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Accepted: Deerfield and Groton
Rejected: Andover
Wait listed: Exeter, SPS, Tabor
Likely Attending: Groton
Stats:
• SSAT/ISEE/TOEFL/PSAT: 87th percentile SSAT - I cannot remember exact stats but i think it was around 94 percentile for reading, 87 for vocab, and 74 for quantitative. Also had a 28 ACT but did not submit for any
• GPA Unweighted/Weighted: 3.95 UW/4.3 W
• Rank: unknown but likely top 10-20 at all my schools
• Other stats: N/A
Subjective:
• Interviews: my Deerfield and Groton interviews were 11/10s, I could tell they really loved the idea of me at their school and I had great conversations with my AOs.
• Essays: 9/10, I spent hours upon hours writing the essays needed to apply to the schools and I’m satisfied with the results in the end, except for deerfield lol. My Deerfield essay was certainly a 4-5.
• Math Rec: I didn’t know her that well, but she knows I’m a hard worker so maybe a 7/10
• English Rec: same with English
• Personal/Extracurricular Rec: I had 2, first from my sailing coach and the other from a neuropsych professor at a nearby university. They were both 8-9/10s since I had a close relationship with them and always tried my best in their class
• Principal/Counselor Rec: same as english and math, especially since I just transferred there. Although I knew her better, so her letter was more likely an 8/10
• Sports (if any): Swimming, Sailing, Skiing
• Instruments (if any): N/A
• Other ECs (if any): I also work a part-time job, and I help my mother with things she needs to do (she’s disabled)
• Hook: FGLI
Location/Person:
• State or Country: Massachusetts
• Current School Type: Public for 10th but private for 8/9
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Female
• Grade Applying For: Reclassed 10th
• Age: 15
• Financial Aid/Full Pay: Full Financial Aid
Strengths: extracurriculars
Weaknesses: my ssat and the fact that my family couldn’t afford to pay for anything
Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted?
I’d say it’s definitely my weaknesses that did me in during the end, my parents can’t afford to pay anything for these schools and they made that very clear throughout the admissions process. I got a full ride + more at Groton, so i’m happy with what happened in the end
Accepted: Andover (From WL)
Rejected: Lakeside
Wait listed: Exeter
Likely Attending: Andover
Stats:
• SSAT/ISEE/TOEFL/PSAT: 2376 SSAT (All 99th %ile)
• GPA Unweighted/Weighted: 4.0 UW
• Rank: N/A
• Other stats:
Subjective:
• Interviews: (None were over or under the required time)
Andover 7/10 (Alumni Interview)
Exeter 8/10
Lakeside 8/10
• Essays:
Exeter 9/10
Andover 9/10
Lakeside 5.5/10
• Math Rec: 10/10
• English Rec: 9/10
• Personal/Extracurricular Rec: 10/10
• Principal/Counselor Rec: 7/10
• Sports (if any): Basketball - School D3 Team (3 years) Volleyball - Club Team (2 years)
• Instruments (if any): Piano - Various State Comps, spends time teaching outside of school friends who can’t afford lessons in video calls for fun (7 years) Clarinet - MS 7th-8th Band, invited to play in High School Concert Band, Local Youth Symphonies, Jr. All-State Band (4 years) Tenor Sax/Trumpet - Just started learning both (0.1 years)
• Other ECs (if any): Student Leader of school’s MS Asian American/Pacific Islander club - 50+ Members (1 year) Student Government ASB Elected Grade Level Rep, runner up for Prez in 8th grade (3 years), School’s MS FTC Robotics Team - Won 1st in various tournaments, State qual. (1 year) Debate - Won 1st in several tournaments for school team and outside of school team (3 years) Volunteering - many hours at local food banks, also serve as a student ambassador for my current school (1 year) I also enjoy cooking around the house (5 years)
• Hook: none ;-; I did mention I was born several seconds after midnight on January 1st and the interviewers thought that was pretty cool, also a major motivation for my application was to be able to be closer to my grandpa with Alzheimer’s who lives in MA.
Location/Person:
• State or Country: West Coast, not underrepresented I think (Moved from MA several years ago)
• Current School Type: Semi-Competitive 5-12 Private
• Ethnicity: Chinese American (hello my fellow yellows out there)
• Gender: Male
• Grade Applying For: 9
• Age: 14
• Financial Aid/Full Pay: Full Pay
Strengths: Idk
Weaknesses: Idk, started apps pretty late, in November. Definitely should have applied to more schools.
Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? Idk, still kinda in shock, just discovered this forum and I’ve already seen so many kids far more talented than me.
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Accepted: George School, Governor’s (got off the waitlist just after 410)
Rejected: Choate, Taft, EW, St. Mark’s
Wait listed: EHS, Blair, Berkshire, PEA, Deerfield, SPS, SAS
Likely Attending: Gov’s
Stats:
• SSAT/ISEE/TOEFL/PSAT: SSAT 2400, TOEFL 113
• GPA Unweighted/Weighted: we don’t do GPA but I’m straight A with 3B’s throughout middle school
• Rank: usually top10% but was 1% this once
• Other stats: NA
Subjective:
• Interviews: I’m pretty warm and I like to consider myself funny haha. I talked about debate a lot.
• Essays: 8/10 not that unique except for this one project i did about
• Math Rec: 6/10 idk i feel like she just did it cuz she had to and it was just some uninformative statements
• English Rec: 8/10 teacher likes me, talk with her a lot, but idk exactly how it went
• Personal/Extracurricular Rec: 8/10 I think one teacher pointed out a problem but rest were fine.
• Principal/Counselor Rec: 9/10 I help my counselor around a lot and organize events for our homeroom so my recs were decent.
• Sports (if any): Tennis, cycling (family sport)
• Instruments (if any): NA
• Other ECs (if any): Debate (stanford MS online runner-up, harvard beginnner online semis of this year), singing, musical theatre, run a baking club
• Hook: NA
Location/Person:
• State or Country: Mainland China
• Current School Type: Private
• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Gender: Female
• Grade Applying For: 9
• Age: 14
• Financial Aid/Full Pay: Full Pay
Strengths: great interviews, debate, dabbled a little in all areas, ssat
Weaknesses: don’t stand out that much haha
Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted?
Didn’t really have hooks, sucked at athletics, really competitive hooks. Not compelling enough recs but above average at debate.
Congratulations. Why do you choose Governor’s over George School?