That does seem harsh…and very stressful!
One minute it’s: “What time should my child arrive each day?”
And the next it’s: Sorry you can’t go here
Yup! They have a section for decisions, one for information about the school(important phone numbers) and then the FAQ’s one. It has all the information for revisit days, vacation days, what to bring, where to stay when visiting. I just find it odd, what happens if you get rejected? Do they remove your account? Seems easier to just email decisions.
Just got the first email from Choate admission ever lol
My parents had an interesting idea. If I get in, they’ll record me happily reacting to the news. Therefore, if I’m ever doubting my decision next year at BS, they’ll send me that video and ask me to remember how I was so happy to get in and why I loved the school so much.
@sparkatzz me too!! Lol.
@misslilbookworm that actually sounds like a great idea!
Curious, why did you all decide to not apply to SPS??
wait… I didn’t get an email
I’m really worried/confused because when my middle school counselor emailed me a couple of months, she said that Choate didn’t need my middle school transcripts? I guess it’s too late to be posting about it lol. I thought that maybe my application was incomplete but then I would’ve gotten an email from them about it.
Don’t worry – I’m pretty sure they would have sent you an email if it’s incomplete. I got an email for not having my quarter transcript uploaded.
@ilovechloebell If you had an incomplete application, the school would have sent you an email about it some time after the deadline. I think you’re fine.
@ilovechoateeeee it basically said decisions would be posted on the GoChoate portal. They will be released the morning of March 9th and you should log in to make sure there are no problems with your username and password.
ok thanks! @TexasKid2018
@ilovechoateeeee no problem. I know we are all anxious, we don’t need added stress.
I tried to sign up for fedex and Usps informed delivery, but it was not offered for my address. Stopped st post office, and found out that this service is not available for apartments or addresses that resemble apartments/condos. :-w
The only other option other than sleeping for the next 4.5 days is to see the psychic. (I wish I only knew one) [-O<
I’m now realizing how close we are to the 9th. I’m shooketh.
Does anybody care to share what they’ve learned about themselves throughout this process? Might help with the anxiety.
My favorite part about my interview was holding conversations with the other applicants. Many of these applicants were obviously gifted in a particular subject and did many things within that field. They received accolades and such but what I admired most about them was that they were passionate about something and sought to do something with that passion. After this is all over, I’m going to do something with my passion— as soon as I discover what it is of course.
I am applying for class of 2022 (repeat 10th) because my private middle school ended in 9th grade and we also have a high school which would go until 12th grade. I sort of assumed I would stay there until 12th grade, and while I was aware of schools such as Andover, Exeter, SPS, Looms, Hill, Choate, etc. and had been to their campuses and visited friends there before, I wasn’t really sure if it was for me partly because I loved my current school and it had a lot of opportunities and was already pretty well regarded. Anyway, I found out we would be moving after 9th grade to the Bay Area so I couldn’t stay there for high school. So, therefore, I started applying to boarding schools for 10th grade and after visiting them as an applicant and actually getting tours I fell in love with the schools.
last year I applied to Andover, Cate, Thacher, Exeter, SPS, Choate, Deerfield, Milton, Lawrenceville, Groton, Hotchkiss, and Middlesex. I got waitlisted at all of them except for Groton and Middlesex where I was rejected. Personally, I think the reason I was waitlisted had a lot to do with the lack of effort I had put into the application and the limited knowledge I had about the application process. My essays weren’t really focused on my interests and I generally didn’t do a good job of presenting my passions and interests to the AOs. I didn’t submit multimedia links, I wrote down a million different special interests in the candidate profile that ranged from Robotics (which I stopped doing in 7th grade and personally hated) to journalism and politics club which was pretty much focused on my genuine interests. I also ended up only applying to the top most selective schools partly because my siblings all attended top day schools so I assumed that would be a natural course of action for me as well. I didn’t realize that THERE ARE AMAZING BOARDING SCHOOLS that are less known and still provide rigorous curriculum and more opportunities than other private day schools could offer.
Anyway, this year I broadened my range of schools and also cut schools I didn’t really like from last year (personally I never felt like Hotchkiss, Middlesex, and Groton were the school for me anyways), I also realized that I really wanted to go back to the east coast so I decided not to apply to California boarding schools this year, and I am hoping it works out this year. Fingers Crossed!
@CC4life good luck, I really hope you get accepted this year!
Admission rate(s) are generally 10-15% at the top - with 66% in yield.
Waitlisted can be another 60%.
Leaving less than 30% as out-right rejected.
if you applied for 10 schools, you can expect 1 admission, 6 wait-list, and 3 rejection.
@Heading2HS I’m not really sure your numbers are exactly right…
The schools with the lowest acceptance rate would be Andover/Groton/Thacher and even those schools are at around 12-13 percent. Most of the top schools, however, hover in the mid to high teens… ex: Exeter (17%), Lawrenceville (18-20%), Choate (15-16%), Deerfield (16-17%) although I was told they will be accepting less students due to current over enrollment, Milton (15-16%), and SPS (17%).
I also don’t think that schools are waitlisting 60 percent of students. I know some school are keeping extensive waitlists such as Deerfield, which waitlisted about 50 percent of applicants last year, but apart from that, the only statistic I could find was from the Lawrenceville Student newspaper which said that around 25 percent of applicants were waitlisted, the majority were rejected (around 57%). I can only assume that schools like Andover, Exeter, and SPS which tend to have higher yields, would waitlist even less applicants than Lawrenceville.
But that is besides the point, IMO I don’t think we can say that if someone applies to 10 schools they can expect admission from 1 and wait listing from another 6, one would have to be in the “top 20 percent of applicants” in a particular schools applicant pool to stand a chance of admission at top schools. And how each school defines the “top 20 percent of applicants” varies greatly, that is why it is not uncommon to see people on CC being accepted to more selective schools and waitlisted or rejected from less selective schools, or vice versa. Considering that people are often applying to the same top schools, there is A LOT of overlap between applicant pools at those schools which is why we see people getting rejected across the board and also seeing people get accepted to several different schools they applied to.
That is why people don’t just apply to 10 or 20 schools, or colleges for that matter, with low acceptance rates (from 5 to 20 percent), because at the end of the day people apply to schools with a range of different acceptance rates, ranging from safeties with 50%+ acceptance rates to reaches with acceptance rates in the teens. Not to mention that the strength of the applicant (grades, athletics, extracurriculars, connection to school, etc.) also changes what is considered a safety and a reach.