@mamacrum and @littlerobot : the thread starter’s question was in “Prep School Admission”. It is VERY different from college admissions. REA is not relevant. Prep school admissions decisions are usually released March 10th.
Granted, for those applying to the prep schools with lower admission rates, it can be just as much a crap shoot. M10 sees a lot of posts from kids with “perfect stats” who weren’t accepted anywhere.
@floating123 accuracy varies by parent and what the family is looking for in a prep school. It is good to compare your child’s SSAT’s with a school’s average SSAT ranges, for example. Some people also are blinded by the bells and whistles, or the “elite” reputation of a school, and ignore the culture of the institution and whether it’s a fit. Such people are very disappointed on M10.
My child was accepted where we expected her to be accepted, and wait listed where we worried that at best she’d be wait listed. Andover and Exeter were never on our list.