Reply to Getting into 9th Grade -- importance of SSAT scores

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Getting into 9th Grade -- importance of SSAT scores"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Got a strange question what are the chances of an African American male coming from a parish catholic school to get into one of the top schools.  The schools in question are GP, STA or Gonzaga.  Now let me explain the profile.  He is a musician and a pretty good basketball player.  He is not one of these well sought after athletes like a lot of kids around the area just a good ball player.  We have learned from living in this area for almost a year that it is a basketball mecca.  His dad and I think he has "held his own" however, we would like to see him get into a really nice high school because, what's the point of living in the area if we are not going to exhaust all opportunities for your child?   We will try everything to help him to make sure that we have exposed him to everything possible.  So, I am just throwing this out there for comments.  Please don't worry about offending me because I am obviously African American.  I would like to know what the community thinks of these profiles.

Just an FYI.  He is a bright child with good grades'   He always does well on standardized tests.   This has been our selling point for whatever he has accomplished especially back home. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics