<p>Blairt, in my experience, what the great schools most avoid is kids with snotty attitudes. Most kids at AESD are not yet well travelled although most will probably later be. You also seem naive, but in a different way than most posters.</p>
<p>A top school adcom recently shared with me that the number one directive given by their head of admissions is to accept only "nice" kids.</p>
<p>Prep, I do agree that the top schools will be an uphill battles becauses of scores and the fact that you're from MA. Your scores are close, so practice and try again for 10th grade if you don't make it this year.</p>
<p>I would like to apolgize if I seem snotty. I am very argumentiive in nature and do not mean any harm, sorry. I coulkdn't tell if Kirmum's comment was to me or blairt.</p>
<p>Thank's for your advice Kirmum. Like i said, I agree with postrers on my chances, and I said they could be critiacal, but people don't have to act like snobs, meaning blairt. You seem like a nice person who gets that not all kids applying to these schools, are rich and go to fancy day schools. man, I wish I could do that.</p>
<p>Q. What is the average GPA/SSAT score of applicants that are offered admission to Andover?</p>
<p>A. Although the Andover admissions committee has no minimum grade or score requirements for acceptance, the average Andover student maintained an ‘A’ average at his or her previous school and scored in the 93rd percentile on the SSATs.</p>
<p>Andover has the highest SSAT scores, followed by Groton, 90, and dearfiled an 89. Is this incorrect? Don't these schools expect kids from public schools to have lower scores?</p>
<p>What you need to understand is that there are many "hooked" applicants (legacies, URMs, athletes, the rich and famous) and they are the most likely to have below average stats. So if you're white or Asian and unhooked, you will probably be at or above average in terms of stats.</p>
<p>I'm sure Kirmum meant blairt. Blair, is it possible your attitude didn't come through in interviews or on your apps? There are time I want to email a former advisor in admissions to warn them to watch for your app! You will be sorely dissapointed if you're expecting a group of elite, well traveled snots.</p>
<p>Actually, public school kids have an easier time coming from public school than private school kids do. In that case, many public school kids will have 4.0 GPAs using less effort than they would at a private school. But regarding SSAT scores, private school kids have more opportunities for advanced reading courses and prep courses, so I guess it evens out. And I suppose a kid with a 4.0 at a private school compared to one with a 4.0 at a public school would have a higher advantage.</p>
<p>If you get letter grades (A, B, C, etc.), you give yourself 4 points for every A, 3 points for every B, and so one, and then divide that sum by number of grades that you have.</p>
<p>Prepyhopeful there have been other threads wherein chance have been calculated. How woul you define chances? SPS is 1/5 chance... e.g. for every five applications, 1 gets in. Period.</p>
<p>That's exectly how I would define it. But you alos have to include the copious amount of day students or locals that apply to these schools. They make up a large percentage. Much like my application to Groton. Even though SPS is 100% boarding, lots of people in the city of Concord NH still apply</p>