<p>seriously, i heard hotckiss only accepted like 5% of their applicants. did they get so many more applicants?</p>
<p>don't believe everything you hear</p>
<p>what do you mean hockeykid?</p>
<p>I mean I highly doubt Hotchkiss accepted only 5 percent.</p>
<p>And Hotchkiss wait-lists a ton of kids every year, so I don't really think this year is different then any other.</p>
<p>whatever, i just know that more kids applied this year because public schools are getting worse and worse by the second</p>
<p>It'll be interesting to see official stats when they are released by the top schools. Last year, many of the top schools had very high yield rates and over-enrolled. My guess is acceptances are probably lower and waitlists higher because of that. It seems like a lot of schools had record applications once again. I know last year that some schools, SPS for example, posted admissions stats in the acceptance letters. Has anyone seen any official numbers this year?</p>
<p>Also, many schools did not draw from their waitlists at ALL last year!</p>
<p>Hotchkiss stated "over 1500 applicants" with acceptance email.</p>
<p>I really wish I knew how many kids got taken off wait lists every year.</p>
<p>you got in?</p>
<p>my daughter, freshman applicant, was accepted.</p>
<p>she was waitlisted at Exeter. That's killing her...</p>
<p>There you go 1500 applicants 578 students. So we divide 578 by four and we get 145. So I figure they take around 100 kids? 1500 divided by 100 is 15. That means if there yield rate was one hundred percent they would still have a 15 percent acceptance rate. I don't know where you got this 5 percent but we can obviously see its not true.</p>
<p>So we add a couple percent since obviously the yield rate is not 100 percent and we have an average number.</p>
<p>agree with you hockeykid841</p>
<p>Hockey, you need to remember that most of the kids on here are what, 13? And a lot of them have had a really bad start to their week. </p>
<p>Try being a little understanding instead of snarky. 5%, 15%, whatever. It's still very low, isn't it? So it's understandable that many kids feel the waitlists are a bit long this year (ie, why not more rejections, etc).</p>
<p>thank you allidoiswait. im sorry hockeykid, did you apply anywhere?</p>
<p>Actually hockeykid the amount of children aged 13 has decreased. The next increase in children age 13 should occur in about 8-10 years, so kids who are freshman this year in high school should have a little less competition for college spots than high school seniors did last year. So, that should be a little bit of good news for anyone who was waitlisted! ;)
Personally, I think the fact that the news is getting out about secondary schools offering more financial aid is what is causing more people to consider applying to private school.</p>
<p>Middlesex took fewer than 1 in 10.</p>
<p>what do you mean?</p>
<p>less than 10% were accepted.</p>
<p>i think this year will come down to this: if you weren't a genius, super-rich, or had something awesome on your app, it was a hard year to get in ANYwhere. </p>
<p>for those of you who got into schools like andover, hotchkiss, middlesex, tabor, peddie, etc, good job---and for those who didn't, totally don't feel bad! i swear it looks like the admissions officers chatted up a storm this year---i was surprised at the lack of multiple-acceptances. most people only got into one or two schools at best.</p>
<p>well, a lot of rich kids at my school got in, and then people like me, well, 3 waits, 1 reject, 1 accept, and 1 still unknown, so...</p>
<p>See, there you go! you got an acceptance. there are a bunch of kids on this board that would kill to be in your position. :) It may not be your first choice, but it's a top-class BS in New England. You're luckier than 99% of the kids in the country, much less the world. </p>
<p>You guys have all gotta think positive!</p>