What boarding schools would be good matches/safeties for me?

Prep School Admissions
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<p>I am going to be a sophomore this year but am applying as a repeat sophomore. I don’t know much about which schools would be a good match for me. I will need FA. These are my stats:</p>

<p>Academics: in 9th grade I had a 4.067 weighted GPA (I took all Honors classes and got mostly A’s, some B+'s). I haven’t taken the SSATs yet but when I took them in 8th grade I scored in the 93 percentile, if that gives you any idea of where I will score when I take them this year. And I am planning to work very hard this year and get straight A’s in all Honors classes.</p>

<p>ECs:

  • Jazz Band (flute, this will be my second year of it)
  • String Ensemble (cello, this will be my second year of it)
  • Concert Band (oboe)
  • Marching Band (clarinet, this is my first year of it)
  • Have had private piano lessons for 9 years and oboe for 1 year
  • Girl Scouts (9 years) - I got my Silver Award & about 40 hours of community service, I will be getting my Gold Award this year and at LEAST 60 hours of community service
  • Operation Smile (club at my school)
  • Principal’s Leadership Team (similar to peer leadership, group of students chosen by principal to work with the administration)
  • Earth Club
  • Model UN
  • Rec soccer (2 years)
  • will send in photography portfolio
  • don’t know if this counts, but I went to CTY this summer and learned some Ancient Greek</p>
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<p>How did you get above a 4.0 freshman year?? (are there APs for freshmen?)</p>

<p>WOW that’s a lottt of instruments!</p>

<p>Since it seems you’re a very music-oriented person, find a school with an outstanding music program. I’m sorry I don’t know what particular schools have the “best”. </p>

<p>Interlochen is an arts school - if you’re going to major in music, that would be a great place.</p>

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<p>^ Besides piano, it doesn’t look like she’s been doing it forever, so I’m guessing she’s not looking to be a music major.</p>

<p>You look as strong as any other applicants. I’ll pimp my BS as a safety/low match for you: Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, CA.</p>

<p>I got 99th percentile, but had a lower GPA than you, and got in really easy (I didn’t choose it for prestige).</p>

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<p>…</p>

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<p>hopefully all the stuff is true …
try:the hill school</p>

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<p>I got above a 4.0 freshman year because our school weights our GPAs for honors.</p>

<p>Yes, I do play a lot of instruments (7) but I’m definitely not planning to be a music major.</p>

<p>Stevenson looks gorgeous, but I think that would be too far away for my parents :/</p>

<p>The top schools I’m considering right now are Peddie, Taft, Choate, NMH, Miss Porter’s, Emma Willard’s, and Kent. Are any of these schools I would have a good chance of getting into?</p>

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<p>Didn’t you hear what hillstudent said to you just now? :)</p>

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<p>I, personally, think you have a great chance! But then again, it depends on what the schools need at the moment. A lot of factors come into play.</p>

<p>Oh… LUCKY! I wish my school weighted honors x_x</p>

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<p>I wish my son’s school HAD honors! :)</p>

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<p>It doesn’t help you if your school weights courses, though. Colleges want your gpa out of a 4.0</p>

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<p>Unweighted GPA maters the most, but they also look at the weighted gpa.</p>

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<p>neatoburrito - that’s very true. I guess it could always be worse! (Some kids in Africa were wishing they could afford to go to school at all.) :)</p>

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<p>Yep, my school weights honors…and AP people get weighted even more heavily. There are people with GPAs over 5.0, it’s crazy.</p>

<p>Anyone else have school suggestions?</p>

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<p>Our public school weights everything…1.25 for “college prep” courses and 1.5 for honors and AP. The highest GPA possible is in the 6’s.</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s a lot of weighting. Our Honors classes only get weighted .5.</p>

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<p>Deepsy52, my honors classes don’t get weighted at all.</p>

<p>But all this is a little irrelevant, donchathink? Counselors have to report on the school anyways, so discrepancies should be sorted out. :)</p>