Chance for Lawrenceville?

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<p>Hey.
I'm a sophomore at a large public school in NJ
Lawrenceville is the only school I'm applying to right now. I've already been accepted at Shanghai American School.</p>

<p>Academic:
GPA: 3.97 (weighted: 5.66) - calculated from my grades from 9th grade, and 1st marking period of 10th grade. Done by my own math)
Top 2% in class of ~550
PSAT for 10th grade (Lawrenceville accepts PSAT): 224; 67 Reading, 79 Math, 78 Writing</p>

<p>Extra-curricular:</p>

<p>Piano:
Passed DipABRSM in Performance with Distinction in Recital Section
Winner of Cecilian Music Club Competition 2009 in age group
Performance at Lincoln Center - Alice Tully Hall
NJMTA 8-Year High Honors Award </p>

<p>Clarinet:
4-year member of CJMEA Region Band (2 years MS, 2 years HS)
Passed ABRSM Grade 8 Examination with Distinction</p>

<p>School Newspaper:
Assistant Opinions Editor
Former Staff Writer</p>

<p>Cross County:
Varsity letter on school team
8th Place finish in 2008 GMC Championships Freshman Race</p>

<p>Community Service:
English teacher to Chinese elderly at HuaXia Chinese School to prepare for US citizenship
Staff Writer for the New Observer (part of Chinese Newsweekly, the largest Chinese newspaper in NJ)
Assistant basketball coach at HuaXia Chinese School, organized exhibition matches with neighboring Chinese schools</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Counselor for Kumon Center, Summer 2009 (tutored students in math and English)</p>

<p>Still working on my essay, and I haven't gone for an interview yet. </p>

<p>Please chance me? I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>im not familiar with the psat but you might need more ecs
mabye youll get in</p>

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<p>gnixru -</p>

<p>Great stats on your PSAT! (basically add a zero to the end o fPSAT scores to approximate SAT scores.) You sound like a very solid candidate for any competitive school but its always a bit of a crapshoot. Any reason you didn’t apply to more schools? For example, St. Paul’s School would be a very good fit - very strong music dept. and cross country team. Any thought to adding another school or two last minute?</p>

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<p>i haven’t really thought about other schools, mainly because of where i live (NJ)
my mom works in china, which is the reason i applied for shanghai american school.
for lawrenceville, if i’m accepted i’d probably do boarding school, but it would still be closer and more convenient for my dad to visit.</p>

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<p>Are you applying for financial aid?
If you are then I think you have a fairly good chance of admittance
If you are not then I think you have a very good chance of admittance</p>