Chance me for SPS/Andover

sc2004
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:36:21 +0000

Hi! I’m an 8th grade Indian female living in New England applying for 9th grade boarding at St. Paul’s and Andover. I currently attend public school and will be requiring full financial aid, based on the amount my family makes.

SSAT - 94th percentile overall, 93 verbal, 91 math, 91 reading

Grades - 6th grade GPA was a 3.7, 7th grade 3.9, first semester of 8th grade 3.6 (yikes!). I have all As in all my classes, except in math but I am taking Geometry and Algebra 2 at my local high school which means I will be taking Pre-calc as a freshman.

Courses - Physical Science, Spanish 1, Language Arts, American History, Geometry, Algebra 2.

ECs - Tennis for 4 years, alpine skiing for 4 years (recreational), trumpet for 5 years, tuba just for this year but I am TERRIBLE, cross country for 2 years but my mile time is a little under 9 minutes so it’s mostly for the exercise, math team for 2 years, robotics for 3 years, and cheerleading for 1 year however neither school offers so it won’t be of any use.

Achievements/honors - school wide spelling bee runner up 7th + 8th grade, school wide geography bee runner up 5th + 6th grade (they stopped offering it) 12th place nationally math kangaroo in 4th grade, student of the year for reading in 5th grade, student of the year for Social Studies in 6th grade

Recs - Very strong from my Language Arts teacher and my personal rec. Guidance counselor fair/pretty good, not sure about math as my teacher doesn’t know me that well.

Interview - Good for SPS, said that I was the type of person they were looking for and really bonded with my interviewer. Okay for Andover, but not quite as good.

Essays - Pretty good I’d say, not amazing but maybe I’m being overly critical.

Volunteering - Volunteer at a local daycare about once a week

Thank you for taking the time to read this, please please please tell me how much of a chance you think I have and be honest.