<p>At least not this year, Sarum. Andover’s acceptance rate is 16.6%, about the same as Deefield’s. And its yield 78% which makes going to waitlist unlikely. I know SPS’s yield is 71%. What’s its acceptance rate?</p>
<p>Andover, with a 16.6% Acceptance rate, is easy?</p>
<p>14.5 for freshman. It was on the newspaper on revis day.</p>
<p>20% for 10th this year and 18.5% for 10th average and 11.6% for 11th. Those are not exact but are within a percent correct.
Also, the average freshmen rate is 18-20%.</p>
<p>[Applications</a> Numbers Soar, Admission Rate Falls This Year | News | The Phillipian](<a href=“http://phillipian.net/article/8150]Applications”>http://phillipian.net/article/8150)</p>
<p>“After reading 1,682 completed applications from ninth grade applicants, the Admissions Office accepted 279 students for next year’s Junior class, waitlisting and denying 1,403 applications, according to Jane Fried, Dean of Admission.”</p>
<p>So, 9th grade acceptance rate is 16.59%.</p>
<p>Not sure Sarum was comparing A/E with what schools when he said A/E were easier to get into. I mentioned Deerfield earlier. And I looked at SPS’s website and found:</p>
<p>Q. How selective is St. Paul’s School?<br>
A. St. Paul’s School is a highly selective school. The School traditionally accepts less than 25% of applicants in any given year. For the 2008-2009 school year, 1120 students applied for 150 openings, and the selectivity rate was 22%. </p>
<p>It is not harder, if not easier, than A/E to get into.</p>
<p>That was last yr…this year the acceptance rate was 19%…in any normal yr there all about the same. And there are a lot more applications into E/A to improve there total number of applicants which lowers acceptance rate. You forgot to factor in all the PG applications from athletes hoping for 1 last shot and then day student applications also. Both of which SPS does not have.</p>
<p>mpicz, I am not trying to prove SPS is easy to get into. I am just trying to figure out on what basis Sarum claimed A/E were easier to get into. Was he comparing the acceptance rate of A/E with Deerfield, with SPS…? Those are the schools I can think of that are comparably selective as A/E.</p>
<p>whatever mpicz…</p>
<p>19% isn’t 16%.</p>
<p>Being an asian, 20 from my grade that are asian were chosen. I dont think SPS can compare to that percentage.</p>
<p>what its 16.6% on top of that the percentage of admitted students being asian 20 something % ?</p>
<p>P.S. I’m talking about the asian acceptance rate because of affirmative action fyi</p>
<p>Be careful comparing St Paul’s with Andover’s and others acceptance rates. Andover co-mingles its acceptance rates of day students and PGs with boarding school applicants. That makes their numbers look better. St Paul’s has no day students nor does it have PGs. Has anyone ever seen the acceptance rates for BOARDERS ONLY at Andover and Exeter? That is the fairer comparison.</p>
<p>if you are an average grade student, with a slightly below average SSAT, but a lot of extra curriculars, can you get into the Pomfret School?</p>
<p>From Andover’s website: "Day student applicants are admitted at approximately the same rate as boarding candidates—20%. For the 2008-2009 academic year, we received 330 day student applications and admitted 69 students. " </p>
<p>The 20.9% acceptance rate for day students is similar to the overall acceptance rate, which is 19% for 2008.</p>
<p>In reality, most of the top schools are about equal in difficulty of boarding admissions. If you look at people’s results, it is quite common to see acceptances at some schools and rejections and WL at others, in no set pattern. Each school has a different story, and may prefer one sort of applicant that another school does not, maybe even during a certain year. Just my opinion, but one school that seems to be a bit more difficult is Deerfield. I think part of it is that the school takes a smaller % of the class in ninth grade and that it is very popular among certain pockets of the population.</p>
<p>I agree everything you said, Inquiring mind. Acceptance rate for 9th grade in Deerfield this year is <14%.</p>
<p>Interestingly, the Deerfield day student acceptance rate was a whopping 28.4% (21/74)! I suspect it may be because it began as a quasi public/private school and it has retained an obligation to the community as part of their charter to educate locals.</p>
<p>I believe Deerfield’s notoriety as a top school, smaller size relative A/E, and proximitiy to NY/CT (right up I-91) contribute to the lower acceptance rate.</p>
<p>I am not sure about the reasons you listed, CK. Schools smaller than A/E are abundant. And proximity to Boston is just as attractive to many (and many more schools are close to NY/CT). As pointed out by Inquiring, Deefield takes in a smaller number of 9th grade boarders but it attracts just as many if not more applicants typical for a school its size with great reputations.</p>
<p>The overall acceptance rate of Deerfield is about 16% this year, about the same as Andover and close to SPS (19%).</p>
<p>Watertester - Metro NY’s population is more than 4X Boston’s and wealthier too. Deerfield is 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours closer than A/E/SPS. Most parents will prefer a school “closer” to home with all else being equal. This is why I believe name recognition, smaller size, and proximity to a fertile pool of candidates increases their selectively slightly.</p>
<p>cksabs, i totally agree. i know of two families that picked DA over SPS and Pea, solely on the less than 2 hour drive.</p>
<p>CKSABS, if you put it that way it does make more sense. 
Speaking of name recognition, back in the old days (less than a year ago) when we had no intention to get involved in BS’s in anyway, the only BS’s I had heard of was a couple closer to where I live, and vaguely knew there were two “Phillips” maybe from some novel. I think that’s the case with many people out of CC, out of BS communities, or out of NE. Even when you go to the general college discussion forums on CC these schools are rarely mentioned. My question is do you think the reputation/name recognition of these schools will help the BS kids in any way in the future after they graduate? And I’ll bundle another question with this one: What about the connections/friendship they have developed in these schools?</p>