What’s the ideal SSAT score for a sophomore applying to a GLADCHEMMS school?
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There isn’t one. Applying to an top boarding school is not akin to paint-by-numbers.
2400/99/99/99/99.
and you can get still rejected with 99%.
It actually seems like people with a 99 are more likely to get WL or Rejected than those with 97,95, etc. It’s the curse of the 99.
I’m shooting for a 97 next year.
@mathman1201 Next year you will be measured against 9th graders so the percentage will be different even with same score… If your local HS lets you take PSAT, (some do, others let 10th graders take it for practice) you can send the PSAT scores as well.
Thank you for the advice! I will think of doing that for next year. @payn4ward
@mathman1201 Also, if you think your scores will be good, you can take SAT in June and send the SAT scores. If you don’t do well, it won’t stay on your records. SAT scores after 9th grade will stay for four years though.
Interesting! I might do that as well! Your advice is very helpful. 
@payn4ward
Well “ideally” a good score is around the school’s average percentile range, but there are 99% kids who are rejected too, so an excellent SSAT percentile is NOT a guarantee for admission. They won’t automatically reject you either if your SSAT score is a bit lower than the average. However, if your SSAT score is much, much lower than the school’s average, the AOs will begin to doubt your ability to keep up with the school academically.
Thanks for all of the responses! It really helps
You guys waste WAY to much time on this… “What’s the ideal SSAT Score?”
The ideal SSAT Score is a perfect score…
You really want above 95 but I got into Taft with a 92. The interview is the most important part though. They can get as many 99 kids as they want, but schools want kids who are nice and good for the overall atmosphere. Show you interviewer that that’s you.
It all varys I got below 60 percentile and I’m going to be attending Choate next year. SSAT scores arent the biggest thing in the application (still a big part don’t get me wrong). Work on your school grades and EC’s and try to connect with as much as the faculty like coaches because they will try to pull for you in the admission process.
There are so many misleading comments on the relationship between the SSAT scores and admission chance.
Although it is hard to generalize, academic readiness of a candidate plays the most important role in the admission process. Who do you think has a higher chance? A guy with 99%/4.0 or 70%/3.2? You see far less cases of the former getting denied than the other guy getting in. Period.