Applicants
When to Apply
When you submit an application to A Better Chance, you become a potential candidate for one of our Member Schools. Since our application cycle begins much earlier than the average school application, we allow students to get a head start on the admissions process to our Member Schools.
When you begin your A Better Chance application in February, you start preparing for schools’ application processes almost six months earlier. Because of this, when you submit an application to A Better Chance, you are actually completing an application for 2 grade levels above your current grade. For example, if a student in the 7th grade completes our application, that student becomes a candidate for the 9th grade.
Current Grade | Placement Grade |
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4 |
6 |
5 | 7 |
6 | 8 |
7 | 9 |
8 | 10 |
9 | 11 |
General Applicant Timeline
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Application Becomes Available Online: February 1, 2021
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Early Decision Deadline: March 1, 2021
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Mock SSAT Testing Window #1: March 6-7, 2021
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Early Decisions Notifications: early to mid-April 2021
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Mock SSAT Testing Window #2: April 10-11, 2021
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Regular Decision Deadline: April 15, 2021
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Regular Decisions Notifications: mid to late June 2021
Things to do before you apply
- Review your eligibility
- Fill out an Inquiry Form
- Attend an online info session
- Review the directory of our Member Schools
- Visit ssat.org and https://www.erblearn.org/families/isee-by-erb/ to learn about the entrance exams required for admission to most A Better Chance Member Schools