<p>Hi everyone, I am a current sophomore and applied to Groton for admittance junior year. I was wait listed as of this morning, which actually is not that terrible (they accept about 5 kids). I would love to know how many of you have gotten off waiting lists, at Groton or another school, and what you know about waiting lists in general.
Thanks!</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at 5 schools last year and was moved off none of them. ><</p>
<p>Ouch. Anyone else who is waitlisted feel free to post here, unofficial waitlist thread</p>
<p>I was also waitlised for junior year :(</p>
<p>Ah well we can be comforted that we are not the only ones. Did you apply anywhere else? International?</p>
<p>Tell them you are willing to repeat 4th form, I mean sophomore year, and you’ll probably get in.
If you you aren’t willing to do that then maybe you really didn’t want to leave home(?)</p>
<p>waitlisted.</p>
<p>Agreed with bigbluegirl, let Groton know you’d be happy to be a repeat soph.</p>
<p>Why? I am in all advanced classes at my current school</p>
<p>Classes at Groton aren’t based on your year, but ability. You could have a frosh in AP Calc. Most kids at Groton [and it’s peer schools] were in ‘advanced’ classes of the previous schools. But as bigbluegirl points out, depends how much you’d like to be at Groton.</p>
<p>i was waitlisted at 5 schools last year (including Groton) and didn’t move off any of them, but i was international and needed full FA, so chances were incredibly slim from the start.</p>
<p>being realistic is an important part of being waitlisted-- the chances are against you and it’s important to aware of that. however, it’s certainly not impossible to get taken off the waitlist 
remember to keep Groton informed of any significant awards or progress, and hope for the best.</p>
<p>when it comes to waitlists, it’s often quite random-- some years, no students are taken off (as was the case with PA for a number of years) and others, several are (such as at Exeter last year). anyway, just express your interest, keep your chin up and cross your fingers! best of luck.</p>
<p>my sister and I have both been waitlisted at Groton.</p>
<p>oh yeah - asked for full FA</p>
<p>I was waitlisted for 10th grade 
its a bummer because that one was my favorite, but I emailed them to let them know i’m still interested with staying on the list.</p>
<p>In our experience FA needs have no bearing on admission to Groton. But you are severely limiting your chances by insisting on being in a grade for which they are accepting 1-2 kids</p>
<p>It’s a fact that FA needs do bear weight on Groton admission–something Groton is forthright enough to state on their website. </p>
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<p>You’re kidding, right? How could FA need not have a bearing on admission? Each school (Groton included) has limited financial aid funds available - and many more qualified FA candidates than the school is able to fund. As difficult as it is to be admitted to any of these schools, being admitted as a financial aid candidate is even more difficult. (The exceptions being the two “need blind” schools - Andover and St. Andrew’s.)</p>
<p>Further, although I am a strong advocate of repeating a grade, if possible, upon entering boarding school after starting high school somewhere else, not every family is able to do that. For a family paying full or part tuition, that extra year may be more of a financial burden than the family can afford. So please don’t glibly assume that a student who chooses not to repeat a grade simply doesn’t care enough about attending boarding school!</p>
<p>Also, even though fewer students are accepted in upper grades, there are fewer applicants for those grades, as well, so, looking at numbers alone and leaving other considerations aside, a candidate does not necessarily increase his or her chances by applying to grade 10 (for example) instead of grade 11.</p>
<p>Finally, although I’m not familiar with Groton’s policy, many (if not most) schools insist that a candidate select the one grade that candidate is applying to. In other words, one isn’t given the option of saying, “I’ll take 11th or 10th . . . wherever you’ve got space for me.” And if you don’t get into 11th, you don’t get to go back after the fact and say, “Oops, how 'bout 10th instead?” Although there might be a school out there that would allow a candidate to do that, most would not.</p>
<p>Absolutely FA is a factor with Groton admission.
Likely an isolated case, but we know 1 applicant who got admitted to Groton for a younger grade than applied. There’s always exceptions to everything.</p>
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<p>Yes, but that was likely the school’s decision, not the candidate’s. And I’m guessing that it was discussed with the family prior to March 10. That’s entirely different than a candidate calling up the school after M10 and saying, “Hey, you didn’t have space for me in grade 10 - so how about grade 9?” In the case you’re referencing, it had to do with the school’s assessment of which grade would be the best fit for the candidate - not which grade had the most space.</p>
<p>I was wondering about how many people get accepted into Groton in 9th grade</p>