Chances?

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<p>Hi, I’m Thomas and I’m applying for 10th grade at Exeter. I go to Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington, possibly the best private school on the west coast (famous alumni include bill gates, paul allen). Average
SAT of about 2100 at school.</p>

<p>Grades:
Intensive sophomore math (i’m a freshman): A-
English: B
History: B+
Intensive Biology: A-
Latin: C+
Acting: A-
PE: A
Straight A’s at public middle school.</p>

<p>Sports:
Varsity Golf (my coach tells me I am a borderline DI college player if I work hard enough)
10 years, about 12 hours a week
4.4 handicap
League, District, and State qualifier as freshman
Placed 4th at League championships
Placed 9th at District championships
Varsity Swimming (my swim coach tells me I am a borderline DII swimmer if I work hard enough)
8 years, about 11 hours a week
Qualified for League, District and States
Club Water Polo
3 hours a week</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Math Team: 9/10 varsity
AMC 8 scores of 23(6th) , 25(7th) , 25(8th)
AMC 10 scores of 108 and 112(7th), 126 and 118 (8th)
AIME of 6
Mathcounts State 7th Place with score of 43 (47th overall in nation)
Texas State champion in chess from 2nd to 4th grade
WA state champion in chess in 5th and 6th grade
Science Olympiad A team Member
About 60 service hours
Gold Medal in National Latin Exam for levels 1/2, 1 and 2</p>

<p>SSAT: 800 800 800 (i’m serious)</p>

<p>SAT: 800 math 710 english 680 writing (as 8th grader)</p>

<p>Essays and Rec’s:
Essays: Decent
Rec’s: English okay, Math Great
Interviews: Great</p>

<p>Need about 15,000 in FA, ideally 20,000
Asian-American (ugh)</p>

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<p>You have a really good chance. I mean it.</p>

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<p>Ah, here I go again…
You are well-rounded, and you have great stats… like every other CCer
However I am in no position in chancing you… like every other CCer</p>

<p>I can wish you luck though!</p>

<p>P.S. Do try to get to get that C+ up. Other than that, you’re good to go. :]</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.lakesideschool.org/ftpimages/252/download/ProfileLakeside-Final%202010-2011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.lakesideschool.org/ftpimages/252/download/ProfileLakeside-Final%202010-2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
Here’s a profile of my school, you can check wikipedia for famous alumni and more information. Also, should i send tape of me playing golf and/or swimming to the coaches?</p>

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<p>Definitely contact the coaches, but I wouldn’t bother with tapes. Tapes are most useful when used as evidence of an accomplishment that is hard to quantify, or when a quantifiable accomplishment is hard to judge. IOW, you may be able to play a certain piano sonata, but without a tape the music department will have a hard time knowing if you play it well. Your stats may show a certain number of football sacks, but were they against large, talented players or small, slow players?</p>

<p>Your accomplishments, as shown in your swim times and golf handicap, are easily judged against those of other swimmers and golfers. I would make sure you have letters from your coaches to bolster your claims.</p>

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<p>bump (10 char)</p>

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<p>bump (10char)</p>

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<p>Two years later, very familiar with standards of Lakeside, my dd is applying to east coast boarding schools. WOndering if you got in and how your experience compares to Lakeside?</p>