M10 2025 Stats/EC Thread

Accepted: None :frowning:
Rejected: Exeter, Andover, Deerfield, Loomis, Choate, Hotchkiss, Milton, Taft, Lawrenceville, Groton
Wait listed: Westminster, Salisbury, Kimball Union, Trinity, St. Mark’s, Cate
Likely Attending: Any that accept me :sob:

Stats:
• SSAT/ISEE/TOEFL/PSAT: SAT: 1590. 800 math, 790 reading & writing. SSAT: 2400
• GPA Unweighted/Weighted: Unweighted 4.0, Weighted 5.2
• Rank: #2/243 in my grade
• Other stats: Duolingo 160

Subjective:
• Interviews: Unsure, most of the schools were around 40-1 hour long, with exeter being around 1:20 hours.
• Essays: Maybe good, i don’t even know. I asked my english teacher she said it was nice. I’ve won numerous essay competitions, so probably good enough.
• Math Rec: I am his favourite student in AP calc (BC) in 9th grade.
• English Rec: She likes me, I take AP Lang, i talk a lot, listen a lot.
• Personal/Extracurricular Rec: My u17 national vietnamese team coach, probably very good.
• Principal/Counselor Rec: He likes me, and im a big contributor in my high school.
• Sports (if any): Soccer, u17 vietnamese national team. Hoffenheim u15 when i was in 7th grade. I play other sports of course, like varsity basketball, track and field but kinda pointless. My 100m time is only like 10.5s
• Instruments (if any): Grade 8 abrsm for piano, Grade 6 abrsm for violin.
• Other ECs (if any): MUN: Best Delegate twice at major MUN conferences in Asia ( THIMUN Singapore, Asia World MUN).
Research Paper: Published a sports science research paper on The Impact of Sprint Training on Strikers’ Acceleration in Competitive Football in a high school journal.
Gold Medal at the Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad (SEAMO), Distinction at the American Mathematics Competition (AMC 10).
Science/STEM: Silver Medal at the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO), Top 10% in the British Biology Olympiad, Silver Award at the Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO).
Student council grade 9 representative
Founder & President, Play4Change Foundation: Established a nonprofit that provides football training and academic mentorship for underprivileged youth in Vietnam and Malaysia. Raised $15,000+ through sponsorships
Launched a school-wide initiative that mobilized students to complete 500+ hours of volunteer work, including tutoring, environmental clean-ups, and fundraising events. Organized a charity football tournament that raised money for local children’s hospitals.
• Hook:
Good at football, good standardized testing, researcher in sports science, mun delegate, can play 2 instruments, 1% competitor in olympiads, raised a lot of funds through volunteering and organizing events.

Location/Person:
• State or Country: South Korea
• Current School Type: American system
• Ethnicity: Full vietnamese
• Gender: male
• Grade Applying For: 10th grade
• Age: 14
• Financial Aid/Full Pay: Full pay

Strengths: Pretty solid academics, athletics, ecs, essays/interviews

Weaknesses: Im not sure, maybe just improve for next year.

Why do you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? Schools like exeter and andover super competitive, i guess the competition was high this year.

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