<p>Tell me how you were accepted at Loomis please? I was rejected so I just wanted to see how the rest of you got in.</p>
<p>Well I got rejected too, honestly I was almost sure I was in, all my hopes lie now in NMH</p>
<p>Awe, I’m really sorry guys. I logged onto my portal thing for Loomis Chaffee, and I made my dad read the letter before I did. Then there was a congratulations video and more information on my portal thing as well. After that, they sent a letter about financial aid.</p>
<p>Can the people accepted at Loomis talk about what they did and post their stars?</p>
<p>What are your stats for Loomis what gave you the edge?</p>
<p>Math557 -</p>
<p>Acceptance to LC, or any top prep school, is based on what is called “holistic admissions.” That means that your application is considered based on a number of factors, not just simple statistics.</p>
<p>An admissions officer once told me that any applicant has a number of hurdles to jump over. “Missing” one of the hurdles doesn’t automatically disqualify an applicant, and “making” all of the hurdles doesn’t necessarily mean that an applicant is a “shoo-in.” A complex combination of factors comes into play when the admissions committee makes their decision.</p>
<p>However, the more hurdles you “miss,” the tougher the race. For example, if a school’s average SSAT score for admitted students is 90%, and your SSAT score is below that, it will not help your application. Yes, there are students admitted with lower scores, but it is always most helpful to be ABOVE the average, versus below.</p>
<p>Same goes for other “quantifiable” stats, such as your grades. However, not all “grades” are considered equal: a student earning “As” at a poorly-rated public middle school may not be considered “better” than a student earning “Bs” at a highly-rated private school. “Strength of schedule” is also examined: a student taking all honors courses, with a 3.6 GPA, might be considered more-qualified than a student taking less-challenging courses with a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>Then there are all the hard-to-quantify, or “soft” parts of your application: your interview, your essays, and your recommendations. Different schools look for different “types” of students to fill their classes. Why is the same highly-qualified student accepted at one top-tier school (i.e. Deerfield) yet denied at another (i.e. Choate)? Because the admissions committee at Deerfield saw something in that student that they wanted/needed at their school, while Choate did not.</p>
<p>I don’t think you will ever be able to get a good answer to your question about why some students were accepted to LC, and you were not. Instead, focus on your own strengths and weaknesses. Do you want to reapply again next year? If so, take a good hard look at your application this year, and see if you can identify areas where you can improve. If your SSAT scores were not what you wanted, then study and try to improve. How challenging are your classes? How hard are you studying to get the best grades you can? Are you deeply involved in your ECs, or just going through the motions?</p>
<p>Don’t focus on others - focus on yourself, and trying to be the very best YOU that you can be!</p>