SSAT scores - retake?

Weatherby
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:41:47 +0000

These are the average SSAT scores as reported to boardingschoolreview.com by the respective institutions.

Lawrenceville 84%

Phillips Andover 94%

Phillips Exeter 90%

HK 87%

Taft 84%

Milton 90%

If your child does not gain admittance, his SSAT scores will not be the reason. As others have stated, there is no reason to retake.

For what it is worth from a first poster who has researched this topic exhaustively since my 7th grade son recently announced that he wants to attend a boarding school, the SSAT is merely an exclusionary criteria. High scores won’t get the fat envelop but low ones (for the school) will surely garner the thin one.

If the OP can pay and her child has good grades, ECs, recommendations, and great essays, she stands a great chance on March 10 provided she casts a reasonably wide net. Eliminate any one and matriculation becomes a real crapshoot as schools try to create a mix of kids with a variety of talents. Just the opinion of a parent trying to make sense of his child’s desire to attend BS.