<p>I'd apply for 10th grade only at Lawrenceville.
I'd apply for 9th everywhere else.</p>
<p>I havn't visited yet. I just decided to apply about 9 hours ago :)</p>
<p>Congrats. My D is applying, 9th grade. Lawrenceville is her favorite followed by Andover. Our visit to both were very nice. I am sure you will agree.</p>
<p>Interesting info regarding Lawrenceville from Peterson.com</p>
<p>Admissions Information<br>
All students who enter must be able to meet the academic standards. Lawrenceville also looks for students who possess the potential to become vitally interested members of the student body—students who make individual contributions.</p>
<p>Selection is based on all-around qualifications without regard to race, creed, or national origin. Character, seriousness of purpose, and future promise as well as past performance, the recommendation of a headmaster or principal, and the results of the SSAT are all taken into consideration by the Admission Committee.</p>
<p>For fall 2007, there were 1,849 formal applications for grades 9 through 12, of which 377 were accepted, and 252 enrolled in the following grades: grade 9, 151; grade 10, 65; grade 11, 15; and grade 12, 23 (including postgraduates).</p>
<p>Matriculation
The class of 2007’s median SAT scores were 680 verbal, 670 math, and 690 writing. The 239 graduates are represented at eighty-six colleges and universities. Five or more members of the class matriculated at Princeton (14), Georgetown (11), Vanderbilt (11), Duke (8), NYU (8), USC (8), Brown (6), Columbia (6), Cornell (6), George Washington (6), Harvard (6), Davidson (5), Pennsylvania (5), and William and Mary (5).</p>
<p>intimidating admissions rates :(</p>
<p>FatherOfOnlyD, is your wife mddenise? Just wondering, because your daughter's stats are the same.</p>
<p>yes, it is! She wanted to get some feel back regarding my D's ISEE scores.</p>
<p>those matriculation numbers for 2007 are wrong.</p>
<p>and the harlem renaissance club is a joke, if it's even around anymore.<br>
in any case, no issues of racism/whatever when i was a student there very recently.</p>
<p>lvilleslacker, what can you tell me about your experience? When were you a student? When did you graduate? What do you know about the school's matriculation?</p>
<p>I just graduated in 2007.</p>
<p>check the official website for the right matriculation stats.</p>
<p>Lawrenceville had the best teachers I have ever encountered. Many could be college professors - notably the English department, which is incredible. Thus far I suspect my education at Lawrenceville will have been more enjoyable than my time at college. Personal attention and teacher interaction is top notch.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm sure things will be fine. I found there are many questionable members in the student body but this is a personal impression that I doubt your daughter will share.</p>
<p>Lawrenceville is an excellent school, but the supposed median SSAT score of 93 is unlikely. An "average" SSAT of 93 is even more unlikely in terms of their college placement success rating which, while just making the top ten northeastern U.S. boarding schools, is not in the same stellar category as St. Paul's School, Andover, Deerfield Academy, or Groton (three of which have median SSATs below 93, and all of which have average SSATs well below 93). Regardless of what Lawrenceville's average or median SSAT scores are, Lawrenceville is clearly an academic powerhouse offering superb facilities, athletics, college placement and extra-curricular activities. Clearly one of the best schools in the U.S. It is important to understand the method or methods a particular boarding school uses to calculate average or median SSAT scores. This is also very difficult info. to obtain. Some prestigious boarding schools are very open regarding statistics and college placement info., others just release partial info. through "brag sheets" which only list a portion of each class' college matriculation info. as an enticement to apply.</p>
<p>How would you rate, on a scale of the letter grades "A", "B", "C", "D" or "F", the following college placement of 76 students from an unnamed high school class of 2007: 18% to Ivy League schools, 30% to Ivies or Ivy equivalents, 70% to "most selective" colleges and universities and the remaining 30% to "more selective" schools? P.S. One student to hockey juniors and one took a year off. Please note that these are actual college and university matriculations, not just best acceptances. (The 70% to "most selective" colleges and universities includes the Ivy and Ivy equivalent matriculations).</p>
<p>Do you have statistics for the schools you mentioned to compare against Lawrenceville's? Admittedly we don't place well at the tech schools, but I'd be very surprised if so many schools were able to (significantly) outperform us.</p>
<p>Yes, I have complete college placements for the classes of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 & 2002 for St. Paul's, Andover, Deerfield Academy, Groton & Hotchkiss all of which along with Milton Academy were the boarding schools which placed ahead of Lawrenceville. (Several day schools such as Roxbury Latin and St Ann's finished ahead of all schools). Lawrenceville fits in with Middlesex, and is well ahead of Choate, Cate, St. Andrew,s, Cranbrook and Exeter-- all of which are academic powerhouse type schools. But, to address your comment, there is a significant difference from St. Paul's, Andover, Deerfield Academy & Groton"s college placement when compared to Lawrenceville; just as there is a very significant difference between Lawrenceville & Exeter. On point regarding your post, why don't you grade the college placement noted in my post #52 above? I am interested in your opinion.</p>
<p>Regarding my post #52 above: These are the actual college placements of the bottom 76 students for the class of 2007 from one of the top 4 boarding schools listed above. Included are multiple placements (14) at 7 of the 8 Ivies and one at Stanford.</p>
<p>my guess is the bottom half of SPS?</p>
<p>Yes, you are correct. An examination of the 22 most competitive boarding schools in the nation, reveals that St. Paul's School, Phillips Academy at Andover, Deerfield Academy and the Groton School are in an elite class by themselves with respect to college placement success when each graduating class is rated from top to bottom. Milton Academy and Hotchkiss are the next in line in this regard. St George's School has a great college counseling office. Lawrenceville, Middlesex, United World College-USA, and Choate Rosemary Hall also do stellar college placement. The bottom half of the most recent graduating class at St. Paul's actually outperforms every school outside of the top six (SPS, Andover, Deerfield, Groton, Milton & Hotchkiss) listed above.</p>
<p>hold up...which one is better lawrence or lawrencville...i always get confused...tho i think its lawrence?</p>
<p>i go to l'ville!</p>
<p>Lawrenceville is known as the better school.</p>
<p>clz, tell us about Lawrenceville!</p>