<p>Since there’s one for gr. 9’s, why not make one for people applying for grade 10s?</p>
<p>Applying to:
Andover</p>
<p>Courses:
Pre-IB Math, French, English, Science
Business Tech.
Canadian Geography
Instrumental Music
Phys. Ed.</p>
<p>Marks:
Straight A’s since 6th grade
89% average this mid-semester
Top Scholar in grade 7, 8
Honour Roll (all subjects above 85%) for 6 terms</p>
<p>Athletics:
School Teams: basketball(captain), badminton(captain), squash, soccer, x-country
Not specifically good at one sport, I like everything.</p>
<p>Arts:
Euphonium player for 4 years, joined numerous bands as well as being promoted to gr 11 and 12 bands</p>
<p>ECs:
Debating
DECA (marketing students team)
Peer tutoring in 6-8 grade math
volunteer of a non-profit organization (for elderly)
Reach for the Top team (general knowledge bowl)</p>
<p>SSAT:
just did it today, i think i bombed vocabulary but everything else was fine</p>
<p>Interviews:
pretty good, but not amazing</p>
<p>Background:
Chinese Canadian
Born in Hong Kong (go back every summer)
Lived in Canada for 10 years
Speak chinese, english, french
Not applying for FA</p>
<p>I’m looking forward to hear all of yours too :)</p>
<p>Background Information
Grade: 9
Financial Aid: Yes
State: North Carolina
School Type: Public
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
SSAT: 97 percentile with 791, 761, and 740 in math, critical reading, and verbal, respectively.
Applying to: Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Andover Academy, The Hotchkiss School, and Deerfield Academy.
Courses At School <a href=“Grade%209”>/U</a>
Algebra II Honors (99.4)
World History Honors
English I Honors (90.7)
Biology Honors (96.2 with a slight margin of error)
Earth Science Honors
Computer Applications I (97+)
Computer Applications II
PE
Self-Study and Distance Learning
PreCalculus
Studying the elements of the integral and differential calculus. I don’t know exactly where this goes in the AB and BC curriculum. I am confident that I can take BC Calculus in a few months.
AP Physics B
Chemistry
French, possibly. Bonjour!</p>
<p>ECs
MathCounts - Team Captain (Grade Eight)
C\C++ and Python Programming Experience
President of Science Club
Member of Algebra II Team
Lead Designer in National Art Honors Society
MUN <– Will I be a member? Perhaps. I just want to explore it, see it is something enjoyable. If it is, then I will join. The first formal meeting is today.
Preparing for AMC 10 - Aiming for AIME. (Hopefully about a 5 or 6 on AIME.)
Spend most of my time doing math or reading physics or something.
Violin: 4 Years - First chair. Auditioning for all-state in March.
Poetry: I write several pieces of poetry in my free time. Currently in outlining stage of writing a novel.</p>
<p>I only applied for Andover this year was just to see if I have the ‘thing’ for boarding school. I’m not desperately trying to go to BS, it’s kinda like an experiment. If I don’t get in, I’ll try again next year, but applying for more schools. Another reason is just to get some experience on what will happen when I start to apply for university.</p>
