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Demographics: International Turkish Male
School: Private Day

Full Pay

Grades:
Not sure what an “A” qualifies as but my grades are as follows:
7th Grade: 93 W (Higher unweighted)
8th Grade: 94.5 W (Higher unweighted)

Also because we aren’t allowed to pick our courses I take the same course load as anybody else.

ECs:

*World Scholar’s Cup (Qualified to the Tournament of Champions 2 years in a row) 2 years

*Digital Art(Did Freelance logo design work taught Photoshop) 4 years

*Tennis(Been playing for 7 years, played for 2 clubs currently have an independant license)

*Hour of Code(Taught Python and C# for 2 years learned algorithms for 1.) 4 years

*Enable The Future(Volunteered to desing and 3D print prosthetics for children.) 1 year

*Marching Band(Played snare drums for 3 years and was drum major for 1)

*President of Arduino Club(Volunteering to teach younger students the basics of Arduino) 2 years

*Model United Nations(Attended 3 national 1 international 1 in-school conferences.)

Awards:
Takdir Belgesi all 4 years(Turkish honor roll)

Grade 6 Information Technologies Department Award
Grade 8 Information Technologies Department Award

2017-2018 principal merit award(Gotten through getting in the top five in a national or an international competition. Those being: 2 From the World Scholar’s Cup and one from Turkish Tennis Federation)

Test Scores: Will take the ISEE in late October the 2 practice tests put me around the 87th to 93rd percentile(Will have time to prep looking to improve obviously.)

Schools I’m interested in:
Blair Academy, Choate, Colorado Rocky Mountain School,Concord Academy,The Governor’s Academy, Hotchkiss,
Lawrence Academy,Loomis Chaffee,Middlesex,Millbrook ,Milton,Phillips Exeter ,Suffield Academy,Western Reserve Academy

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Also would my ethnicity/nationality be treated as a hook in any way?(Wishful thinking really)

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Have you considered Cate or Midland in California?

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You might want to consider George School. It has IB so will make it easier for you to go to return home for college if that’s of interest. (Not that you have to!)

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My kids went to Choate (2014, 2016). I think full pay Turkish male will be a hook esp if school doesn’t already have a Turk already. Choate likes to put out all the flags in front of PMAC to show where all their students hail from. So if they don’t fly the Turkish flag now, they’d sure like to. Good Luck. There are many good BS communities. Try to find the one you feel most comfortable in and where you think you can do your best.

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You will need an excellent command of the English language to succeed in a rigorous US private school. Further your SSAT or ISEE will be very important to validate your grades and that you can do the work at the various schools. US private/boarding schools want students who will be a part of the fabric of the school and not just a student who is looking at the school as a stepping stone to college. I would try to match your extracurriculars to the various schools and see what you can bring to those schools besides your academics. i.e Reach out to the tennis coaches–