<p>If you have ANY additional information than just shoot it to them. Mention that YOUR HEART IS SET ON THE SCHOOL. That you have no other inkling to attend another school.</p>
<p>I believe St. Paul’s took 25 kids from the wait list last year.</p>
<p>No, they didnt. i have a friend whose D goes there and they actually over estimated how many kids accepted.</p>
<p>According to this they did.</p>
<p>St. Paul’s Admissions for the fall of '08:
Admissions for the fall of '08:</p>
<p>HIGH RATE OF ADMISSIONS SELECTIVITY CONTINUES
St. Paul’s School received a record number of applications for admission for the fall of 2008. Of the 1,182 students who applied, 250 - or 21 percent - were admitted, continuing the high rate of selectivity that has become the norm over the last several years.</p>
<p>Of those admitted, including 25 students offered admission from a strong waiting list, 59 percent have elected to enroll. In a year of unpredictable yields for many independent schools - a trend caused by the declining economy and increasingly generous financial aid offers from many institutions - St. Paul’s continued to attract students of the highest caliber.</p>
<p>“In the uncertain financial climate of today, we are fortunate that we are in a very good position where we continue to attract and enroll high-achieving students who have many other options at our peer schools,” said first-year Admissions Director Jada Hebra. “We have so many amazing kids coming and amazing students still on our waiting list.”</p>
<p>Of the 148 new students expected in the fall, 77 are boys and 71 girls. The students hail from 24 states and 12 countries. Included in those numbers are 21 new students of color and 24 students with an alumni or sibling relationship with the School. In terms of geographic distribution, 22 of the new students come from Massachusetts with New Hampshire (16), New York (14), California (13), and New Jersey (9) also well-represented.</p>
<p>Eight of the new students hail from South Korea while seven come from Hong Kong and five are Canadian residents. The School will also welcome new students from Colombia, the Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, China, France, Germany, and Japan.</p>
<p>Among the new students will be 97 new Third Formers, 46 new Fourth Formers, and five new Fifth Formers.</p>
<p>In a continued effort to open its doors to more families, the School announced in March that it would enhance a two-year-old financial aid policy providing free tuition to certain middle-income families. The new initiative provides an education at no cost for admitted students whose families earn $80,000 or less annually. That announcement built on the School’s previous policy, announced in 2006, that provided free tuition to admitted students with family incomes under $65,000.</p>
<p>Thirty-five percent of new students will receive some form of tuition assistance during the 2008-09 academic year. Overall, 34 percent of St. Paul’s students will receive financial aid next year.</p>
<p>Hebra said her office was cautious in its initial admissions decisions, admitting fewer students than usual to prevent over-enrollment. But the School took more than two dozen students off the waiting list between the March 10 decisions and the April 10 enrollment deadline.</p>
<p>“We went to the wait list early because we intentionally built a strong one,” explained Hebra. “In this time of economic downturn, where yield is more uncertain than ever because of attractive financial aid offers from so many schools, St. Paul’s still had a record number of applications and very low selectivity.”</p>
<p>do you have any idea with groton’s waiting list</p>
<p>ugh, korean here too.
99 percentile ssats…</p>
<p>only applied to two schools- choate, deerfield.
waitlisted at both of them ;____;</p>
<p>Huh. Do all the Koreans that post here get 99%s? I got 99% as well, and am a Korean.
Applied to 6, got waitlisted at the same schools. Good luck on them!</p>
<p>I think alot of the Korean retained College Advisors recommend CC to their clients to “keep it real”.
Please don’t listen to the Korean engineered USA Prep School rankings. They are in the ballpark, but not as accurate as they claim.</p>
<p>Yaaaa, do you guys have any idea with Groton’s waiting list???</p>
<p>My son was accepted to Loomis but put on a financial aid waiting list. How does this work? It’s the only school he wants to go to and I feel helpless. Any suggestions on how I could help his chances?</p>
<p>Korean too…
I was waitlisted at Groton, Exeter, St. Paul’s, Milton, Choate… and some other
As for Groton, I heard that chance is much better this year than last year… but I am not sure 
I simply hope best luck for everyone…</p>
<p>I am so maddd!!! I was supposed to get a 4-year full scholarship from Choate according to a woman who works with the program that sent out my applications. The only reason I didn’t get accepted was because my school didn’t send recommendations. Choate somehow convicnced my school to change their policy so I’ll have a good chance of getting off the waitlist! But it’s still so irritating.</p>
<p>don’t worry, i got waitlisted too at my top 3 school choices
lawrenceville, andover, and st. andrew’s in deleware
i’m trying again next year
i thought i would get into at least one too, but after reading cc for quite a while before actually joining, i know the competition is super hard</p>
<p>Waitlist… DEERFIELD WHAT DO YOU THINK?? </p>
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<p>btw freshie, three students were picked from Korea to attend Andover
don’t feel that bad about it. at least three from MY school applied there (well, actually, way, WAY more than that considering the 8th graders)</p>
<p>i had a huge long rant about how I feel there is a strong sense of discrimination, but I chose against it because I know nobody really wants to hear it. Congrats to people who got in, seriously, but I’m too ****ed to really cherish this long year I journeyed through just to get waitlisted everywhere.</p>
<p>@stephan30
i haven’t seen many deerfield rejections. only waitlists and acceptances. but most are going to go to another school like andover/exeter. if you are full pay, you might get off this year </p>
<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Has anyone originally on the Deerfield waitlist gotten accepted since 3/10/09?</p>
<p>Has anyone gotten admitted anywhere from a waitlist since 3/10? The schools have to have a handle on their enrollment before they pick and choose from waitlists. Isn’t 4/10 the earliest?</p>
<p>I think it would be pretty rare for a student to get off a waitlist before 3/10, unless a substantial amount of people turned-down acceptances before then. 4/10 is pretty much the earliest because that’s when decisions are due.</p>
<p>Yup, schools worry about the kids they accpeted before they turn to the wait listers.</p>