, would i be more likley to get in applying now for 10th, or next year for 11th? Also, how close is that "practice ssat" test to the real thing.</p>
<p>Why don't you look at private day schools? If you live in the LA area, there are tons of good prep schools.</p>
<p>A lot of people seem to do better on the practice test than they do on the real thing. It might be pressure or something else.</p>
<p>At my friend Laura's house, I missed 3 in Verbal then on the test I missed nine. But, in school, I had the opposite. I missed about eleven in Reading while on the test I missed four. It varies by a lot, so don't judge it on anything.</p>
<p>The SSAT Practice Tests are not prediction tests. They're practice tests which you should take to be prepared. The idea is not for you to take a practice test, look at the scores, and believe that you have reliable information. </p>
<p>They do give you a key to evaluate where you would stand...but that's a tool to help you determine what skills you'll want to work on. Generally, if you get all the questions correct on the practice tests, you'll do well on the real deal and if you get them all wrong in practice, I wouldn't expect great things from you on the real test. And there's a sliding scale all the way in between. But I don't think you were asking for that obvious sort of caveat/generalization.</p>
<p>I think you're asking if there's some sort of margin of error at work and there's not. I've seen lots of kids totally tank the SSAT after performing well on practice tests and I've seen a 50th %ile score on the verbal section of the practice test yield a 99th %ile on the verbal section. I don't think anyone suffered from taking practice tests...but I'm convinced that -- in some cases -- taking the practice tests can deliver many %iles of improvement when you walk in to take the one that will count. (In other words, sometimes the 80%ile you got on a practice test is the preparedness boost that can take you to a 90%ile and up!)</p>
<p>Okay thanks, and i live about three hours from LA, so i can't go to any private day schools in LA, if i was to apply next year for 11th- 12th grade, what schools should i consider, and what are my chances?</p>
<p>11th is hard to get into because they're extremely selective. It'll be easier to apply this year to 10th.</p>
<p>actually, from what I remember, an Choate adcom told me that it has a 25% chance for each grade, but it's too late to apply this year. The deadline was the 10th.</p>