Woodberry Forest School

[Anonymous]

I am the same person that posted about my son's 56th percentile SSAT score, and I asked what the average accepted SSAT score for Woodberry is. We recently received my son's more recent SSAT scores and he scored in the 84th percentile! Do you think that Woodberry will ignore the other score and only take into account the new score? Or do you think that Woodberry will only look at 56th percentile score? Or do you think that they will take into account both? One more than the other?

[Anonymous]

I think they will definitely take scores both into account, and probably the better one more than the other.
You can try posting on College Confidential, in the Prep School Admissions Forum.

[Anonymous]

I think they would look at the higher score!

Great school- my brother went there many years ago and had a great experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the same person that posted about my son's 56th percentile SSAT score, and I asked what the average accepted SSAT score for Woodberry is. We recently received my son's more recent SSAT scores and he scored in the 84th percentile! Do you think that Woodberry will ignore the other score and only take into account the new score? Or do you think that Woodberry will only look at 56th percentile score? Or do you think that they will take into account both? One more than the other?

? confused here a little. You only submit the SSAT score you want them to see.

[Anonymous]

I assume they have the first scores as part of your initial application. Yes, they will definitely consider the scores -- wow, that is a jump! If there's a reason such as that your child was sick on the first testing date, you could mention that. At any rate, a polite email letting them know that you'll be supplementing the file with a later SSAT test is a good way to make sure it gets noticed. Congrats!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume they have the first scores as part of your initial application. Yes, they will definitely consider the scores -- wow, that is a jump! If there's a reason such as that your child was sick on the first testing date, you could mention that. At any rate, a polite email letting them know that you'll be supplementing the file with a later SSAT test is a good way to make sure it gets noticed. Congrats!

O.k, that would make sense -- but why submit the earlier score if you knew you were going to retake the test in January?

[Anonymous]

I am the mother that started this string, and for the people that were wondering why we would send them the 56th percentile score, we did not submit it to them through SSAT, during my son's interview they asked him if he had taken the SSAT, and he said yes, they asked when, he said last week, and then they asked if he had taken it before that, and he was honest and said yes and then they asked for his score. For those that are going to post and say that he should have just lied and said that January was the first time he had taken it, when you submit your SSAT scores to schools it says whether or not you have multiple scores on file, just not saying what the scores are, most schools also ask what those scores were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the mother that started this string, and for the people that were wondering why we would send them the 56th percentile score, we did not submit it to them through SSAT, during my son's interview they asked him if he had taken the SSAT, and he said yes, they asked when, he said last week, and then they asked if he had taken it before that, and he was honest and said yes and then they asked for his score. For those that are going to post and say that he should have just lied and said that January was the first time he had taken it, when you submit your SSAT scores to schools it says whether or not you have multiple scores on file, just not saying what the scores are, most schools also ask what those scores were.

no no ma'am. It just wasn't clear to me how they knew. Our Dc also did not so great on the first test so he took it again and we only submitted the second score.
The interviewer didn't ask DC's score so they won't see the first test.