Boarding schools that give scholarships and dont require SSAT score

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Hi,
I was just wondering if there are any High schools (boarding) in the USA that don’t require a SSAT scores and offer scholarships or financial aid. My daughter did really good on MAP testing; 92%-tile to 99%-tile, But she didn’t get a good score for the SSAT. She’s currently in 8th grade so she can’t do it next year either.

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Last I checked, there are many boarding schools that offer tuition discounts even without scores. You would have to go one-by-one and look each one up unless someone knows an easier way. May I assume she gets near-perfect grades?

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George ¶ has been TO for many years and is also generous with FA. Agree that you should look at the websites of schools that interest you to see their policies.

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yes she has an average of a 3.9-4.0 Gpa

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she is going to be an international student though.
these are some of the schools we ibecause they don’t require SSAT.

  • Groton school
  • Lawrenceville New jersey
  • Tabor (
  • The hill school
  • Berkshire School
  • Saint Andrew’s School
  • The Peddie School
  • Cheshire academy
  • Loomis Chaffee
  • Putney School
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adding Mercersburg to the list of excellent merit available!! (Also generous with FA).

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Emma Willard also does not require SSAT. It’s also very generous with Financial Aid and applying is free.

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Look at Williston-Northampton, they offer merit aid and do not require SSAT.

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Peddie requires the SSAT (or the ISEE)

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NMH is TO

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Hill requires Ssat

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Just do your homework as to whether the schools will provide FA at the level you need for international students. Many schools give 100% FA and FA to international students but not 100% FA to international students.

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NMH is a very hard school to get into right? We were considering it but after her scores came out we decided not to.

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are there any other schools? I’ve looked around the websites and a lot of the schools are unclear.

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St. Andrew’s, Hill, and Peddie all require standardized testing. They also all have high average SSAT scores for admitted kids, around 75-80th percentile.

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these schools also don’t require standardized testing, if you want to look into them:

  • Webb Schools (CA)
  • Milton Academy (MA)
  • Suffield Academy (CT)
  • Kent School (CT)
  • St. George’s School (RI)
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Sure, but every school you listed is hard to get into.

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my list now is:

  • Tabor
  • Berkshire School
  • Cheshire academy
  • Putney School
  • Mercersburg
  • Williston-Northampton
  • George School
  • Suffield Academy
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kent requires SSAT
and webb doesn’t give much financial aid’
but thanks

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The Millbrook School is test optional; however it doesn’t have a huge financial aid budget.