<p>I havent received any offers but just three wailists:(:( I'm desperate to get into just one of the, so i can goto the states!!!mI got rejected from the rest of the schools but theres a particular one that i really like, does anyone think i stand a chance?? I just dont get what i did wrong!!!! I apllied for 8 schools but none have let me in!!! I'm am international student with 95% ssat percentile!!!!</p>
<p>Did you ask for financial aid? That is usually the killer for international apps.</p>
<p>How to get into the waitlisted schoold!!! !!! :(:(:(:(
I’m really saddened and i know how others like me feel. Please, anyone please help me get into sny school, or sny way like get a consouler or something!!! I have no idea how to!!! Please help!!!</p>
<p>Kellybkk- I did before but i cancelled it ages ago!</p>
<p>From the comments I’ve read on this board, for the 2 schools w the lowest admission rate, Deerfield 13% and Andover 14%, the chances are probably zero. But for other schools, that may not be the case.</p>
<p>Personal expereince was 3 wait lists last year (SPS, Andover, Exeter) and never came off the wait list. However reapplying this year gained accepted to both Andover and Exeter (did not reapply to SPS). If you don’t come of the wait list hang tough and give it another try next year.</p>
<p>If you desperately want to come to boarding school then tell the schools you want to stay on the waitlist. That I think is important. It depends which schools but you have a chance! If you don’t get off reapply next year.</p>
<p>Yep - no chance of getting into a denied school this year. You didn’t do anything wrong. There are just thousands of applications for only a few hundred spots. They don’t have room for everyone. Chances are your application is just fine. But the pool is filled with good kids with good grades and scores.</p>
<p>And, btw - let me shout this from the mountaintop in the hopes that next year’s applicants are reading this. Just because some countries count high scores to determine school eligibility above everything else doesn’t mean that Boarding schools and colleges in the US do the same thing. They don’t. Especially now that so many students are “prepped” for the tests. Stop worrying about scores and focus more on being a well-rounded interesting person. Even then there are no guarantees of admission because there are just too many students. My husband and I finished rounds of interviews with students this year with high scores who thought the application and interview were just a formality because of the scores. Trust me on this one - scores are starting to be a minor screening process. Beyond that the schools are looking at personality, accomplishments, hobbies, risks, leadership, books you liked and didn’t like, etc. Things that let them admit the whole person, not just a laundry list of good stats. Students with much lower scores are getting in without hooks because they have strong backgrounds and passionate activities that stand out.</p>
<p>ExieMITAlum, I disagree a bit, scores (particularly this year) matter a lot. Our child is the most well rounded child you will meet, sports, very difficult instrument, hundreds of hours of community service, 3.8 average over rolling 3 year period, stellar rec’s, great interviews. In the end she didn’t get the outcome she expected. Her only negative was the test score which was moderately ok and she needed some FA.</p>
<p>I think what Exie is referencing is the mistaken belief that really high scores (i.e. 99%) make you a shoo-in for admission. Some cultures (especially internationally) put an extreme emphasis on test scores, almost to the exclusion of anything else. This can result in applicants with super-high scores being truly shocked to receive a waitlist, or even more surprising, a denial, to some of these schools.</p>
<p>Thanks @mountainhiker. That’s exactly right. </p>
<p>@mauiluver - it is natural to assume that test scores, or FA or some other factor knocked your child out of the running - but unless the school told you that you can’t know for sure. There are many well qualified students who are turned down. And many students with “less than the average stated scores” and/or needing FA who get in.</p>
<p>Many top schools are now looking at the whole person and the entire package and painting a picture of that child on campus. Sometimes when all things are equal it just comes down to which kid resonated more with the committee or a particular member of the committee who campaigned for them for those few remaining spots. In a different year she might have been the one picked with the exact same stats.</p>
<p>Scores are just one variable out of many and given how many students are now prepped and coached schools are now realizing that the measure of a student is more than just a single, artificial, time-constrained test. </p>
<p>In your daughter’s case it was probably just not enough room at the Inn. :(</p>
<p>mountainhiker: “This can result in applicants with super-high scores being truly shocked to receive a waitlist, or even more surprising, a denial, to some of these schools.” ← this was me last year. Literally. I had a 99% overall and straight A’s (high honor roll my entire middle school career), but I received 5 waitlists and 1 rejection. Please don’t make the same mistake as me, future applicants, and get your hopes up like that! I was completely devastated.</p>
<p>Schools also determine applicants based on fit - you could have stellar stats and get accepted to one school and rejected to another that is in the same league (say, Andover and Deerfield). There is no precise formula for admittance.</p>