Andover. Urgent. Sophmore.

Prep School Admissions
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<p>I'm going to be a freshmen this fall at my local high school (graduating class of 2016), I was too late in applying to the top tier boarding schools last year, so I'm applying this year as a freshmen for sophmore entrance to maximum of 4 schools. and I have a few questions I've been wondering about. </p>

<p>1) I know I'm most definitely applying to Andover, but i haven't exactly decided what the other schools will be. My parents are middle class, meaning my household family income is 60,000 and I have 4 younger siblings. (I'm the oldest) So i need to apply to school that will give me the highest chance of getting a full ride or cover a very high percentage of the tuition. Because if I get into a good school and they don't cover for the tuition, I can't go.
So what schools would you recommend that is very generous with financial aid?</p>

<p>2) Will they require you to submit your middle school transcript or just your freshmen year? because I mean I'm applying for sophmore, but I have to apply during freshmen winter so I would only have 1st quarter freshmen year grade or at the most, the second quarter grades. So will they ask for middle school transcripts? I'm kind of worried because I have all As and one B.</p>

<p>3) This is how my "resume" is filled with. Give me an idea of how strongly I stand for acceptance to Andover and other similar level of prestige prep schools.</p>

<p>All A Student.
Model United Nations (3 years)
Basketball since 3rd grade
2230 on my SATs taken in the beginning of 8th grade.
Qualified for Center For Talented Youth Intensive Learning Program.
Took my first AP class (CHEM) as a 8th grader, and scored 4 on the AP exam.
Have not taken SSATs yet.
Best subject science, worst subject math.
class president 7th grade.
active member of student gov.
Went to Bangladesh last summer to help victims of climate change through UNICEF.
Very outgoing and social.
Currently self teaching AP Bio this summer before high school starts.
My worry is that I'm only going to be in Geometry as a freshmen, and although that is considered advanced for a freshmen considering most freshmens in my school district takes algebra and adv students take geometry, and highly adv students take alg 2, i feel like this is a huge point take off to the admission offices. it's not that i suck at math entirely, but it takes me double the time of other classes to master it thoroughly.
former cellist.
wants to become a psychiatrist.</p>

<p>what are my chances of getting in? </p>

<p>*also, i applied to one boarding school last year that was mediocre, or fairly below that. i was admitted but they could only cover for half the tuition and boarding fees, considering that i would still have to pay over 20k a year, which is something i wasn't able to afford. so as much as i wanted to go to that school, i had to decline their offer. thus, i just need schools that i'm 100% sure will cover for tuition safely if i do get accepted. basically, what i'm asking from you is to name schools that i have a chance of getting accepted to and i have a fairly good chance of getting high financial aid from </p>

<p>As much detail and advice would be highly appreciated.
Thank you.</p>

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<p>Some boarding schools have large endowments and provide generous financial aid to accepted students. Exeter, Andover and Saint Paul’s are examples that come to mind.</p>

<p>Excerpts from school websites:</p>

<p>In 2011-2012 Exeter is providing an Exeter education free to any accepted or current student whose family income is $75,000 or less. </p>

<p>Andover has a needs blind admission and calculates family need on the full cost of attendance, including tuition, room and board, travel, books, technology, insurance and other expenses.</p>

<p>SPS - As a general rule families of admitted students who have a household income of $80,000 or less qualify for full financial aid. Entire financial picture is examined here.</p>

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<p>Why is this thread marked URGENT?</p>

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<p>Victims of climate change?</p>

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<p>I also wondered about that. How do they determine that people in Bangladesh are victims of climate change, as opposed to victims of poor land management and egregious gov’t corruption?
<a href=“http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/am943e/am943e00.pdf[/url]”>http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/am943e/am943e00.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<li><p>The most highly selective schools tend to give out the most generous financial aid packages, provided they like and admit you because you offer something the schools are in dire need for. </p></li>
<li><p>They required my Middle School transcript. Don’t fret if you have a single B. It’s not going to be a decisive factor, and they tend to focus more on your grades in the recent years anyway.</p></li>
<li><p>I can’t chance you. During the past admission cycle on CC, I’ve seen many candidates as qualified as you get waitlisted/denied, while others with similar stats get admitted to the most highly selective schools. It’s a capricious process. </p></li>
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<p>All I know is if you require FA, you’re going to be up against more odds. Yes, Andover is need-blind, but its applicant pool is larger and more competitive because of it too.</p>

<p>“Mediocre” boarding school? If you thought it was “mediocre,” why bother applying? I mean, gee!</p>