<p>Do they often, in general, turn students applying for 11th grades down
hardly relevant to how outstanding their abilities are?</p>
<p>Just wondering...</p>
<p>oh, and i mean those schools like..
andover, hotchkiss, exeter..blah bla</p>
<p>SPS excepts like 2 or 3 of each gender for 11th grade</p>
<p>it's very small for the great schools</p>
<p>I was told at exeter and andover that 11th grade admissions had approximately the same acceptance rate (maybe slightly lower) as regular admissions. There are less spots, but less applicants. As an 11th grade applicant, I got into both.</p>
<p>Smaller schools, like SPS, accept very few for 11th grade. When trying to apply there I was pretty much told unless I applied down a grade I wouldn't get in, which I didn't.</p>
<p>overall it's difficult to get into 11th grade all the same, while it's significantly easier to get into 9th grade, i'm guessing you can do the math as to why</p>
<p>May be that's why I got waitlisted at Peddie.</p>
<p>I applied for 11th grade too. I should've gone for Andover also instead of just applying to Peddie</p>
<p>I think that as long as you prove to the school through your application that you've been there, done that, and are ready for a higher level in your high school career at your previous hs, then I'm sure you'd have a pretty good chance at being accepted. What I'm trying to say that, yes, it is assumably harder to get in as a junior because they have to make sure that you're ready to take on such a huge change going into your most trying year of hs, so that is why you need to make that extra effort to prove to the schools that you are all in; entirely ready for something new. I pretty much did everything in my power to get into Exeter for 11th grade, and I succeeded (!), so I guess that I did something right!
But then again...it truely does depend on which school you were applying to, because I heard that Exeter was taking in around 40 students, so...yeah</p>
<p>Well, I applied as a rising junior to four. I got into one and waitlisted at three, so technically I was never outright rejected. It's muchmuch harder though. If they don't have room for you, they won't take you.
i.ei if you are a rower going into 11th grade, and they need an 11th grade rower, you will probably be accepted. If you are a runner going into 11th grade, and they need an 11th grade rower, you will not be accepted. That's what Lawrenceville told me anyways.</p>
<p>most guys i know at schools are athletes. they get accepted but usually have to stay down a grade. one guy is at deerfield. he applied when a sophomore but was told to repeat 10th grade instead of going to 11th. that is what he did and is a junior. another guy i know at nmh is in same boat. i guess they do that to get the most from the athlete and give him an extra year of growing as a playing field benefit.</p>
<p>the PG thing is also out there but none of the schools i am deciding between take PG. i did not want to work for four years then sit on the bench my senior year because of some PG recruit.</p>
<p>It's tough at Peddie also.</p>
<p>I applied for repeat junior but got waitlisted.</p>
<p>I think they will reject me soon.</p>
<p>I got in to Exeter as a repeat. (Grade 11)</p>
<p>Man...it must be just oodles of fun to repeat the most trying year of high school!
...I'm so sorry</p>
<p>Ehh, its not like I have to learn to many new things.</p>