Chance Me-Andover and Lawrenceville

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
1

<p>So I’m a girl in 8th grade I am also Hispanic
applying for Boarding (I live in Florida)
SSAT scores:
Reading:92%
Math:49% (ughhh I completely bombed on this section)
Verbal:87%
Overall: 75% </p>

<p>Grades: (My school uses quarters instead of semesters)
7th grade- four As and two Bs
8th grade- current quarter all As</p>

<p>ECs
played clarinet in band for 5 years
jazz band for 2 years
band council 1 year
Temple youth group 2 years
Hebrew High School- 2 years
Flag Football- 1 year
plus lots of fund raising with my band as well as community service with my youth group</p>

<p>Awards:
Third place poetry award for my schools writing contest
Honorable mentions in various other writing contests as well as in the Brazilian Consulate Essay contest</p>

<p>I need FA because my sister is going to college this year</p>

2

<p>Oh, I am in the gifted program in my school so I am in advanced classes
and I am taking Algebra 1 honors
I also recieved a perfect score in the reading section of Florida’s standerdized tests</p>

3

<p>please chance me!</p>

4

<p>you’re a minority so obviously that raises your chances</p>

<p>uhhh… well it’s too late to retake the SSAT’s, plus you did well on the reading section. That’s probably one of the most crucial parts of the test. And if you’re really in a gifted program, they’ll probably think you just had a bad day or something. This was your first time taking hte test right?</p>

<p>Your essay writing skills seem to be amazing. There’s going to be good writers applying to those two schools sure, but you have proof.</p>

<p>Believe in yourself and work hard on your essays
-Xero</p>

5

<p>yeah that was my first time and thnx</p>

6

<p>yeah here’s the things about that test. People sometimes take it two, three times. You took it once and the admission office will know.</p>

7

<p>yeah
well my parents thought the fee was too much to take it more than once</p>

8

<p>One doesn’t have to take the SSAT multiple times to do well. I hate chancing but you seem a decent candidate. The SSAt are a little low but they aren’t that important</p>

9

<p>Thnx I know that the SSATs aren’t that important and I had an amazing interview (it lasted almost 2 hours) my teachers really like me so good recs and I’m working really hard on my essay so I hope that makes up for the poor scores!</p>

10

<p>anyone else?</p>

11

<p>Pretty good chance, SSATs enhhh but only focus on things that you can currently do to make your app better. Essays?</p>

12

<p>Can you retake the SSATs?! Other than those you have a pretty decent chance</p>

13

<p>well my parents think that in the time left before the January SSATs is not enough time to study to make a difference in my scores and so they dont want to pay the fees for registration plus the extra for standby.</p>

14

<p>Oh, well thats okay, just make sure you do great on all the other aspects of the application!</p>