What are my chances of getting into Boarding Schools?(10th grade)

Hey! I was waitlisted last year and I decided to re-apply to boarding schools. I would appreciate if you could tell me my chances of getting accepted.

Background:
International student from an European country with little to no representation in Boarding Schools
Low income (Would need +90% financial aid)

Grades:
My grading system is from 1-5, and I have almost all 5s
Sometimes I have 4s in Arts or PE but my final transcript is all 5s

Extracurriculars:
Leader of a Girl Up club (Manage its social media and created its website)
Competitive debating (Part of my national team)
Internship on a lab
Non-profit/business (I’m participating in a program this Summer where you create your own)
Artistic Roller Skating
Taught English at different non-profits
Peer tutoring (Presented the program at schoolfairs and tutor 2 students)
Model UN (Chair, delegate and marketing team)
Coding
Free-Lance Graphic Designer

Awards:
Student representative & vice-representative with +75% votes
Selected for the Academic Merit Board as one of the top 3 students
Selected for both Integrity & Representation Board due to my contributions to the school’s community
One of the Winners of the Video Category of the National Reading Contest out of 7800 students
National Finalist of the National Reading Contest out of 7800 students
2x Winner & 1x Runner-Up of Poetry Battle out of +50 students
Awarded a 50% merit scholarship from the WSDC association to participate in the most prestigious international debate competition
Selected as 1 of the 132 national finalists for Youth Parliament out of +1100 students
Placed top 50 nationally among 4669 students of my category in the Mathematical Kangaroo
Placed 4th in my region in the Mathematical Kangaroo

LOR:
I still don’t know who my teachers will be, but my personal ones are from my roller skating and debate coaches.

Additional Information:
I will send videos of me debating to the schools.

Essays:
I think they’ll be good! I have some experience.

Interviews:
I love doing them. I did mine with Exeter and it was amazing!

SSAT:
Last year I got a 85th%. However, I’m aiming for +90th%.

Schools:
Exeter, Andover, Choate, Lawrenceville, Milton, Hothkiss, and Deerfield

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If you really want to go to BS, especially as an international student seeking FA, you should broaden your net.

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Thank you for the tip! Do you have any suggestions? I only mentioned schools in the US, I have 23 schools in my list but they’re in Europe. I also have Groton and UWC, which I forgot to mention.

I’d recommend that you do very thorough due diligence up front on whether schools will meet your level of need.

It’s not simply about the $ but about the visa support and associated responsibility (including health care) for you in the US. Many schools just aren’t prepared/set up to do this.

It could be worth your while to see if there is an organization that sponsors students from your country for study in the US. They often assume/cover some of those challenges.

Btw, love your choice of UWC! Hope this year turns out well for you.

Hi!! Thank you so much. That’s way I have a limited number of schools. UWC is truly amazing! I’ll search about organisations, thank you.

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Hey! Try looking into NMH if you haven’t already! I know someone who goes there and loves it :slight_smile:

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So many ask what are my chances? Your application with stand out if you dive into what the school offers and how it fits you.
There are amazing schools to consider and it gets quite crowded at the top. I wish all this kids that had been turned down, waitlisted from the top schools had looked at the next level. It is not where you go but what you can do there.
NMH, St.Marks, Pomfret, Milbrook, Berkshire, Saint Andrew’s in Delaware, Concord Academy are all worth looking into.

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