<p>From the 2/28/11 “Winter Trustee Meeting” News:</p>
<p>“[Rector Matthews] also conveyed his excitement about the Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science, now under construction, but reported that it is now expected to open for use by the next Winter Term, not the Fall, as previously anticipated.”</p>
<p>Given the way most construction projects go, not entirely surprising.</p>
<p>BTW, does anyone know how much snow the school received in this week’s NE storm?</p>
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<p>What storm? All we’ve had in southern NH is rain - and plenty of it! The concern at the moment is flooding, not snow!</p>
<p>@dodgersmom: We got pounded with rain here (mid-Atlantic) too, but I had seen on the news that VT got 30+ inches of snow from the same system.</p>
<p>Somewhere online I saw video of flooding at SPS a few years back that looked fairly bad. And apparently there’s another storm coming this week…keeping fingers crossed that you all are spared the worst of it.</p>
<p>Hopefully, the flood cannot happen again, but yes it was AMAZING!!! They said it was a 100 year event, but since then they rebuilt the Library Pond dam so that it can release more water faster if it is needed. I wanted them to build a hydroelectric generator, but in typical government fashion they turned down the SPS application. On the one hand we want clean energy, but on the other we do not want to build dams (even though there is one). Ah well our first sacrifice is often common sense.</p>
<p>I hope some of you will share your news good, bad or uncertain. So if you love SPS as much as many of us do, let us know how you are feeling today. Were you admitted, rejected or waitlisted?</p>
<p>I was waitlisted. :(</p>
<p>Rejected, and I believe this has something to do with the yield. But I do like SPS.</p>
<p>Rejected. Now just waiting on Andover, Milton and Nobles.</p>
<p>D was denied.</p>
<p>Son was accepted to the class of 2015.</p>
<p>ADMITTED PROFILE 2011-12</p>
<p>Form III IV V Total
Boys 73 32 7 112
Girls 74 19 6 99
Total 147 51 13 211
States represented 31
Countries represented 15
International students (20%) 43
Diversity (31%) 66
African and African-American 24
Asian and Asian-American 15
Latino/Hispanic 16
Middle Eastern 2
Multi-racial 2
Native American 1
Other 6
Applications 1,395 Admit Rate 15%
Median SSAT Score 89%
Private School (67%) 142
Public School (33%) 69</p>
<p>Congrat’s CKSABS, SPS is a wonderful place.</p>
<p>I was wondering how the admission stats for this year stacked up to previous years, so I dug out these facts from this thread. Applications are up, SSAT scores inched up and number of admitted students is up. Admit rate up, slightly. </p>
<p>ADMITTED PROFILE 2010-11 </p>
<p>Total Students 185: Total Boys 99; Total Girls 86
Total III Form 132: III Form Boys 65; III Form Girls 67
Total IV Form 44: IV Form Boys 27; IV Form Girls 17
Total V Form 9: V Form Boys 7; V Form Girls 2 </p>
<p>Total Applications 1305
Admit Rate 14% </p>
<p>Geography
States 29
Countries 14 </p>
<p>Academic Backgrounds
Private 103/55%
Public 85/45% </p>
<p>Diversity
Total Diversity 63/34%
International Students 30/16%</p>
<p>A few new stats from Leadership Weekend:
New Students admitted for 2009-2010
Form…III…IV…V…Total
Boys…49…27…7…83
Girls…60…27…3…90
Total…109…54…10…173</p>
<p>States represented 25 (total 35).
Countries represented 10 (20 total; 18%).
SSAT’s Median past two years: 88%-86%.
Financial Aid: 191 awards to 36% of student body.
The Average need-based award was $37,428.
Of the 535 students, 35 (7%) are legacies and 26 are siblings.
Students of color represent 33%.</p>
<p>SPS is absolutely his first choice, though he got a couple of other offers. Will be counting on Winterset to keep us calm and updated!</p>
<p>In and out of meetings today. SevenDaughter admitted Class of 2015.</p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your daughter 7dad!</p>
<p>sevendad, wonderful news!!</p>
<p>Congrat’s 7Dad, hope to see you in the fall. Happy to pass any questions along to my SPS student.</p>
<p>Congrats, 7D! That’s fantastic!</p>
<p>Seven dad, you PM mail is full. To those admitted, CONGRATULATIONS!! It has been a long process and a tough year. To all, my heart is with you and feel free to PM me if I can me helpful in any way. I have not discussed anything with the admissions staff, so I do not know any more than you do but I will be happy to answer any questions within my ability.</p>