Chance Me! (The Lawrenceville School, Peddie, Blair, Hun, PDS

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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Im a First-Gen Guatemalan American student who Is also a first gen seeker for schools of high calibre like L’ville.

Grades:

English I Honors 98

Alg II Honors 94

Env. Sci (couldn’t take honors bio due to overlapping periods with alg II hnrs) 98

Journalism 94

PE 94

Seminar 92

World History Honors 99

(all hardest classes I could take)

Expecting stellar LOR from English, Math.

Good Rec from counselor.

9th applying for 10th as day for all except Blair and Hun.

VERY LIMITED ECS:

Student Council

My L’ville interview went great, and I emphasized to my interviewer I literally have no ECs because of financial constraints (lville). Also mentioned I wanted to come to l ville because it has many opportunities that I yearn for.

I also pointed out they didn’t state they had a debate club on their extracurricular list,

I told them I was interested in Public Speaking, Debate, Model Congress (I specified NJ Model Congress, Princeton Model Congress).

Also emphasized I loved badminton and volleyball, but my school is more focused on basketball, so they wouldn’t approve of these clubs.

I also told them about how I helped my father with his immigration forms in 8th grade, and that I got into Immigration law because of my father.

I founded a club to serve incoming algebra l honors students in 8th grade to ease transition into the class.

Overall, I had a great connection with my interviewer, they said I was more well versed compared to most applicants.

Other interviews haven’t done: Hun,Peddie,pds

Blair interview was ok, my interviewer was very dry.

About Me:

Living around the Trenton Area,

Attending a charter school (then private school) around there,

Passion for immigration law, politics, government.

Low-income first Generation Guatemalan-American, First Generation student looking to attend a school like L ville, First-Gen to go to college (if you exclude my sibling in community college), father is only one in my household to work.

Last year, I applied to just L ville and a local private high school, got into the local, rejected from l ville.

SSAT last year, 34th percentile (I know its way too low).

This was with no tutoring, prep, or anything.

I believe I’m capable, I just need to learn the topics on the test.

Ranking of my schools (highest, lowest)

Lville, Blair, Peddie, Hun, PDS (might apply, unsure)

Planning to add a bill I wrote in 8th grade (revised of course) for Princeton Model Congress (should I?)

I will check this frequently, so ask away.

I know these schools want top-tier students, but I simply cannot attend events literally because there are not many opportunities available to me. a big one being money and transportation.

Any questions, drop em’.

I want to know, what can I do to maximize my chances, and what are my chances as-is right now.

Thanks!

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Best of luck to you. Your number 1 thing now is to study for the SSAT. You’d be amazed at how much better you can do with disciplined practice. The discipline part is the ballgame. But if you can set aside time daily to work on it and review the questions that are giving you trouble, I’m hopeful you can do well. Your grades are good, so take away any concerns they may have about your ability to do Lawrenceville-level by showing up well on the test. And you don’t need to get 99th percentile, so don’t put undue pressure on yourself around this topic. Relax and prepare.

After that its about selling them on why you would be a good fit at their school, which means demonstrating you understand what their school is about and how you can add to their community.

Rooting for you.