<p>dida, that’s insane :S i’ve wanted to be a pediatric oncologist since … well… forever, too!!! what a weird coincidence. most people don’t even know what the heck that is, so…
hahaha. maybe i’ll see you in med school. ;)</p>
<p>aw, i’d love to live in nyc. forever. or london. or amsterdam… how cosmopolitan, LOL. next thing you know they’ll be moving to paris or something …</p>
<p>Gonnastop: Its about halfway between the middle and the worst if you know what I mean… I think its bowel cancer or something. He’s been sick for a while but only just sort of told me what it really is to not freak me out. He’s on chemo right now I went with him yesterday… and no there is no actual cure for cancer. People normally get chemo which (hopefully) kills the cancerous cells, but in the process kills heaps of other cells, most of which are good ones. Chemo also has many bad side effects but it is pretty much your only chance of survival. My dad has to 12 sessions of chemo and have it every week/second week. Then they wait to see if it is fully gone and if it isn’t then they have to operate again and do chemo again.</p>
<p>its such a shame, I would have loved to go to andover, but I must stay with my family because if anything happens I need to be there.</p>
<p>@cutiedida: ball cancer? O.O</p>
<p>I want to go to Andover. I need to know how to really get what it’s like at each of the schools without needing to visit the campuses, though. I can’t afford to do that 
Financially, i mean.</p>
<p>@cutiedida: ball cancer? O.O</p>
<p>I want to go to Andover. I need to know how to really get what it’s like at each of the schools without needing to visit the campuses, though. I can’t afford to do that Financially, i mean.</p>
<p>The things I’d do differently:
<p>And…that’s about it!</p>
<p>Why would you work on your handshake?</p>
<p>^for interviews and meeting people, a good handshake and consistant eye contact are important</p>
<p>Bump this thread!</p>
<p>Anyone else here applying for junior year (11th grade)?</p>
<p>Not me. I’m applying to be a freshman.</p>
<p>Yeah I figure the majority will be freshman/sophmores :)</p>
<p>hey guys,
wow. it’s my first post on CC. wee. i’ve been lurking here for a while (creepish, i know)
anyway, i just wanted to tell you guys what i did differently in two years of applying. i applied for exeter in '08 for my freshman year, but was flat-out rejected, and wait-listed at two others. they were kind to me and told me that it was a record year for admissions. however, that year, i had also gone to a summer school which made me miss a month of school. it took me a while to catch up, so my grades suffered. i had gotten a 91 overall percentile on my ssat’s that year, and was participating in several extra-curriculars.</p>
<p>i applied again in '09 and made it in to three schools! i pulled my grades up (still not the highest, i averaged As and Bs), participated in four extra-curriculars, but my ssat percentile slipped to an 85. what’s my point? my point is that boarding schools really do look for well-roundedness. if they see that your ssat percentile and your grades are high but you have only one extra-curricular, you suffer. try to keep everything sufficiently high at once (do not focus on only one aspect, because that will not get you anywhere)</p>
<p>yeah. i hope my long-winded post helped you in SOME way. yes, the long-windedness was necessary. good luck with your applications!</p>
<p>aaeroplane
You got into Exeter with an 85 SSAT? From what I’ve been reading that’s really hard to do. First what Ec’s did you participate in? And second did you apply for FA?</p>
<p>I‘ll be applying to some schools as a new junior.~~~</p>
<p>I’m applying to most schools as repeat sophomore but some as junior~=]</p>
<p>Yay fellow juniors! What schools are you guys interested in?</p>
<p>I’m probably applying to: Hotchkiss, Choate, Kent, Middlesex, maybe Groton, maybe Deerfield, maybe St. Georges</p>
<p>Just FYI
MX admitted TWO new juniors last year(2010-2011) out of 70 applicants. And they were both recruits.</p>
<p>Yeah I heard that too! A little intimidating, but there’s no harm in trying, right?</p>
<p>@ ifax, i know, i feel like i really lucked out. i didn’t apply for FA, and i’m a legacy kid, so i suppose that helped. but the EC’s i had included track and field, soccer team, modern dance classes, community and service programs, and yearbook. i also helped lead a relief effort for a community near my school when an awful typhoon struck. i averaged A’s and B’s.</p>
<p>aaeroplanes, how much do you think your legacy status helped out? Also how much would applying for FA affect being admitted? I know that in some school’s it’s really hard to get in if you’re applying for FA. What about Exeter?</p>