<p>Does anybody know about st. george school in rhode island??
is it hard to get in??
what ssat scores should I get to go in??</p>
<p>I interviewed there a few weeks ago and they said they look for about an 84% SSAT</p>
<p>It is extremely hard to get in. I visited SGS and last year, it was probably the hardest year to get into. they got 750 completed applications, and only accepted 100. That's about 13%, the lowest i ever heard of. ~ not sure if this is true, but it's on their website</p>
<p>if you get accepted, the conditions there are really good, but i wouldn't consider it better then many other schools. the one neat thing is the campus. sure, the buildings aren't the biggest, nor located in a circle like groton and middlesex, but they aren't falling apart. plus, the beach is down the road, and thats the best part about the place. take away the beach, the school's just a normal school, with the nicest pool ever!!!! the pool is just a beauty. it looks like the pool is over flowing, but, the water keeps on overflowing, but the deck is never a puddle because of the special gutters on the pool deck. it's a really cool design. also, the school is in the ISL league, so during during sports games, you have to ride the bus for over 1 hr usually to get to other schools. the formal dress code is another down side. </p>
<p>What i like about the school is that it's small. The location is perfect to enjoy, but terrible for sports. the soccer field is one of the bad ones i seen because the ball just rolls down the hill into a swamp when it rains. The beach is down the road and the best waves for surfing too. Newport is a awesome city, just down the road. Also, the unique thing about SGS is the Geronimo program, where students get to sail down to the Caribbean for a semester.</p>
<p>It's actually 750 applications for 100 places in the entering class. Their admission rate is something around 25-30% - still pretty competitive! but not 13%.</p>
<p>I have heard terrific things about St. George's, both in terms of academics and (of course) location. How can you beat going to school right on the water in Newport?</p>
<p>wait, if 100 out of 750 applications got accepted, isn't that 13%?</p>
<p>iHerculez, a school accepts more students than it has space for on the assumption that only a certain percentage of those students will matriculate. This percentage is the yield. For example, a school (an imaginary one, not St. George's) might receive 750 applications and send acceptance letters to 250 (33%). Of the 250 acceptees, the school expects roughly 100 will enroll because based on past data, the yield is expected to be 40% (100/250). In this example, the acceptance rate would be 33%.</p>
<p>(In real life, quite a few students might be waitlisted because it is difficult for a school to predict the actual yield very precisely... the school can wait and see how many acceptees take up the spots and have more in reserve in case there is room...)</p>
<p>The soccer field hercules refers to is not a varsity field. </p>
<p>Our impression of SG (nobody calls it SGS) is that the setting is unmatched, but it is as preppy and priveleged school as you will find. Don't get too excited about Newport -- kind of a quiet place in the late fall, winter, early spring. </p>
<p>Son applied and was accepted -- he just thought it was a little too "precious".</p>
<p>Good WTBY Indices rating: 174.7</p>
<p>I'm a current student at St George's school if anyone has any questions</p>
<p>My friend goes to St. George's and he's a senior there right now. He loves the school. Academics are challenging enough. Besides, it's situated near the ocean, near Newport. It's one of the most beautiful places around! (I'm from RI and I love it there!)</p>
<p>St. George's is a great school. Like everyone says, it has an amazing location. I was considering applying, and I still kind of wish I would have, but I was looking at the French courses and they said in AP French Literature they watch Le Retour De Martin Guerre, and I watched that in the beginning of the year and I'm in French II. Regardless, it's still an amazing school in every aspect.</p>