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