Chance for Andover, Exeter, Hotchkiss

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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I’m applying for grade 11 from a rural, poor area of California. Currently a sophomore. Caucasian. Female. Financial Aid Applicant.

Straight A’s in high school. Ranked No. 1 in class. Only 10% of school matriculates to 4 year university.

AP Courses (School only offers 1/5):

AP Physics C M
AP Physics C EM
AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry

PSAT Score in the 99th Percentile (taken in October)

Financial Aid Applicant

Awards include Google Science Fair Finalist, National Astronomy/Astrophysics Award, NCWIT Aspirations Award Finalist,
Published in Literary Journals, CREATE US Open Robotics Programming Skills Champion, National KidWind Award

Extracurriculars: Principle Violinist, First Chair. Amateur Astronomy, Writing, Team Captain and founding member of Robotics Team, Speaking at several events: USA Science and Engineering Festival, Keynote at AstroCon, SoCal Science Symposium, Tech Trek Conference

Interviews Scheduled later in the month. Recommendations are decent.

Very first time in the boarding school world. Any feedback on what to expect would be extremely helpful!

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Being an over-achiever in an under represented area is going to help you. Since you are coming from a rural area with what I assume is a poorly ranked public school, your SSATs are going to be very important. Aside from SSATS, since you are applying for the 11th grade it will be harder to get a spot since there are so few and if need if you need any significant FA It is often reserved for 9th grade spots.

Goodluck in the application process!

3

I’m currently an upper(junior) at Phillips Exeter Academy. I think your EC’s are great, they show you are a very very bright kid with lots of potential, which is exactly what Exeter looks for in students. I don’t want to get your hopes up, but I’d say you have a pretty good shot at getting in to Exeter. Exeter received applicants from tons of brilliant students, so it’s possible that they could reject you if your recs aren’t good enough. But I’d say you’ve got a pretty good shot at acceptance. Good luck!