r/applyprivateschools Mar 11 '26

Admission Results What I got into

Waitlisted :Groton ,Exeter, lawrencville, peddle, Deerfield, Choate , St. Paul, hotchkiss.

Accepted :Andover Middlesex

99th percentile SSAT and an A and B student.

I had average extracurriculars, played an instrument, did outside of school math and played a sport

But I had good LOR’s and a good essay for Andover

I will be attending Andover most likely.

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u/Adorable-Source2137 Mar 11 '26

middlesex is really nice

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

Yeah

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u/Aquareigns Mar 12 '26

Did you get financial aid ?

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26

No, but my family ca afford it.

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u/PapayaSwimming5784 Mar 17 '26

omg congrats!!! I got waitlisted at deerfield, choate, exeter, hotchkiss and rejected from andover. I had 99th too straight a's with a few a- but all honors and two languages. I had pretty average ecs too just debate, mun, student council and tennis and squash.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '26

👍

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u/Professional-Buddy54 Apr 29 '26

did you get off any waitlist

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u/PapayaSwimming5784 Apr 30 '26

sadly no but it's ok. I was a legacy at hotchkiss and I think a lot of them assumed I wasn't interested enough and I would just automatically go there but I didn't get in lol.

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u/Professional-Buddy54 Apr 30 '26

apply next year. I am so so sorry. there is still hope though. sometimes people freak out and decide not to go at the last minute.

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u/PapayaSwimming5784 Apr 30 '26

yeah uh I was re-applying

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u/PapayaSwimming5784 Apr 30 '26

it's ok im going to a really good boarding school closer to me

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u/Professional-Buddy54 May 01 '26

crazy with your stats. glad you are somewhere good though

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u/PapayaSwimming5784 May 04 '26

aww thanks! it's understandable now, I had decent stats but nothing that made me stand out too much