Hi! So, I am an 8th grader (international student). I’ve already started applying to Lawrenceville but my SSAT has been bugging me (44th percentile). I know it’s very, very bad. I wish I had more time to prepare but the test was in the middle of my finals. Does the score REALLY lower my chances? Or even cut me off? I play tennis (9 years of experience), swim, run track (very good at sprinting) and dance ballet. I also have many achievements in the debate club (won the 3rd place in nationals twice). A few weeks ago I won the 1st place in my school’s math contest and recently joined the student council. And my grades are perfect. Do you think that I still have a chance? Playing tennis in Lawrenceville sounds like a dream!
I think that you have very high chances, but the downside of having very good grades and ECs, but not a good SSAT score is that the AOs might think that you didn’t sutudy or didn’t really care about the SSATs.
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What country are you from? Are you an under represented minority? Do you need financial aid?
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While individual schools are free to determine what is a hook, in general, URM is only a boost for domestic applicants.
While your test scores could be better, I think that at the end of the day, the SSAT is only one test. I feel like good ECs, strong recs, and excellent grades will definitely still give you a good shot.
@nikolaana I would suggest looking into some others schools. Personally, Hill > Lawrenceville, so definitely apply here!
Sadly, Hill does not typically award financial aid to international students. (checked out their website)
From my understanding it is VERY hard to get into L’ville in general. They have EXACTLY 45 beds/gender for grace 9. Because of the way that their house system works, there is no room to play with numbers. All of these schools are hard to get into though.
Wow, that is not many. Do you know how many additional beds for Grade 10? And for grade 11 admission, does it depend only on attrition?
Its on the website somewhere. I think the freshman class has about 150 kids (including day students). By the time senior year, I think the total number is about 200. Most of these 50 are added entering grade 10. There are few students who they allow to enter at grade 11.