What are the odds of me getting into Choate Rosemary Hall?

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Hi I’m A Next year 10th Grade Applicant to Choate Rosemary Hall this year. My stats/details are down below can someone tell me my chances or give me some more information, Thank you!:blush:

I go to the number 1 best private school in the state.

Details:

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES:

Model UN Co-president in Middle School

Model UN Member so far in High School

Public Forum Debate (I’ve been doing debate for a semester so far, and I have participated in 3 tournaments, and I went to the quarterfinals of the State Championship as a beginner competing against a majority of sophomores.)

DECA (Financial Roleplays)

French Club Member

Economics and Asset Management Group Member

Choir Member

Published Medium Writer (Writing mostly about Philosophy, Politics, and Activism)

I’ve done a bit of Community Service at my local church and neighborhood: One many years back after a bad hurricane struck and I went and cooked for people with my mom at the church, I’ve also raked Elderly people’s leaves, shoveled driveways etc.

SPORTS:

JV Swimming

C-team Soccer

Middle School Track & Field

Will do Tennis in the coming Spring

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Speak 4 languages(French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English)

Won a Silver Medal for National Spanish Examinations by The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

Won 2x Honorable Mentions from the Scholastic Arts and Writing Award

Won Top 25% of entries to the NYT “How to” writing contest

Top 8 in the State of Minnesota for Novice Public Forum Debate after only one semester of debate.

CLASSES/GRADES:

All A’s in 6 Classes (My school does not give out A+)

Courses:

World Literature (No higher option)

World History (No higher option)

Geometry ( Base level math, honors are offered; however, I don’t take it)

Biology (No Higher Option)

French III (No Higher Option offered to Freshman)

Block Printing (Art Class No Stakes)

Semester 1 Argumentation and Debate (Intro course for Freshman)

All A’s in these classes with honors only offered for one subject.

Interview with my admissions officer went great, and she even joked that she was already making my schedule, and loved my activism and said it aligned with what Choate is looking for.

I did not take the SSAT, and I am applying test-optional.

My essay was about debate and what I learned about empathy for judges and using my newfound voice to advocate for others.

Very very good Letters of Reccomendations from Top Teachers

I am an American born to Brazilian Parents who immigrated to the U.S.

Male

Latinx

Mixed Race

Middle Class

Applicant for Financial-Aid!

I also applied last year and got waitlisted so I am reapplying this year.

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The big question is how your application is different from last year’s. Without something different, a different result shouldn’t be assumed

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It’s very different everything other than model UN is new and obv stuff like languages and demographics

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wait you just started learning the languages? I thought you spoke them

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and if you already go to the best private school in your state, what is the reason for applying to boarding school

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What I was trying to say is that I’ve known four languages for years now so It’s not something new on my application

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The JFK program, better education although I already receive a great one, and connections

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oh ok

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So what do you think of my chances?

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Why aren’t you taking the SSAT? Don’t you at least want to see how you score? Also, if you’re reapplying this could help alleviate some AOs concern about your academics.

Do you actually speak Spanish, Portuguese, English and French fluently? Where does your French training come from? For example, could you write essays in all four languages? I would be careful about making this claim unless you can back it up.

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Your chances are quite good.

Your chances were quite good last year with a larger entry point. But that didn’t work out.

Just like we don’t know why you didn’t get in last year, we can’t say much about this one.

Again, I’m always sad to see kids in ninth grade having “Connections” factor into their choice to go to a school. I hope your essays conveyed a sense of authenticity that seems to be missing in these posts. Even the good things read more like a strategic collection of nice things you did than authentically benevolent.

That you had a great interview is great. Did you have one last time? Do many kids from your Top School apply and or go to Choate?

At the end of the day, your background is a good match for Choate and makes a good case for an eventual JFK scholar. These things often come down to fit, and they waitlisted you last year, so thought you were good enough to go.

Let us know how it turns out.

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Thank you for your help, I think my essays, interview, and recommendations add a lot of character and authenticity to my application.

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I am completely fluent in all 4 langauges and could write essays in all four. I learnt French and Spanish in school and in immersion abroad, and Portuguese comes from my parents. I think obviously, the absence of an SSAT makes my grades become more important, but considering they are all As in the context of an academically rigorous school, I don’t think there is any concern about my academics, knowing that I was waitlisted last year and have improved since.

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My interview last year was good too but this one was way better and not many kids from my school end up going to choate, instead they commonly go to groton and phillips andover.

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yeah I think that would help a lot for your application. It kind of sounds as if you helped people to say that you helped people instead of helping people because they needed help.

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Kinda what I was getting at.

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This is great to hear, but isn’t immediately apparent in your description of yourself. Are there any ways that you can demonstrate this to the AO?

What other schools are you considering beyond Choate? Why has Choate stood out to you?

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I am only applying to Choate, and apart from actual statistics and numbers, such as grades. I think my recommendations convey that I am a top student in my classes.

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Yes I understand the concern, especially because my description in this thread was fairly vague. I think that actually reading my articles, knowing that I am apart of a minority and already have a history of helping people in class which my teachers constantly point out I think that my helping people point comes off as authentic to an AO when they actually read all the components of my application including outside perspectives of me as a person. I also believe that even if they don’t think I had much of an impact in general I still think the point stands and I emphasized in the interview how I would use choate’s resources and things like clubs and newspapers to reach more people and collaborate with other choate students who may have a passion for activism.

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Taking all of this more in depth information into account do you think my chances are still good?