BS with 83% acceptance rate, should I be worried?

BlueCoffee
Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:09:47 +0000

The no SSAT part is a bit of a red flag combined with the 83% rate. There are good reasons for schools to have high acceptance rates though. Some schools (day and boarding) encourage parents (either gently or less so) to withdraw an application if it is clear that an acceptance is not in the cards under the theory that 8th grade is pretty young for that kind of blow.