Hi! I am a 10th-grade student who goes to an American international school in China and is applying to boarding schools as a 10th-grade repeat. I would much appreciate it if anyone could offer any advice, or chance me for some of the schools I have applied to.
Schools:
Choate
Mercersburg (waitlisted last year)
Andover
Kent
St Paul’s
Here are my grades for this academic year (my school does the MYP curriculum):
Orchestra: 7/7 (criteria grades: 7 6 8 8)
Physical Education: 7/7 (6 7 8 7)
English: 5 (5 5 6 6)
Math Honors: 6/7 (6 6 6 6)
Science: 7/7 (7 7 7 7)
Humanities: 6/7 (6 7 6 6)
Chinese: 5/7 (5 6 6 6)
Computer Science: 6/7 (7 6 6 7)
*I had an A- in my English class last year
Some activities/extracurriculars:
- Soccer (10 years): my cities team, varsity team, middle school soccer assistant coach, middle school division 1 team
- Violin (6 years): co-founded a band, APAC (varsity for performing arts), middle school concertmaster
- Coding (6 years): attended a summer program at Tufts Univeristy, learned C++, python, Scratch, 123Design, microbot, etc. Made a heart rate detector.
- Piano (8 years): performed at major school events, ABRSM grade 6 passed with merit
- Boy Scouts (5 years): assistant patrol leader, tenderfoot rank
- Debate (2 years): learned public forum and British parliamentary, best speaker awards, runner-up in competitions.
Awards/Achievements:
- University of Waterloo 2023 Pascal Math Contest Distinction (top 25%)
- Outstanding speaker at 2022 TOC Fall Public Forum High School Novice Debate
- 1st place at 2022 Jingfeng League soccer tournament
- Top 10 players at 2022 Jingfeng League soccer tournament
- Top 14 debaters in Asia for the 2022 TOC debate league
- Runner-up at 2022 TOC Fall Public Forum High School Novice Debate
- Octo-Finalist at 2022 TOC Summer Invitational Public Forum Middle School Debate
- Most improved player for 2023 APAC orchestra group
- Most valuable player (MVP) in soccer season 2021
- Most valuable player (MVP) in touch rugby season 2021
- 2nd place at 2021 Southern Delta Region Conference (SDRC) soccer tournament
- 2nd place at 2021 Guangzhou Cup U14 soccer
- 1st place at 2020 Guangzhou City Trio soccer tournament
- 1st place at 2019 Pearl River Conference (PRC) soccer tournament
- ABRSM Piano Grade 6 Merit
- 2nd place at 2021 Southern Delta Region Conference (SDRC) touch rugby tournament
- Runner-up in 2018 China National Youth Creative Programming and Intelligent Design Competition
SAT:
I have 1370 on the sat, which puts me in the 91st percentile of all test-takers. I was wondering if I should submit these scores because they aren’t that high.
- Math: 730 (94th percentile)
- Reading and Writing: 640 (83rd percentile)
My interviews and essays have gone pretty well so far, so it isn’t a point I am too worried about.
With my scores, extracurriculars, and sat (maybe), what are the chances of me getting into these schools? I would much appreciate any advice, comment, or suggestion regarding my application. Thank you all so much!
P.S. I’ve been in an international school for 11 years now (I am fluent in English). I have an Australian Passport and I’m not applying for financial aid.