Chance Me for Prep Schools

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Please chance me; I am very nervous.

Applying to: The Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy (Andover), Andover, Phillips Academy, Exeter, Choate Rosemary Hall, Deerfield Academy, The Hotchkiss School, Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science.

Financial Aid: Yes, but not significant

Country: USA

Boarding for all Schools

  • Student Council
    • President (26-27)
    • Vice President (25-26)
    • Team Representative (24-25)
    • I have represented my class in 4th and 5th grade
  • Co-founder of Project ETHOS, a team of students teaching middle school students to properly utilize AI efficiently and effectively.
  • Future City Team Presenter and Essay Committee (2 years)
    • We got 9th in regionals last year
  • Orators Club Founder and President
    • Club will start in spring
  • Fencing
    • 5 years
    • Unrated
  • Guitar
    • 3 years
  • OneInMath Session Leader
    • I founded and am working to start a OneInMath chapter for elementary students
    • I have gone through a rigorous interview process and am one of the only 8th graders to get approval from the founder
  • Library Volunteer
    • at my school
  • Received Johns Hopkins University Advanced Honors for Quantitative and Verbal reasoning
  • All A’s (4.0 GPA UW) (I know it won’t make a difference)
  • I have not taken the SSAT or the ISEE, but got a 1220 on the SAT
    • I am currently studying
  • Taking Algebra 2 as an 8th grader
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Isn’t it the case that the JHU (CTY) honors are usually for SAT scores well into the 1500s?

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No!

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For an 7th/8th grader? No!

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Your stats are good, but it’s hard to say what will happen - especially as you have a list of very competitive schools. You look like someone who gets involved, which is important and positive, but you’re not necessarily bringing something to the school that it needs (like a sport), so you won’t get pushed to the front of the admit line. A lot of this, imho, will come down to your essays, your recs, and how you come across in your interviews.

I wouldn’t be surprised if you get in, nor would I be if you didn’t. If you really want to go to BS next year, you might want to add a few less rejective schools to your list, giving some real thought to fit.

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I stand corrected

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I agree if you would really like the boarding school experience, it would be a good idea to have some likelier options. Not that you wouldn’t be competitive, but the boarding schools you named get a lot more great kids applying than they can enroll.

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