Your Competition...

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Most of us know that the deadline for boarding school applications has passed. Since you've already submitted your application, dare to take a look at your competition?</p>

<p>Everyone, if you please, post:
-What schools you are applying to.
-What grade you are applying to.
-Why you are applying.
-Your extracurriculars</p>

<p>DON'T POST YOUR GRADES OR SCORES. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOU ALL HAVE ALL A'S AND B'S AND YOUR SAT SCORES ARE IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE.</p>

<p>This is to gain a sense of the different personalities applying.</p>

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<p>I would suggest that everyone not post too much identifying information (ie; female wrestler applying to Milton) here. The chances that AOs are actually reading this thread, during their busiest time, is remote, but why chance it? You’ve worked too hard.
zp</p>

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<p>lolagirl: if you want to see you competition just look under Prep School Chances</p>

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<p>yankeefan-agreed
and plus u will find out in less than 2 months if u got in or not and it wont matter who ur competition was then</p>

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<p>It’s closer to a month now.</p>

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<p>

I read the chances forums. I’d say that maybe about half the applicants have those stats. Andover says that 75% of all applicants are “academically admissible.” I assume this is a very broad term. Someone with a 75% on the SSAT is probably “academically admissible,” but that doesn’t mean that they’re the most competitive applicants.</p>

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<p>haha yeah everytime i see someone applying for my grade to the same school i’m kind of like grr…
which reminds me when i was at a school interview, in the waiting room this one mom was kind of giving me the death glare when a student was talking to us haha. i wanted to say calm down not applying for 9th grade!</p>

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<p>haha, what grade are you applying to ylaxw1123?</p>

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<p>ifax-what I believe Andover meant was that of the applicants that applied, 75% of those kids were admissible, not that they had a 75% on SSAT.</p>

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<p>I’m sure Andover has a slightly different view of “academically admissible” than many other schools. You can bet PA is in the list of a high percentage of top-performing candidates.</p>

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<p>I never said that I believed that 75% of the kids had a 75% on the SSAT. I was just using that as an example of an “admissible” kid.</p>