Anonymous wrote:My son got into everywhere he wanted with a score in the 50’s a couple years ago. He didn’t apply to SSSAS, but they saw his profile on some application portal(maybe EMA), and SSSAS liked his profile and reached out. However by then, he’d already committed to somewhere else.

Was he a recruited athlete?

My son got into everywhere he wanted with a score in the 50’s a couple years ago. He didn’t apply to SSSAS, but they saw his profile on some application portal(maybe EMA), and SSSAS liked his profile and reached out. However by then, he’d already committed to somewhere else.

They offered an optional school developed admissions test when our family was applying but that is gone now. Now only a standardized test. Anyway, the option to not take the SSAT at all was available for the last few years so I am sure it is a bit of a mystery what they want now.

According to our head of school from a K-8, he told me has seen kids accepted in 9th at SSSAS with SSATs in the 40-50 percentile range , provided the students also had good grades , teacher recs, interviews …

Three years ago, my daughter was admitted with math scores in the mid 50s. Her verbal scores were higher. I wouldn't overly worry about SSAT scores. Grades, interview, teacher recs count for a lot.

I accidentally posted this in the wrong thread :

Prefacing this statement with the disclaimer that it is entirely speculative (as are all DCUM posts about admissions), but this year may be more difficult than previous because the current freshman class had about 10% higher yield than the school expected last year and is too big. They may try to keep the next class a little smaller, or at least be more conservative with predicted yield and just go to the waitlist if they need to.

Anonymous wrote:DS applied to SSSAS for 9th grade and did not do as well on his SSATs as he had hoped. What type of scores are needed typically? He has good grades in middle school and is a very nice kid who probably interviewed well. Thanks.

At least above 80%ile for an otherwise excellent candidate. 90+%ile is better.

The best SAT score is a fat bank account. It's the only number that matters in modern econofascism.

DS applied to SSSAS for 9th grade and did not do as well on his SSATs as he had hoped. What type of scores are needed typically? He has good grades in middle school and is a very nice kid who probably interviewed well. Thanks.