Help! Idk where to apply!

reknihtrevo
Fri, 04 Dec 2020 18:40:08 +0000

Thanks so much taking the time to reply to my post!
I first want to mention that I’m going off that Business Insider list because I am entirely clueless about this whole process, and didn’t have any idea where to even start. I knew that lists like those would have respectable/well established schools on them, so I’m not necessarily going only after prestige, but I figured prestigious schools probably are pretty good overall or they wouldn’t be prestigious I also really like my current school and enjoy being with my family, so if I do choose to go away I want to be confident that I’m making the right decision (I already know from past experiences that home sickness wont be a big issue for me, so that’s not really a factor).

To answer your questions:

1. I have pretty good grades (all A’s and one B+). I really like discussion based learning, and find I do best in classes where the teacher asks a lot of questions. I love to talk and am fairly inquisitive. I generally dislike classes that rely on memorization more than understanding. I am taking the hardest classes possible at my school right now, completely of my own volition, because I really like to challenge myself.

2. The current ECs I’m in are debate, model UN, student council, and Chinese club. I also established and hosted a Chinese camp for three weeks over the summer with students from my local elementary school, and in the past I’ve done a few selective summer programs with academic and volunteer focus. I definitely want to continue with debate because I have an interest in politics and am pretty good at it, and probably some of the others as well. In terms of sports, I’ve swam on a competitive team for the past nine years, and I recently started playing lacrosse. I’d love to continue with athletics, but I’m not great at either sport and do them both mostly
for fun (I’m currently on competitive teams for both, but would never make varsity at any of the schools I’m applying to), so athletics aren’t a huge priority.

3. I am in no means a huge ‘rule-follower’, but I have enough common sense to rarely get in trouble. I can tolerate strict rules fairly well because my school last year was extremely strict and I doubt many places could surpass that (it was still a really great school that I loved, just a bit authorization lol).

I’ve been on a lot of school’s websites, but I want to make sure I’m not just falling for a sales pitch. I’ve also scrolled through some pages on TikTok of current Andover/Exeter students, and they all seen to generally enjoy it (I’ve looked for other schools but couldn’t find much).