What are my chances in getting into some of these prep schools?

<p>I'm not sure if I'll get into some of these schools. Here are my stats:
-- 92% in Math, 79% in Vocabulary, 56% in Reading (I know, sort of bad)
-- Co-captain of my school football team (competitive)
-- (For my 1st trimester in 8th grade) A in English, A- in Math, and B+ in French, Science, and History
-- 3 years of experience in Football and Trombone
-- 4 years of experience in Baseball and Art
-- 1-2 years of experience in Robotics, Computer Science/Programming, and Community Service</p>

<p>Here are the schools I'm applying to:
-- Exeter
-- Andover
-- Choate
-- Deerfield
-- Loomis Chaffee
-- Hill
-- The Webb School
-- Lawrenceville
-- Peddie
-- Taft
-- Kent</p>

<p>What are my chances in getting into these schools? I'm also taking another SSAT on the 10th of January, so what scores do I need to get into at least half of these schools? I know that there are more factors such as your interview and your essays, but what would be my chances solely based on these stats? </p>

<p>Well you definitely need to bring up your score for the big league schools like exeter, Andover, Deerfield, Choate, and Lawrenceville, which means, to be safe, you need a overall average of above 83-84(you have a 75% overall). Your ECs are pretty good, though maybe a little too spread, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Do you have any particular achievements? Those always help a lot. But unless you have good achievements and your interview and essay are both really good, your seat definitely needs to go up. But even if it doesn’t, don’t lose hope. I’ve known people who had worse scores than you but their essays were so good, they ended up getting in. For the smaller schools like Peddie, Taft, Kent, Hill, and The Webb School, you have a pretty good chance, as long as your essays and interview was at least average or above average. </p>

<p>Andover has an average SSAT percentile of 94, and Deerfield’s is 87. Lawrenceville’s is 85. You can’t really be “safe” for these schools. Taft, Hill, and Choate are in the 80’s as well, which means that it’s going to be difficult to be accepted there as well solely looking at test scores. </p>

<p>By the way, @mattlim1207‌ the overall SSAT percentile isn’t the average of all three subsection percentiles. </p>

<p>@MegaDunsparce</p>

<p>In my opinion, ur grades are decent, ur extracurriculars good, but u might want to work on improving your ssat scores. Top tier HADES schools (hotchkiss, andover, deerfield, exeter, and st Paul) has abt an average ssat percentile of 90 to 94 so make sure u either try for the low 90s or high 80s. Also, u mentioned that u play football. This is probably ur hook, and try to emphasize this, as schools like exeter and andover are particularly fond of strong athletic ability. What have u done for community service? What subject(s) are u strongest at, and what have u achieved or accomplished in them? U also mentioned robotics and computer science. What have u learned/do u enjoy it? And what r ur goals in this area? These r qs u should try to answer and let the AOs know. :)>- good luck!!! I think u would be in the running if u could have more credentials in football and computer science/robotics</p>

<p>Oh and be sure to contact any football coaches at the schools and express ur interest</p>

<p>Oh yeah thanks for reminding me it’s just been a long time since I’ve done research on it(Took the very first one)</p>

<p>I’m also applying to lawrenceville.
I looked at 2 websites: In 2013: lawrencevilles average SSAT is 84 and in 2014: lawrencevilles average SSAT is 93.
:frowning: </p>

<p>Just FYI:::::::</p>

<p>SSATs when admitted-great info:</p>

<p>The data columns below are:

  1. Admit rate
  2. SSAT percentile
  3. SAT score
  4. Predicted SAT score as a function of SSAT
  5. how much higher the predicted SAT is vs actual SAT
  6. school name </p>

<p>20% 94% 2100 2115 -15 Phillips Exeter (Known as Exeter)
13% 94% 2076 2115 -39 Phillips Academy (Known as Andover)
15% 90% 2080 2072 8 Groton School
25% 90% 2065 2072 -7 Milton Academy
23% 90% 1975 2072 -97 Georgetown Preparatory
15% 89% 2028 2061 -33 St. Paul’s School
18% 87% 2013 2040 -27 The Hotchkiss School
16% 87% 2000 2040 -40 Deerfield Academy
19% 85% 2090 2018 72 Middlesex School
23% 85% 2025 2018 7 Choate Rosemary Hall
52% 85% 2010 2018 -8 Indian Springs
26% 85% 1928 2018 -90 St. Andrew’s School,
56% 85% 1844 2018 -174 Woodside Priory School
20% 84% 2095 2007 88 Lawrenceville School
32% 84% 2050 2007 43 Concord Academy
14% 84% 2018 2007 11 The Thacher School
35% 84% 1940 2007 -67 St. Mark’s School
22% 83% 2027 1996 31 Cate School
20% 83% 1935 1996 -61 The Taft School
27% 81% 1920 1975 -55 St. George’s School
32% 80% 1885 1964 -79 Hill School
70% 80% 1700 1964 -264 Verde Valley School
60% 80% 1697 1964 -267 Midland School
27% 79% 1935 1953 -18 The Loomis Chaffee
n/a 78% 2095 1942 153 Linden Hall (70% asian students)
53% 76% 1782 1921 -139 Wyoming Seminary Upper
29% 75% 1840 1910 -70 Blair Academy
28% 70% 1926 1856 70 Westminster School
48% 68% 1939 1834 105 Miss Porter’s School ** All girls
38% 68% 1939 1834 105 Cranbrook Schools **
40% 68% 1866 1834 32 Stevenson School
36% 66% 1950 1813 137 Emma Willard School ** All girls
40% 65% 1840 1802 38 Saint Andrew’s
45% 65% 1800 1802 -2 Holderness School
50% 65% 1732 1802 -70 Lawrence Academy
66% 65% 1675 1802 -127 The Ethel Walker
42% 65% 1628 1802 -174 Hawai’i Preparatory
36% 63% 1820 1780 40 Lake Forest Academy
75% 63% 1752 1780 -28 Colorado Rocky Mountain
39% 62% 1844 1770 74 Portsmouth Abbey **
35% 62% 1786 1770 16 Pomfret School
50% 61% 1827 1759 68 Westover School ** - All girls
33% 61% 1790 1759 31 The Williston Northampton
33% 60% 1860 1748 112 Asheville School **
48% 60% 1705 1748 -43 Avon Old Farms</p>