Lakeside in Seattle Chances

angelshreave
Sat, 11 Feb 2017 02:31:36 +0000

@ruinedlegend Hi there, my daughter (in 8th grade) is also applying for Lakeside School (into 9th grade) and we’re quite anxious! May I ask, just out of curiosity, what grade is your son in?

Your son’s SSAT score is incredible; I’ve read online that many kids only excel in one area or the other (like math or verbal) and therefore not do very well on the SSAT. 99% means that he did better than 99% of average scores of the kids who took the SSAT in the past 3 years, so that’s good in my opinion. I also know that 92%+ is the recommended score for applying to Lakeside, so he probably has a good chance when considering his scores.

I think the fact that he plays sports and is also involved in the arts that he isn’t just a stereotypical honor roll student who gets good grades and will be beneficial for him. His volunteer hours are amazing as well, so experience-wise, he’s pretty well set.

And about the essay, that’s a good point, I don’t know if talking about his cat was really a good thing; it might show that he cares about other things outside of schoolwork, but schools like Lakeside probably want to see that students like to challenge themselves and have a motivation for learning too, so I’m not sure if they were able to see that in him.

Good luck to your son! I would love to talk to you here about private school admissions and I’m looking forward to hearing back from you!