Repeating a Year at Prestigious Boarding Schools

sharkstar123
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:22:45 +0000

Hi!

I am a 14 year old Asian-American girl who lives in New York and is currently a Freshman in high school. Last year, I applied to a few prestigious boarding schools such as Exeter, Deerfield, and Lawrenceville. Sadly, I was waitlisted by all the schools, so I will be re-applying this year.

Here are the schools I will be applying to

Exeter

Lawrenceville

Deerfield

St. Paul’s

Middlesex

Hotchkiss

Taft

Loomis Chaffee

I will be applying as a repeat 9th grade for Exeter, Deerfield, and Lawrenceville. So I have a few questions:

Will I have a higher chance getting in as a repeat or if I apply as a 10th grader?

Does applying as a repeat affect how the boarding school views my application?

In addition to these questions, I have some about boarding schools in general.

First of all, I get pretty good grades in school and I currently have a 3.95 GPA (unweighted I believe) for the first quarter of school. Last year, I got all As and A+s. The problem is not my grades, buy my awards. I am not super smart or super good at a sport or an instrument. I have not received prestigious awards or participated in prestigious events. I am not renowned in anything and have not won many awards, and I feel like I won’t get into boarding school because of this.

Please help me!