<p>Currently a 9th grader:
Grades and Courses:
-Humanities: A
-English: A
-Biology: A
-Spanish: A
- World History: A
-Sports Business Management: A
- Geometry: B ( but 88,I am passionate for Math)
I'm also at an IB program.</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Soccer: 6 years
Lacrosse: 4 years ( played on All State Lacrosse team and travel teams)
Latin National exam award ( Magna Cum Laude)
Math counts Team in 8th grade
Duke Talent ( took SAT in 7th grade)
Volunteer at my Church
Volunteers at local food bank
However have a 75 percent on SSAT's</p>
<p>I'm a hardworking person who has a love for languages, math and science.</p>
<p>I would be applying in tenth or eleventh grade.</p>
<p>The schools I would be applying to: Exeter, Deerfield, Hotchkiss, Peddie, Lawrencville, Hill, and Milton</p>
<p>Good interview, recommendations, and essays.</p>
<p>So what schools can i get in? What do i have to improve on</p>
<p>Your grades are safe and your stats look good as a backing. I think all those schools are reaches-high reaches if you work hard on especially ESSAY and INTERVIEW. The SSAT may be a little bit of a problem…retake if you can.</p>
<p>The one problem I see in here is uniqueness…What’s different about you that you can’t see from your stats? Make your passion and life outlook come across strong in your interview.</p>
<p>Also: since you’re passionate about sports: consider sending a tape to the athletic department.</p>
<p>Thanks so much. Do you mean like have a hook?</p>
<p>im going to chance you by talking about your pros and your cons.here we go:</p>
<p>PROS: -good grades
- your well rounded. you have good grades, do sports, community service, and clubs.
-your in an ib program which is unusual. that is a good thing.
- you took the sat in seventh grade.</p>
<p>CONS: -your SSAT score is low, especially for a ninth grader.
- your extracurriculars lack the “wow” affect. you do extracurriculars which are very common for HADES/GLADCHEMMS applicants. in fact, they are too common which could be a serious problem.
- your application doesnt seem unique. plenty kids apply with your stats/ecs to HADES/GLADCHEMMS and get rejected. the ones who make it in are ones who are unique.</p>
<p>THINGS WHICH YOU CAN DO: -improve your SSAT score. this is a MUST. your score is plain to low and it should be at least an 80 and preferably in the 90’s. get a tutor, study with test prep books, do something. it is very hard to be a competitive applicant with a 75 SSAT.
-focus on one of your extracurriculars or academic subjects. you have to DEMONSTRATE to the admissions officers that you are passionate about (insert thing x here). being well rounded will give you a ton of brownie points later on, but you need to DEMONSTRATE that you are really good/passionate at/about something. you say you love math, science, and languages. so lets say you go for the languages. bring up your latin award in your interview, write an essay about spanish, and then to round it off, send in a tape of you playing lax. that would help you a ton.you can do that for anything really.
- create a hook. if your a URM from an under represented geographic area, you have a hook. if your parents have a ton of $ and will donate it to the school, you have a hook. the only hook i can see for you is the ib program your in. its not the best hook, but it will do. make a big deal about that in your interview/essay/whenever you can.</p>
<p>OTHER THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND: - you can’t tell if your recommendations were good. even if the teacher likes you, you just can’t tell.
- have three college educated adults edit your essay. it will help
- even if you do everything ive said above, its not a guarantee that you will get in. it will help you a ton though.
- apply for tenth grade. eleventh grade competition is brutal, and tenth grade in some schools is the least selective year. though it varies from school to year.
- if you are a financial aid applicant, you will be placed in a slightly more competitive applicant pool. its not the end of the world.note is said SLIGHTLY more competitive. it IS possible to get in as a financial aid app, you just have to make sure that your not under qualified.</p>
<p>thats about it, and have you really written your essay already? thats pretty early</p>
<p>Okay thanks 123456789o, I don’t need financial aid. I am about to get my dual citizenship in Sweden. And I am thinking of studying Latin outside of school. Anything else you can recommend? You seem to know what your doing! And I am debating whether to apply in tenth or eleventh?</p>
<p>okay lets start this off.</p>
<p>apply for tenth. most schools have higher tenth grade acceptance rates than eleventh grade acceptance rates. your in ninth now and have plenty of time to fill out the application this season. so go for tenth. having a dual citizenship in sweeden is interesting. that should help on the uniqueness/interesting factor. do you live in the US? because generally admissions are much more competitive if your an international applicant. other than what i already said, send in a video of you playing soccer and lacrosse, get in contact with the coaches at all the schools your applying to, and if youve done a lot of hours of community service then contact the people who do community service where your applying. after that good luck with application</p>
<p>Thanks again, and yes I live in the United States. And yeah Ill definitely look into to that.</p>
<p>What extracurricular s do u think are unique? And im from the south if thats a hook. And what schools from the list, i showed, do you think i can get in right now? Thanks so much!!!</p>