Chance me for lville

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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hi im applying to the lawrenceville school as a day student and have absolutely no idea if ima get in/am less hopeful so ima put all my stats here:

8th grade, 13, indian, middle class (applying for financial aid, parents made 95k last year in total cause one of my parents lost their job)

all grades above 90 since 6th grade

honors language arts

honors geometry

advanced art

volleyball, track, kickboxing

chosen to be a leader in my school (8th grade students who come and present to 6th grade classrooms every month to help them get used to middle school, 2 per 6th grade classroom)

won county/state level art and essay contest; conservation of wildlife

won an award in my school given out to 10 people per grade by teachers based on character traits (i received leadership) and I put the speech that my teacher presented the award to me with in the application

strong recommendations from principal and la teacher

i also go to a well known and respected public school in the area (10 mins away from lville)

took ssat and got a 55​:sweat_smile::sob: but im taking it again so we chill​:folded_hands:t4:unless that one’s bad too… im not too hopeful…

im also a lesbian so im going to try and incorporate that into my essays see if that helps especially since it is a struggle ive overcome and that’s one of the prompts

anyway tell me what you think and be dead honest pls​:folded_hands:t4::folded_hands:t4:ty

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okay damn so 30 views and no replies… no one gonna help me out here ??

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My understanding is that Lawrenceville’s acceptance rate is in the high teens. Most applicants are qualified, which means most qualified applicants do not gain acceptance. Therefore, you and your parents should make sure you have additional options for high school, in case, as is likely (just because of the low odds), you do not gain acceptance and the financial aid to cover the cost even if you do.

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I know less about Lawrenceville than the other schools in this category, so don’t have a gut feel as to how they think about SSAT’s.

But I like the ingredients of your app, especially if your school has connects with Lawrenceville (and it sounds like it does). I particularly like the bit about you helping the 6th graders get used to middle school. Shows leadership and (school) community contribution. And you got a Leadership award to back that up. So assuming you will get good recommendations from your school, your interview will go a long way to demonstrating fit. When is that?

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To be fair, chancing to a school with a low acceptance rate is just folly.

I’m assuming you’re happy continuing at your LPS as a Plan B if you’re only applying to L’ville.

You have an interesting resume, but I don’t need to tell you the test score is low. Hopefully it will improve next time.

Good luck

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I did the interview already in October and it went pretty well every answer was well coordinated and it was way better than I thought it would be

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yeees the assumption is correct im just going all in cause my public feeder high school is great so idrc that much

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How many kids from your school go to Lawrenceville?

Like I said, if your school has a relationship with them, that will go a long way to explaining the low SSATs. I said elsewhere that I know a kid who got into Andover with a similar SSAT, but the school vouched for them and it wasn’t disqualifying.

You should try it again and try to bump it up in any case. Like most important things in life, ya gotta sell it. In this case through a very holistically strong folder. But that takes focus and effort to stand out amongst very strong candidates who care a lot.

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On paper, you are an interesting candidate. L’ville has traditionally been a bit tougher to get into as a day student than boarder. Your test score won’t help. It’s hard to make a prediction without knowing what your current school’s relationship is with L’ville, but it’s almost certainly not a slam dunk.

Since you have a good public option that you like, there’s no need to cast a wider net (Peddie, Hun, PDS, George, Pennington) which are all viable options as a day student.

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yes and i know it seems like I don’t care that much but I do and I will update my score once it comes out and i actually take it again (on Saturday)

I’m not sure how many kids from my school go to lawrenceville, however, when i got interviewed and i said i was from my school the interviewer stated how they interview at least a few kids from my school every year

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yeaa I was thinking about peddie but that’shalf an hour away no one’s driving me that far and id rather not board and Pennington doesn’t have a volleyball team and hun just doesn’t seem fitting for me i took summer classes and camps there