<p>how did u guys do on ur recent ssat test??
im freaking out!!</p>
<p>i feel horrible... completely hopeless...</p>
<p>did anyone get into a prepschool w/ a low ssat score??</p>
<p>well, just remember that the test results aren't the ONLY thing the school uses to evaluate the student. you also have grades, teacher reccomendations, extracurricular activities, and an interview...how do you think you've got the other components??</p>
<p>well~
i think im really well rounded in extra curricular/ sports/ volunteering/ grades./
but my ssat is pretty low...
and i think that competition is gonna be tough because im asian. i dont want my race to get in the way...ToT</p>
<p>i don't feel that SSAT scores are a huge part of the admission process...i know some people who got 99s across the board and still didn't get in...
on the opposite end of the spectrum, one of my friends received a 46th percentile on the SSAT, and was still admitted into some of the best prep schools in the country...</p>
<p>what is an SSAT?</p>
<p>it's a Standerized Secondary Admission Test</p>
<p>you take it if u want to apply for prep schools~</p>
<p>i thought it was the Secondary School Admissions Test...whatever..</p>
<p>yea..haha ma bad</p>
<p>what are you considering a low ssat score? I think the scores are fairly important if you're looking at top acedemic schools.</p>
<p>well.. below 75%..hows that?</p>
<p>it all depends where you want to go. Outside the top6 or7 it is not that hard to get in. Where are you applying?</p>
<p>I got a 93 percentile, 97 reading, 96 math, but 60 in the vocab section!!!! yikes!! Must work on vocabulary, I HATE analogies, at least the SAT is dropping them!!!!Yeah for me</p>
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<p>I don't agree that it is "not that hard to get in" outside the top 6 or 7 schools. Lots of kids are "denied", as the colleges would say. It IS true that with the stats most of the kids on these boards have, admission would be more certain. The first year my S applied, a negative behavior comment from his horrible English teacher kept him out of a number of schools, despite good grades etc. Also, some kids are not quite ready to board in 9th grade and the schools can sometimes figure that out. My son's freshman roommate almost never went to math class- finally flunked out of the school. Another thing- after freshman year, admission gets a lot tougher at most of the schools because there aren't many spaces. My son started as a junior this year at a boarding school and only 4 juniors were admitted.</p>
<p>omg, i feel sorry for these middle school kids who's taking ssat or whatever the hell they're called so young. its absolutely horrible and morally degrading to put some of these kids under that kind of stress so young.</p>
<p>mowc- how did you find out what your son's english teacher said. I thought re. were never seen by the applicant. am afraid my son will not have a glowing rec from his english teacher but he had his last years english teacher write one for him as well and hers should be fab. This years teacher hasn't even had him for 1/3 of the year before she was asked to write a rec. As a mom iI questioned her teacher comment on a mid term report. Believe me I did this with care however I think she did't like the idea of having to talk to the parent of a A student and got a bit testy. I hate feeling like I can't really talk honestly with the teachers because they may hold it against my child. You may get labled as the "pushy" parent etc...</p>
<p>I didn't see the rec from the English teacher, but I called him and asked him if he could write a "fair" rec. He was clearly ambivalent. It was a poorly behaved class and the teacher had lost control- my son was not leading in "a positive manner" although his grades were fine. I just knew the rec would be bad. Besides that, my son had a suspension from that school. Boarding schools don't like to take on "issues", which my son certainly was presenting at that time.</p>
<p>mowc - thanks - it is so frustrating not knowing what the teachers will say. How hard was it for you to send your child to boarding school. were you a boarding school kid? do you feel out of the loop with your childs education when they are in boarding school? or do you get alot of feedback from teachers?</p>
<p>I was not a boarding school kid. Our boarding school started when my D (now a college soph) was at the end of 10th grade and having a typical teenage girl meltdown. Her voice teacher suggested that with her music talent (classical voice) that she might be really happy at Interlochen, an arts academy in northern Michigan. I didn't think there was any way I would send my 16 year old to board in northern Michigan, but when she and I went to visit the school, we fell in love with it. It was heaven for a young artistic person, and the academics were great, too. We never regretted it. She spent junior and senior years at Interlochen and is now at Rice. Wild Child was a little different of a story. He got booted out of his top prep day school at the end of 8th grade for winning a fight another kid started. It was May, and we were too late for any other decent schools locally. Our public schools are very poor. So-since D was going to board, we looked at some options for Wild Child for 9th grade. Both of our kids are very independent. We sent him to St. STephen's in Austin (also known as The Boarding School From Hell). He had no supervision, but had a good freshman year. There was a lot of drinking etc. on campus and the kids ran loose in Austin. We did miss being part of his high school life, but we visited fairly often and went to some of his running meets. With cell phones, we had pretty good contact. Soph year didn't work so well for him. He was really out of control and needed SOME supervision, but that didn't exist at this school. So-we made a change and put him in a VERY restrictive school for junior year. This year he started a second junior year at a great boarding school on the east coast. The academics, athletics and community are awesome. He is now 18, and very mature and independent. I think boarding was the right thing for my kids given our local environment and the temperaments of my kids. I miss him now, but I know he is better off and will have good opportunities for college. It is also nice to know he isn't driving a car!</p>
<p>Didn't answer some of your questions. We get good and frequent feedback on Wild Child from the current school. His advisor has become a friend of mine and we email often. The advisor is also his coach. I think most of the boarding schools are good about keeping in touch with the parents. Even the School From H*** had a good advisor for him. The faculty at the current school is so outstanding. At School from Hell there were a lot of good teachers, but some weak ones.</p>
<p>thanks for your insight. My husband is a piano player he spent some time as a kid at Interlochen. He does alot of accompanying for singers at NATS (does that sound right or familiar to you?) some national competition. I say he has a great track record of playing for the winners. I love your perserverance as a parent with finding the right schools for your children I am just entering into that realm - not interested in boarding school but day schools - so we wait for the march date of notification!</p>