<p>My son was accepted at Loomis (boarding), but got waitlisted at Choate (day). Anyone have any insights on whether we should continue on waitlist for Choate? Also interested in any feedback anyone has on the schools - first time to this site. Thanks!</p>
<p>judt go to loomis. it’s as good as choate. i was rejected by both.</p>
<p>how to you already get the result for loomis? are you international? did you get it via email or mail?</p>
<p>go to loomis, there’s so use waiting.</p>
<p>Received in mail today, though we are in CT</p>
<p>how did you get your loomis acceptance? I havent gotten any info from them.</p>
<p>well you don’t have to go with your decision right away. keep going for choate, and see what happens. if they end up accepting, he doesn’t have to go. if they don’t, he can still go to loomis.
my advice? it depends on your son. loomis is more humanities/arts/sports. choate is more of math/academics. which is to say, choate is much more academically rigorous. if your son likes the maths and sciences, go for choate. if your son is pretty set on loomis, though, i’d suggest not wasting time putting effort into trying to get into choate. second piece of advice? if your son is still caught between the two, there’s always second visit day. i believe you actually get to sit in on classes on second visit days.
anyhow, you don’t have to worry about anything, especially if he got into loomis. loomis is a good school.</p>
<p>I would go to Loomis if he likes it. At least you know he is accepted there. If he wanted Choate more, then that’s a decision to think about. There is no guarantee that he will get into Choate. We are wait listed but there is no ranking for the wait list and they won’t say how they pick from the wait list.</p>
<p>Sully1,</p>
<p>You certainly can wait a bit, but the odds are not in your favor. From the school’s perspective, they typically accept more students than they have room. They game (predict) their acceptance rates empirically from past years and send out enough ‘first round’ acceptance letters to fill their classes, knowing less than 100% will accept their offer for various reasons (choosing another school, lack of FA, cold feet, whatever) . If the school was correct gaming their admissions, the class will be filled from first round ‘acceptances’. These top schools are pretty good at it by now. Remember ‘acceptances’ have a month to respond. It is not until after the deadline to respond will a school know if they can even go to their waitlist. Unless of course more than the predicted amount of students decline their offer before deadline, an even less likely event. By the time a school knows if they can move candidates from waitlist to accept, you will have to respond to Loomis affirmatively with a deposit or lose that spot. Of course you can also pay the Loomis deposit and stay on Choate’s waitlist until they inform you of an acceptance or their classes are filled, risking your deposit. There is always hope, but something different has to happen this year compared to past years for there to be much movement from the waitlist. Hope this helps your decision and congratulations on the Loomis acceptance and Choate waitlist. Very accomplished! Maybe a (another) visit to Loomis would be beneficial.</p>
<p>wow I am 3+ hours away I thought I wouldnt get it for a couple days but hopefully I will hear from loomis tommorow</p>
<p>Personally, I would go to Loomis. Yes, you do have until April 10th, but considering how long the wait list seems to be (I’ve only seen one CC user so far that’s been accepted, and that’s under the Icahn program!), the Choate waitlist seems too long and too unsafe this year. Who knows, your son might love the boarding experience much more than a day school experience?</p>
<p>Thank you all for your advice ! We probably will keep on the waiting list at Choate, and make our decision after the revisit day at Loomis. I actually think Loomis will be better for him (even though he has to board - ugh!)</p>
<p>loomis! 10char</p>
<p>I like Loomis, I’ve visited there as an athlete, and I go to Choate.</p>
<p>I think the BIg big issue for you would be:
Is my son going to do well at Loomis as a boarder, or should we wait to see if he can be a day student at Choate?</p>
<p>Really think about that. Some people can’t stand being a boarder, and others would die as a day student at Choate.</p>
<p>I got rejected by both… Liked Choate more though…</p>
<p>I’m a Choate student and I have friends who were on the waitlist. Unlike what some people believe, it is possible to be accepted from the waitlist so I say hang in there. </p>
<p>I would to contradict clay123456 in that Choate is not a math/academics school. We are quite well-rounded. We have the creative writing capstone for those writers, math team for the mathletes, science research program, directed studies for humanities classes, arts concentration for the artsy people, dance company, sports, etc. You can pursue your passion(s). Don’t be so fast to judge Choate because there are many sides to it that won’t be revealed to you just through one tour or one revisit day.</p>
<p>I got accepted at loomis but waitlisted for choate too…</p>