Current 8th grader at public school, applying for Financial Aid/freshman year to Exeter, Andover, Groton, St. Paul, Deerfield, Hotchkiss, and Loomis.
Lived in Asia and North America
Academics: All A+, taking GT English course, Geometry, Spanish 2, Language credits for Korean, GPA 4.0 unweighted, 5.2 weighted, some classes don’t give as high of a GPA
ECS: Debate: 2nd place in regional meet, 5th place in high school regional meet (My 1st competition), Debate Camp over the summer for 2 weeks, had a really fun time learning about debate, and the dorm life there helped me see more benefits of BS
Fencing: 3rd place in regional/state competition, was ranked 8th in the texas area last year for y12, 8th place in y14
Cello: 3 years, Superior rating at UIL for 2 years, All-Region lower level for 7th, and top level for 8th, made local Dallas youth orchestra with over 300+ applicants every year (11 spots), top orchestra at school, Chamber Church Orchestra, volunteered to help elementary schoolers learn about string instruments (I had a great time over there because helping others was something that made me feel happy too whenever they smiled)
Tennis: 4 years, school team, 3rd in district playoffs
Chess: 5th at UIL, 3rd at a Regional Competition
Done a lot of ECS, but quit most of them such as ice hockey, swimming, soccer, basketball
Math Competitions: 7th grade 1st number sense in UIL, led team to #1, 7th grade 3rd Math in UIL, also led team to 1st, 6th grade 5th Place for Math UIL, team got 1st. Made team again for this year
Other Competitions: Academic Pentathlon 2nd place for Math, 5th place for Literature
100+ volunteer hours at my church(Altar Serving/training Future altar servers), part of NJHS at school, 2 Outstanding Student Awards from School,
99% on SSAT, 2nd try
Very Knowledgeable on Climate Change (Was my Pentathlon Topic)
I think my essays weren’t as good as I hoped, but I don’t know
Wrote a Solid Paper on Oppression in NK (North Korea)
Award for best 7th grade math student, Number Sense award at my school
A bit of Robotics on a summer camp and received a $1000 scholarship, also one of the reasons why I’m applying (the time I had over there was unforgettable)
Very Independent, but also Very Curious to try all sorts of things
Virtual Meet for UIL calculator 10th place in Texas, 3rd in district
Could You guys tell me the Chances I have/what I should Improve?
Any Information will be great!