Hotchkiss/Andover/Deerfield/Choate chances

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<p>Basics:
Applying for: Postgraduate year
Gender–Male
From–Suburban (Chicago) public school
Financial aid–Yes
Ethnicity–Hispanic
LD/ADHD–Yes, not diagnosed/treated until end of junior year</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA–3.02 unweighted, 3.88 weighted <== ):
Class rigor–All honors/AP
AP schedule–English Lang., US His. (jun.); Calc. AB, Biology, US Gov’t, English Lit., Economics (sen.)
Class Rank: Surprisingly enough, top 15% (class of ~650)</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT–2220 <== single-sitting, don’t really care about this one
ACT–35 composite (36 R, E; 35 M; 33 S) <== single-sitting
AP–English Lang. (5), US History (5)
(I’m 99.999% sure this doesn’t matter, but…) SSAT–99% percentile</p>

<p>Leadership/extracurricular activities:
Varsity scholastic bowl–Co-captain (9-12); MVP (9-11); top scorer (9-10, but only because my coach liked pulling me out of tournaments for falling asleep)
Jeopardy!–Finalist, invited to and completed audition in Kansas City. I’ll hopefully be on the show in December
School newspaper–Copy editor (established position, 12); production editor (11); staff writer (10)
Blogger–I spend, and this is a pure guesstimation, about 15 hours per week researching, interviewing, and writing for two incredibly popular hip-hop/music/fashion blogs
Chicago Tribune–Staff writer for teen newspaper (11-12)
Varsity baseball–Hurt junior year, but came back during summer (LHP, 10-12)
Travel baseball–Co-captain/member (LHP/OF, 10-12)
Freshmen swim team–Member (9)
Wind symphony–1st chair, alto sax (9-10)
Jazz band–Alto sax (9-10)
Marching band–Alto sax (9-10)
Saxophone lessons–Alto/tenor sax (9-10)
Parish volunteer–Eucharistic minister/misc. volunteer (9-12)
Assistant teacher–Surprisingly selective program for a summer job (only 40 applicants were picked out of a pool of around 150, 11-12)
French Club–Member (9-10)
Italian Club–Member (11-12)</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist (223 PSAT)
National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
Prairie State Achievement Award
Tri-M Music Honors Society
Northwestern Midwest Academic Talent Search Award Winner (36 ACT R/E, presented freshman year)
Honor roll member every semester</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>PG year is hard to get into from what I recall–especially from your choices. If you’re a really good athlete then you have as good as a shot as the next guy. I hear that only athletes get recruited but I think that’s a rumour.</p>

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<p>Glaring lack of Exeter and SPS. No love for the Granite State?</p>

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<p>SPS doesn’t have a PG year.</p>

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<p>I’m looking at Exeter, but their baseball program is glaringly weak. At this point–in order–Andover, Hotchkiss, Hill, Deerfield, and Taft are my top choices.</p>

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<p>Why is Deefield so low on your list? lol I love Deerfield!</p>

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