<p>Peddie is not a safety for anyone. With a 20% acceptance rate and falling, good luck to you if you think it's a safety.</p>
<p>Yeah, exactly, istole. I came on here and FREAKED at the huge EC list, the scores, etc. but now I know that it's just CC. We're only 20-30 of the thousands of applicants! I think NMH is a safety, kind of, for us on here. I wouldn't know about Peddie.</p>
<p>Take a look at Peddie's college placement, average SAT scores and average AP exam scores. There is no way they are a safety for any of you. High SSAT scores and ECs aren't enough anymore.</p>
<p>eh I disagree, but I need to go so I'll back up this post later -sorry</p>
<p>I find Peddie to be a very similar school to Choate--in terms of its students and academic quality.</p>
<p>I like Choate. :D Just had to get that in there.</p>
<p>peddie is my safety compared to andover. my real safety is public high school. but i nailed peddie interview, and when my dad called they said i was "one of there best applicants". i have a good chance</p>
<p>Like others have said I strongly believe schools like Peddie, NMH, etc. can be considered as either a safety of good reach for the majority of the CC applicants. </p>
<p>For many of us, including me, CC has led us to think "omg... am I HONESTLY going to get accepted". Truth being most people would not even lurk the forums, those who do actually post will by most measures be top of the top (numerically speaking... Ie. 90+ ssat, 3.8+ GPA, awards etc.). </p>
<p>I think there is a message from the acceptance rates of these non hades schools. Even though they have 20% acceptance rate they are in range of Tier one schools acceptance rate.. What does that mean?? Too many people think they are safeties while they are not. </p>
<p>Just as a reference point most BS have around 60% acceptance rate of which the Average PREP SCHOOL (not all BS are prep) boast around 40%...</p>
<p>Wanted to point something out about your post viola. Many people like me, mmoyan,and I'm sure quite a few others don't apply to places like Peddie and NHM . Many of the most competitive applicants are coming from schools which they would be happy to stay at (not all) and for that reason only apply to their top top choices. I think that previous sentence is key in why Peddie and NHM are GENERALLY considered 2nd tier; their applicant base is slightly less competitive. </p>
<p>I'm not saying they're not great schools. No way, they're obviously some of the best in the country. I just think that their standards are lower relative to HADES schools, that's something that an acceptance rate can't show.</p>
<p>I agree. It's go big or go home for me. Milton, Exeter, and Andover. The key point was that too many people think it is a safety thus brining the acceptance rate to that of a HADES school</p>
<p>Thus making it a safety =P (for CC people anyways)</p>
<p>Safeties: Kent and Choate.</p>
<p>LET ME EXPLAIN:
I'm applying as a Junior. I was called by a school that I didn't apply to(asked why don't I apply to his school ect ect), and I asked completely honest questions because of that fact. He said acceptance junior year is a whole different game. If they don't need another math nerd, another lacrosse player, another MUNer, another Econ oriented person... They don't need me. Applying to Choate is a safety, because the school is really catering to all of my wants. Meaning: I have all of their clubs listed on my interests(not literally... but you get what I'm saying). I realized that I'd probably get accepted to at least one of the schools(Because it is so hit or miss... It isn't as much dependent on how good I they have a HUGE offering for such a small school.(I mean in terms of their campus size, endowment and the like)am all around(It matters, but not as much as for freshies)). Same thing with Kent, plus Kent is alot less selective and </p>
<p>They have a specific role for me(or someone) and they want it filled. I'm playing a different admissions game then most... He really stressed that.</p>
<p>Choate... as a safety?</p>
<p>It's amazing to me that so many of you bright kids still don't get it. It's not where you go, it's what you do when you get there that gets you into the Ivys.</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with that. Even in the parent's forum you randomly posted stuff. Anyway I agree.</p>
<p>Yea, might just want to create two separate threads for each of those posts.</p>
<p>NMH's standards aren't lower...they purposely do not strive to admit those with the highest SSAT's, highest GPA's, etc. They realize students are more than just their numbers. It is a conscious choice they have made to admit a more diverse student body. They look for students who want to make a difference in the world....not necessarily students who are driven to gain admission to an Ivy and work on Wall Street. In any case, I can assure you, the academics are every bit as rigorous and their profile is highly respected by colleges.</p>
<p>I'm not disputing you last sentence at all, I agree that both are true! But as far as admissions- all the schools say that. I mean they all like to think/say that they accept the "person" not the paper, but how could they possibly? And also, all HADES schools strive for a more diverse student body and of course they want students who will make a difference in the world. HADES do all that and still want the highest SSATs, GPAs ect. the fact that NMH doesn't strive to get the highest of these things simply means their standard are lower as all schools want the things you listed, that's not unique to NMH. Sorry if I offended anyone as always, and I completely agree that NMH is a great school, we wouldn't be talking about it if it wasn't, I just don't think getting in there is as hard as getting into HADES + choate+ some others I can't think of atm</p>
<p>It's not that their standards are lower though....I do personally know kids who were turned away with higher stats/numbers in favor of kids who were more interesting and complete as people. Also, it's not about standards being lower, but having the selection to choose from. Remember, NMH does not get the huge numbers of apps the HADES school do for a number of reasons....mainly "name recognigtion". The HADES schools have been around longer and were the schools of the monied early on (unlike NMH which catered to the poor). Because they get fewer apps, the of course can't admit as large a group of people with high stats...doesn't mean their standard is lower.</p>
<p>Choate... as a safety? XD</p>