What SSAT Score(s) do you need for Lakeside in Seattle?
What SSAT percentile does the admissions committee at Lakeside consider a good enough? Even harder than Andover, Exeter or St. Paul’s was finding out how high you need to score on the SSAT for this little known gem of a school in the Pacific Northwest. After Bill Gates became synonymous with the “richest person on […]
Dandelion Dreams Essay | Top Harvard Personal Statement Examples
Top 50 Harvard Application Essay Example #50 Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to help many high schoolers write their personal statements. Fortunately, many got into their dreams schools including Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University and UCLA. Frankly, some of them probably wouldn’t have garnered admissions if it weren’t for the examples they were […]
Top Personal Statement Examples: The Zebra College Essay
This is one of my favorite creative college essay examples for students. It shows how a student can answer the boring personal statement prompts with flair. At the same time, it answers the question in a strong effort to be like a … well … zebra. The Zebra College Essay Video Model Personal Statement: The […]
What SSAT Scores are needed for Groton School?
We’ve been spending a bit of time helping aspiring students and caring parents get a gauge of the scores needed for top boarding schools. In this series of posts, we’ve covered the top 5 programs where we show up as the top answer on Google. As a result, we’ve decided to dive into the rest […]
Are there any Tulane graduates and/or professors who would be interested in speaking with me about the school?
Elaborating beyond the comment I added: What I wrote: I hope so. Great question, but I’m curious if they feel comfortable to answer here publicly. You may want to reach out to them directly though admitsee, the university’s website and alumni association. (expounding) I imagine you went to the University’s website, as I suggested, but […]
What interview questions do they ask you when applying to Phillips Academy Andover? Exeter?
After obtaining your top SSAT score with our help, you obviously need to hammer out all the other elements of your application to the top boarding schools. One of the most nerve wracking exercises in the process can be the interview. Since we help students get over the anxiety and prepare them effectively as a […]
What SSAT scores can get you into The Lawrenceville School?
In most of our estimates, we identify it’s very rare that the school itself tells us exactly what their SSAT requirements are. However, for Lawrenceville, we have several estimates straight from the top boarding school’s website and recent past publications of the school. Straight from their admissions pages, they answer the question: What is your […]
What’s the average SSAT score for Deerfield Academy Admissions?
Boarding School Review, a popular online information portal for boarding schools tells us that the top 5 school is one of their highest SSAT scoring boarding schools: As you can see, they recommend:
What SSAT scores can get you into St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH?
As with any top boarding school, St. Paul’s School’s (SPS) admissions requirements are quite high. As we’ve already reported, the top 2 programs in the United States have standards that approach almost perfect. St. Paul’s in Concord ranks as as high as the #3 boarding school program in the United States. Being a top 3 […]
What’s the Average SSAT score for Phillips Exeter Academy’s Admissions?
“90% Percentile at a bare minimum” for Exeter Updated 11/2022 You could easily argue that prospective students should score as high as 99% Percentile for the SSAT for Phillips Exeter Academy. At the same time, as we’ll repeat time after time, it depends on all the other aspects of a student’s application/profile. For example, if […]