<p>What schools you're trying to get into, stats, etc.</p>
<p>To start off, I'm a 9th grader trying to get into either Exeter or Andover.
I have a 4.0 GPA as of today at a private day Catholic school.
Classes I'm taking
Pre-Calculus Honors
Catholic Christianity
English 1
Spanish 1
World Cultures
Biology Honors</p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars
Math contests (AIME, AMC, etc.)
Soccer
Orchestra (viola)
break dancing :)</p>
<p>SSATs
99 verbal
99 reading
89 math (I have no idea why...)</p>
<p>Choate, Andover</p>
<p>GPA - 3.8 (around 94-95 avg.)
SSATs - 97 overall, (98 Verbal, 96 Reading, 90 Math)
ECs - Humane Society, Soccer, Youth Group, Student Council
Awards:
1. French Award, 7th Grade
2. Pi Award, 7th Grade (schoolwide competition)
3. Short Story Prize - 7th Grade
4. Spelling Bee Winner - 6th grade (Middle School) </p>
<p>Interviews -
1. Great at Andover
2. Lukewarm at Choate - but I seemed to get across that I was very excited for a boarding school experience.</p>
<p>Andover</p>
<p>GPA - I don't even know what it is
SSAT (practice tests) 99 Math, 89 Verbal, 84 Reading)
Academics - Pre-IB Program
ECs - DECA, Debating, Band, Jazz
Awards:
Geography Prize + 1st in School Math Contest, 6th grade
History + Math Prize + Top Scholar + Honour Roll, 7th Grade
Science Prize + Top Scholar + Honour Roll, 8th Grade</p>
<p>Chunky, you're only applying to one school?</p>
<p>Its kinda like just testing out, if i have the 'prestigious boarding school potential". If i get accepted, ill go. if not, ill stay in canada or maybe go for it again next year and apply for more schools.</p>
<p>Greenhills, SPS (STILL trying to convince parents. I have like.. one day, though.)</p>
<p>GPA - 4.0
SSAT - 40th percentile. 50 V, 50 R, 31 M. Can't believe these scores. I did so well on the practice tests.<br>
Academics - The only elective that is offered at my school is band and I take it. The other classes are just the normal public school courses.
EC's - Quiz Bowl, Knowledge Master Open, Soccer, Swimming, research history/current affairs indepedently. (I didn't list that as an EC, but I sort of wrote one of my essays about it).
Awards -
2nd place school wide geography bee (7th grade)
One of the top finalists in the school wide spelling bee (I don't remember what place, though.) (5, 6, 7 grades)
Perfect Attendance (K-5) omfg I missed a day in sixth grade lol (7) (didn't list..)</p>
<p>I don't remember anything else.</p>
<p>Jonathan, I'd wait for next year for SPS and work on the SSATs. It's highly unlikely this year.</p>
<p>Okay.</p>
<p>But the reason I wanted to go to boarding school is because I don't want to go to three different high schools. Hopefully next year, if I get in, I will go to Greenhills. If I like it there, I will stay, but if I feel like I can get a better education elsewhere, then I'd apply to SPS. If I were to get into SPS for my tenth grade year that would be great. So I would go there for two years. But I also want to do some sort of study abroad program for a year. I don't really know if that counts as a different high school, though.</p>
<p>Straight A's since Grade 5 Public School
SSAT: 65th percentile (re-taking 1/6)
High Honor Roll, 3x Spelling B champ, Top 10 Ranked
Softball, Basketball, Track, X-Country
Flute, Chorus, Vocal Soloist, Dance, Cheerleading
Good community service record</p>
<p>Applying as day student to:
Exeter, Brooks School, Governor's, Pingree School</p>
<p>Interviews/Campus Visits were good.</p>
<p>Applying to:
Taft, Concord, St.Marks, St.George's, Hill, Blair, St. Andrew's College in Canada</p>
<p>GPA 3.82/4.00 UW
SSAT Overall around 81 (R 80 M 88 V 73 ; percentages)
Awards
-Top scholar honour roll for 3 straight years
-Canadian Math Contest Grade 8 ; 7th in school ; Top 15% in Canada
-Canadian Math Contest Grade 9 ; 2nd in school ; Top 5% in Canada
-About 25 different awards on Piano, including 1st place in Vancouver Kiwanis Music Fest (Senior Division)
-Seniore Care Centre CareCadet Award (Volunteer)
Ecs: Jazz Band, Concert Band, Jazz Choir, Piano accompaniment for 3 different choirs, Yearbook, Interact club, Debate club, swimming, Track&Field, X-country, Rugby
Community Service: 100+</p>
<p>Interviews: Haven't any yet (lol...); Gonna have to schedule as soon as possible; unable to visit any of my applying schools which means phone interviews</p>
<p>Applying to: Phillips Academy, Andover, Groton School, Phillips Exeter Academy, Deerfield Academy, Milton Academy, St. Paul's School, St. Mark's School, Concord Academy
Grades and Currant Classes:
Honors Geometry, Independent PE, Independent Work Experience, English 8, U.S. History, Physics/Chemistry, French II
4.0 throughout middle school, every class, every quarter
Extracurricular:
Writing (novels)
Fencing (Competitively, no awards)
I work in a sixth grade classroom five days a week, 2+ hours a day
Oxford Royale Academy (academic boarding camp at Oxford University)
Misc. Facts:
Location: Berkeley, California and Tucson, Arizona
Ethnicity: British Isles, Jewish, Western Europe (white)
Sex: Female
SSAT: 99th percentile in everything and overall
Recommendations and Interviews:
Excellent recommendations from all teachers, coaches, and tutors.
