What are my chances with Lawrenceville?

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More info would be helpful e.g. grades/GPA/rank in school, why you want to go to BS, why (only) Lawrenceville, whether you are URM, need FA, etc.

The conventional wisdom here is that unless you have a really solid, happy-making Plan B (e.g. a great local high school you’d be more than happy to attend) you should apply to more schools including a few with meaningfully higher acceptance rates (30-50%).

Also probably worth checking out this post I made a while back. Still applies:

Here are your chances for boarding schools

Here are your chances to get into a GLADCHEMMS: Start with last year’s acceptance rate. Lower it slightly for this year because the rates seem to drop pretty much every year as more people find their way into the BS world, or try to. Gateway and SAO make that easy. Covid may very well accelerate the trend. Lower it slightly if you need Financial Aid. Raise it slightly if you do not. Raise it slightly if you are an Under Represented Minority. Lower it slightly if you are an ORM. Raise it slightly if you are a legacy. Raise it slightly if you are a competitive athlete or artist who can make an impact at the varsity level your first year (and there’s an opening on the team, orchestra, etc). Raise it if your family is going to put their name on a building some day (or already has). Lower it if your scores and grades are meaningfully below the school average. I’m not talking 5-10 percentile points on the SSAT here. I’m talking about a lot more than that. Do not ra…