<p>"can any of you back them up w/t expirience?"
i go to hotchkiss, and i probably know wut they care about the most nowadays</p>
<p>the lowest SSAT score i hv heard for my school is in mid-60s but most of them are super rich legacies or nationally ranked athletes, but dont give up hopes</p>
<p>h-o-p-e-f-u-l -- You should apply. And if your test results were lower than your practise test results, you should retake the SSAT. SSAT results are not everything, and your Nigerian heritage should make you an interesting candidate. However, you have selected schools with acceptance rates of around 20%. It is hard for high-achieving and talented applicants to understand that most applicants will also be high-achieving and talented. If you have your heart set on boarding school, please add perhaps 2 more schools that you can love with higher acceptance rates and SSATs of around 75%. There are MANY great schools beyond the usual suspects. That way, you should have choices around March 10th. </p>
<p>If you do a search of SSAT on this thread, you will find examples of people who attend competitive schools who state what their SSAT was. There will be many entries under that search!</p>
<p>I do think that in truth, Andover, Exeter, and Hotchkiss are unlikely, simply because their average SSATs are substantially higher than yours, and without a very appealing hook, that can be hard to overcome. If you really love them, go ahead and apply, because you never know. Being from an under-represented minority certainly increases your chances, and I would say you have a fair shot at Lawrenceville and Peddie, since their SSATs are lower and their acceptence rates higher. Perhaps you might want to add a safety school. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Sometimes boardingschoolreview does not have updated information. Accoring to Petersons, for the students entering the fall of 2005, Peddie had an acceptance rate of 24.6 and Lawrenceville had a rate of 24.8. Last year was supposed to have been very competitive, so both might be a little lower now.</p>
<p>Schools tell everyone to still apply. Harvard sends everyone with a 1400 letters, how do you think they get to reject 10/11? Boarding schools also want low acceptance rates. The point is, apply mostly to schools where your scores are at least average.</p>