Excellent interviews so far. Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Concord, Milton, and St. Mark's were all on-campus with an adcom; St. Paul's (soon Groton) by phone with an adcom. At least thrice the adcom was Director of Admissions.</p>
<p>Taft
I'm applying for 10th grade
92% average in school (at a very competitive public school in CT)
SSAT's were bad- 65th percentile, but I'm retaking them the 6th
Sports- My strong point, Ice Hockey and Crew</p>
<p>Grade: 9
School Type: Public
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
SSAT: 97 percentile with 791, 761, and 740 in math, critical reading, and verbal, respectively.</p>
<p>Courses At School
Algebra II Honors
World History Honors
English I Honors
Biology Honors
Earth Science Honors
Computer Applications I
Computer Applications II
PE</p>
<p>Self-Study and Distance Learning
PreCalculus
Studying the elements of the integral and differential calculus. I don't know exactly where this goes in the AB and BC curriculum. I am confident that I can take BC Calculus in a few months.
AP Physics B
Chemistry
French, possibly. Bonjour! :D</p>
<p>ECs
MathCounts - Team Captain (Grade Eight)
C\C++ and Python Programming Experience
President of Science Club
Member of Algebra II Team
Lead Designer in National Art Honors Society
Newly joined MUN <-- Very fun. I think I'm going to continue this.
Preparing for AMC 10 - Aiming for AIME. (Hopefully about a 5 or 6 on AIME.)
Spend most of my time doing math or reading physics or something. ^_^
Violin: 4 Years - First chair. Auditioning for all-state in March.
Poetry: I write several pieces of poetry in my free time. Currently in outlining stage of writing a novel.</p>
<p>Interests</p>
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<p>Mathematics. I like math. Science - Astrophysics, quantum physics, theoretical physics, something physics. I don't exactly know the specific field, but think A Brief History of Time, Simply Einstein, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Elegant Universe. These books have sparked my interest in this area of science. Creative Writing - I discovered a latent talent in 3rd grade that I had for poetry. Since then, I admire it and cherish it. I value creative, expressive writing. My strengths lie in the descriptive area. Violin - I love everything about the violin. I am yet to receive proper instruction; nevertheless I will try to enhance this skill. Programming - I am the archetypal (wannabe) hacker. My dad is a very knowledgeable computer programmer, thus in this aspect I will try to follow in his footsteps. I am working on CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Administrator) and I will try to expand my knowledge of programming languages. I have pwned my school's network.:D Art - Similar to the violin and writing, I find this another way to express myself. I have had a few works published; however I believe I still have much to learn.</p>
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<p>Miscellaneous</p>
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<p>Several awards, geography bee, things like this. Will take SAT II Biology M and Math IIC soon. I'm beasting Algebra II. :D</p>
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<p>Applying To: Exeter, Deerfield, Andover, Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>Excellent recommendations, excellent interview (Exeter), excellent (one of them is off da' hook, or so I think ;)) essays.</p>
<p>ahhhhh!!!! exeter is due this week.... I think I got my essays pretty much all done, but ...
I really hope all of you will do good on your admissions. But for me, even if I do make it, Im not sure If I'll go or not
hopefully, I will make both and then I can choose! :)</p>
<p>I believe Exeter is due on the 16th? My essays are nearly finished. I need to get them off my hands before I start rewriting them. :D</p>
<p>I wish everyone good luck in the admissions process. We have a group of very talented individuals here this year. </p>
<p>I would be very, very happy if I was accepted to any one of my schools and rejected at the other three. But, I do have a !!!certain!!! preference. ;)</p>
<p>Chaos, which schools are you applying to?
And you're in ninth grade now, or you're applying for 9th?</p>
<p>I'm in 9th now. I'm applying to Andover, Exeter, Hotchkiss, and Deerfield.</p>
<p>Ok im finalizing my essays right now and im gonna send them off tomorrow.
Good luck all of you who are applying to exeter!!</p>