Please chance me for Andover, Exeter, Choate,Deerfield, The Webb School

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<p>I am currently in the 10th grade at a public highschool in Tennessee (ranked in Newsweek’s top 1200 public schools in the country, though I doubt that counts for much) and am interested in applying to Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Choate, or The Webb School for junior and senior year as class of 2013. I would really appreciate any feedback :)</p>

<p>Stats:
I went to a small, private middle school that only gave A’s and B’s and participated in National History twice, though was never able to place in the district competitions, as well as participating in Duke Tip in the 7th grade, scoring a 21 on the act.</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Honors English -97
Honors World History-99
Honors Algebra-100
Honors Chem. I-101
Latin I-99
Theatre I-95
Advanced Theatre-100
Art I-98</p>

<p>I am currently enrolled in:
AP English II
AP European History
AP Government
Honors Bio.
Honors Geometry
Honors Algebra II
Latin II
Wellness(required by the county, but a guaranteed A)
-I would imagine that my math, science, and Latin grades will remain similar to last year’s and that I can pull off A’s in European history and Government. I am really struggling in English at this point, but I plan to work very hard and I think I can get a decent rec. from the teacher if I continue asking for help. I’ve also been struggling with ADD and Depression, so perhaps there is an excuse if need be.</p>

<p>Extra curriculars/Awards
9th:
Community service club
Gay-Straight Alliance
Environmental Club
participated in Model UN and Tennessee Youth Legislature; no awards at either
National History Day-wrote a paper on the electric chair-2nd place at district and state, no awards at national level.
National Latin Exam-gold medalist
Junior Honors Society</p>

<p>10th:
Community service club
Gay-straight alliance (1 of 2 presidents)
Environmental Club (president)
I am participating at both model UN and Youth legislature as a lawyer this year
Junior Honors society
I am taking SSAT (november or december), PSAT (october), ACT(april) and National Latin Exam(april) and a few math exams, hopefully AMC </p>

<p>I have no athletics whatsoever, though I run in my spare time and would be interested in cross country. I also plan on starting piano lessons after I have the depression issues sorted out.
Thanks so much for reading! Responses greatly appreciated. I should also mention that I have a keen interest in Physics and would love to know if I have missed out on any schools with great physics programs. thanks again ;)</p>

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<p>u definitely get into webb. i think a big part of getting in there is the interview tho…plus ur probably classified as gifted right, cuz of duke tip. (i was in that) i don’t really know about the others. i read abt them and they seems pretty elite. but im sure u would get in. i kinda always fall back on the “gifted” thing tho…not good.</p>

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<p>One things to watch for, all those boarding schools (besides Webb school because I don’t know it well enough) wouldn’t like excuses, especially one like suffering from depression because they are looking for mentally stable, mature and motivated kids. Remember, if you board then technically the school will be in charge with you and they don’t want ‘trouble’. Besides that you sound like an extremely good candidate, perhaps you might want to meet with their track coach to show that even though you don’t do sports now you are considering doing at their school.</p>

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<p>excuses don’t pardon anything.</p>

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<p>everyschool pick the student by the interview…your grade is no problem to get into webb…so if u dov well in interview.at least u can get into webb i think</p>

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<p>Read my thread about the importance of interviews and essays at top schools: under the thread title (From an Insider)</p>