Oh my gosh! I’m in the same boat as you! I got waitlisted and rejected almost everywhere last year, and I am applying out this year for 10th grade, Hotchkiss as well. Good luck!
@getintobs Heyy that’s awesome!! Good luck to you too (:
Thanks for your reply in your last year’s post!
Wish a good luck to you this year! I am applying for grade 9 this year, and working on my essays for more than 10 schools during this break. If I am finising at a rate of one school per day, it is going to take me almost half of a month. For some prompts, I really have no ideas in my mind. It is so stressful!
A quick update!
My final school list:
- Concord Academy
- Middlesex
- Hotchkiss
- Putney
- Miss Porter’s
- Westover
- Brooks
- NMH
- St. Mark’s
Stats:
• SSAT/ISEE/TOEFL/PSAT: I ended up submitting my 97%ile (I did take the SSAT this year but it ended up being worse than a 97%ile so I didn’t submit it)
• GPA Unweighted/Weighted: 4.0/4.5
Subjective:
• Interviews:
One great (Putney), most were average, and a few that weren’t the greatest (Hotchkiss and Middlesex)
• Essays:
I put most of my energy towards these this year. And I think they turned out great! They weren’t the best writing, of course, but I feel that they represented who I am. A few days ago, I had to use some of my essays for a summer program I applied to and surprisingly, I wasn’t super embarrassed by what I had wrote (which I think says a lot). I had a few people look over them and got generally positive feedback. My only regret is leaving some of the editing for the last minute. Some of it ended up being rush but I don’t think it will have impacted the quality too much.
• Math Rec: Probably good! The way our math class is structured this year has very little teacher-student interactions, but I don’t think I’ve left a negative impression on my teacher.
• English Rec: Also probably good. At the time he submitted it, I hadn’t had the chance to talk in class and I don’t think I was too passionate about what we were learning. Still, I don’t think it was negative.
• Personal/Extracurricular Rec: I asked the same person I did last year and I think I know this recommender the best. So hopefully really good! I ended up asking one of my student council advisors.
• Principal/Counselor Rec: This year I asked my principal since I don’t know my guidance teacher at all. I think this one will be really good as well! She also acts as a student council advisor from time to time and I think she likes me.
• Sports (if any): None! My school doesn’t have any and club sports haven’t been an option.
• Instruments (if any): Recreational guitar
Other ECs (if any):
- Executive Council Member (by appointment; PR Outreach)
- Yearbook (by application)
- Mid-level administrative position on an online NPO
- Sewing projects
- Longboarding
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Autonomous Robotics Club
Location/Person:
• State or Country: NH, USA
• Current School Type: Public Charter
• Ethnicity: Asian American
• Gender: Female
• Grade Applying For: 10
• Age: 15
• Financial Aid/Full Pay: Financial Aid
This is my second time applying (last year I was waitlisted everywhere, except Andover, where I was rejected)! I emailed schools letting them know that I was also willing to repeat freshman year if necessary.
You have a very well thought out list. I’m confident you’ll have options!
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