lowest ssat and grades

ham
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:00:21 +0000

Hey I currently go to a top 5 boarding school and my SSATs were downright awful. I had 37% in reading, 71% in math, and 68% in the other thing.

I am absolutely not a legacy, hook, athlete, minority, or anything else. My grades were tremendous (all A+, though that’s not saying much for my middle school) and I had unique extracurricular activities, good essays, etc. I also did well in my interview and marketed myself just right by showing the potential to thrive at the school. I got wait listed, simply sent in a letter saying that I really wanted to go (didn’t think it would do anything though) and then 2 weeks later I got a call saying “you’re in if you want” and it changed my life.