Chances For Applicant Applying For 10th Grade

bouders
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:44:29 +0000

There are a couple of things that stood out to me.

Jasmino1233:

I’m also a bit young for my grade.

Math - student at Russian School of Mathematics honors level for precalculus and trig

Since you’re a “bit young”, you would probably do better applying as a repeat 9th grader. Also, I’d be very wary about trying to jump ahead in the math sequence so much. You run the risk of being bored in your regular school math classes and developing holes in your math understanding.

Also:

Jasmino1233:

There were numerous errors in my Candidate Profile and things that I left out.

Lack of displayed interest and failure to contact heads of departments because of underestimation of importance. I will work to attend more events and contact the orchestra directors at the schools.

Do proofread your applications. That would be the one thing that may have got you waitlisted or rejected. It showed that you weren’t very invested in applying to the school. Don’t contact the orchestra teacher unless prompted by the admissions officer.