Hey @lilyesh. Your SSAT scores aren’t the best, but I’m sure that with an hour of day of practice, you can improve your scores greatly. I’ve personally had experience with the Stanford OHS application (I did not get in), which I have been told is slightly less harder than the Exeter/Andover app. I had good recs, a list of activities (no interview though). There are are two reasons why I don’t think I got in.
First of all, my activities were just clubs and community service. While there is nothing wrong with this, I don’t think I appealed to the admissions commity as an outstanding applicant. The commit might be looking at individuals who have really shown their skills in public. Things like competitions, music shows, etc. Has your work ever been published?
Secondly, was my SSAT scores. When preparing for the SSAT, I prepared mostly for the Quantitative and Reading sections, which were my strong suits. BIG MISTAKE. I ended up getting a 95 Math, 98 Reading, but a 76 Verbal. Grammar and vocabulary have never been on my side and refusing to study those topics just weakened my application. It looks like your low scores are in reading and verbal. As a strong writer, if you can study both of these topics for 30 minutes a day until your test date in October, I can assure you that your scores will improve greatly. For math, a few problems a day will do.
While it might seem impossible to do during the “Great Year of 2020”, try to reach out to the people around you to make your application interesting. Maybe share your writing out with local newspapers or your school. With good essays, good interview, outstanding ecs, and good SSAT scores, I am sure that you will have high chances of being admitted.
I hop you can learn from my mistakes. 