Anonymous wrote:My children went to
Those schools from
Wait for it MCPS lol.

😂

Money money money

Andover and Phillips.
My others graduated from a W school. Guess what they got accepted to the same colleges 😂.

Andover is Phillips…

I transferred from Trinity to Andover in tenth grade (I’d been at Trinity since kindergarten). I’m not sure how difficult it is, and I have no data to back it up since my sample size is one. If i had to guess, I’d imagine there’s a pipeline from TT NYC to TT boarding schools similar to the college one.

In my class at trinity, I think about 6-8 of us ultimately left for boarding schools or other day schools. All of us were competitive students, and from what i recall, came from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Myself and one other classmate ended up at andover (we actually ended up at the same college, too), but all of us got into to good boarding schools.

In my case, my SSATS were good, my grades were good, my recs were good, and I played a specific sport for which I wasn’t recruited necessarily, but the coach and I had a lot of conversations before I was admitted. I also applied to Hotchkiss, Exeter, St. Paul’s, Groton, and Milton, and I was admitted to all but Exeter.

The year before, two of my very good friends left for choate and paul’s respectively. If i had to guess, I would say that you’ll get good consideration from any boardin school, and if it comes down to you vs. another student, you might get a bit of an edge. All of this is contingent upon your academic qualifications though.

And we are dual citizens. Not Asian. I know the demand from Asia is intense. Our country is loved yet small population. Not sure if this helps.

I am wondering how big a factor geography is as well. That is why so hesitate to move to NYc. I think it will hurt his chances. Right now we are on the other side of the planet. I am arguing that he should get accepted and then we move to NY. Partial FA needed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what is the SSAT cut off for top Boarding Schools? Can a 50th percentile get in if they have a special talent and awesome recs?

My DC had 98th percentile SSATs + all As + many ECs and got waitlisted at the boarding school I attended. I believe a lot of it comes down to whether or not you are applying for FA and whether you are diverse.

I agree that FA is a huge determining factor - I think only a few schools are need blind with admissions.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what is the SSAT cut off for top Boarding Schools? Can a 50th percentile get in if they have a special talent and awesome recs?

My DC had 98th percentile SSATs + all As + many ECs and got waitlisted at the boarding school I attended. I believe a lot of it comes down to whether or not you are applying for FA and whether you are diverse.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what is the SSAT cut off for top Boarding Schools? Can a 50th percentile get in if they have a special talent and awesome recs?

https://iseepracticetest.com/target-scores/

Does anyone know what is the SSAT cut off for top Boarding Schools? Can a 50th percentile get in if they have a special talent and awesome recs?

here is St Bernard's
https://www.stbernards.org/secondary-school-advising

Anonymous wrote:This is helpful. I was concerned that there might be a cap on how many students the selective boarding schools accept. I would think of a school has a class of 150 and half are boys, then they need to cap the number of boys from NYC to 5 to 10 percent. So 4 to 8 boys in total, spread among all of the schools?

Why do you think fewer girls go?

Because the girls schools have high schools, whereas the boys schools (except Collegiate and Browning), do not.

My children went to
Those schools from
Wait for it MCPS lol.

😂

Money money money

Andover and Phillips.
My others graduated from a W school. Guess what they got accepted to the same colleges 😂.

This is helpful. I was concerned that there might be a cap on how many students the selective boarding schools accept. I would think of a school has a class of 150 and half are boys, then they need to cap the number of boys from NYC to 5 to 10 percent. So 4 to 8 boys in total, spread among all of the schools?

Why do you think fewer girls go?

Anonymous wrote:Which NYC private? Not that many kids opt to leave ongoing schools to go to boarding schools for high school. Some of the K-8s are a different story (the boys' schools, mainly), and I would look at their websites for information on where the students get placed.

St. David's, e.g.: https://www.saintdavids.org/admissions/secondary-school-placement

It used to be that almost the entirety of the boys schools would go to boarding school after 8th grade and about 10 or so girls from the girls schools. But, as these schools have gotten more diverse (e.g. less waspy) that is no longer the case. In any event, any of the single sex schools will have a long history and good connection with all of those schools.

Which NYC private? Not that many kids opt to leave ongoing schools to go to boarding schools for high school. Some of the K-8s are a different story (the boys' schools, mainly), and I would look at their websites for information on where the students get placed.

St. David's, e.g.: https://www.saintdavids.org/admissions/secondary-school-placement

And what type of kid chooses:

Deerfield
Andover
Kent
St.Andrew’s DE
Lawrenceville
St. Paul’s

Does each elementary school have multiple applicants but only one or two acceptances?

Thx.