<p>Applying to NMH, Concord, Lawrenceville, Hotchkiss, Peddie (most likely with financial aid)</p>
<p>SSAT: 96%
GPA: (i got to a school in the south and we have a special 0-9 grading system similiar to ib program) 8.6
EC’s: baseball (4 years), soccer (3 years, 2007 county champions), basketball (5 years, florida state all-stars 2 times) i also play trumpet and drums in jazz band and do hip hop dance for 2 years</p>
<p>im also currently learning chinese as a beginner and im really into it and want to amke it my main secondary language. could anyone suggest to me which of these schools has the best chinese language program overall? thx!</p>
<p>do u happen to be doig the ib/igcse program?</p>
<p>Hotchkiss has the best chinese course in the country hands down. For more than 100 years Hotchkiss has brought students from China to the school and there still is a special “Chinese Connection”. In fact over 1/4 of all US ambassadors to china went to Hotchkiss (including the current Ambassador). So Old Hotchkiss boys can get the very best Chinese teachers from China to go to Hotchkiss. </p>
<p>Also Due to Hotchkiss’ position as the pre-eminent business school in the world many Chinese tycoons have brought their kids to Hotchkiss such as the founder of Ming Cosmetics (who is a Hotchkiss grad), and another Chinese alum who founded CNet.com and download.com .</p>
<p>Many students, both Chinese and a large number of non-Chinese students, are taking the Chinese course. Furthermore there are numerous Chinese and Korean individuals at Hotchkiss. I came from Malaysia myself, and like you did the GCSEs and the IB. I have to say coming to Hotchkiss was the best move of my life. I think that there are more Chinese here at Hotchkiss than at my old international school in Malaysia and Brunei (percentage wise anyways).</p>
<p>Your stats are very similar to mine, though I had a long list of ECAs to go with it., 97th% on the SSAT. No one can know for sure but I think you have a good shot of getting in.</p>
<p>hey thanks for the feedback guys. my parents really dont want me to leave for boarding school since its so far away in new england but i got them convinced (yes!). im not doing ib/igcse but a little smiliar to that kindof</p>
<p>oh and i mite also be applying to blair academy. does anyoen know anything about this school?</p>