<p>Chance me for Choate/ Deerfield/ Exeter
Hi Everyone.
I'm 8th grader living in Georgia applying for Choate, Deerfield, and Exeter.
Please chance me and be honest.</p>
<p>Straight A's, 4.0 GPA
Played piano for 6 years, Superior ratings, Master Class Winner, Honorable Mention
Participated in MathCounts, First team member, went on to state
Played Clarinet for 3 years, 1st chair, District Band, Symphonic Band
Chosen for Regional Geography Bee
Chosen for Beta Club State Convention, Quiz Bowl Team, placed 4th overall.
SSAT Percentile about 80-85 percent overall (Haven't taken it yet)
Volunteer work at a summer camp during summer 2009
SAT score in 7th grade: 1720, score of 640 on Math Section
Top 1% at school
Good Teacher recommendations
OK Essays
Fluent in Chinese, Cantonese and English</p>
<p>Oh my goodness! I’m also fluent in Chinese and English, in 8th grade, applying for Exeter and Deerfield, live in Georgia, played piano for 6 years, Play Clarinet, am a member of Beta Club! Sorry if that wasn’t the comment you were looking for but I was just in shock!! Well my interviewer said that these schools look for diversity and living in Georgia was an advantage (but if your Chinese it might be a disadvantage because of the huge Asian competition). I’ve heard that essays matter a lot so if you haven’t sent them yet, you should probably edit it a few times and get your english teacher or someone else thats experienced in writing to look at it. These are just a few tips that I’ve heard frequently. Good luck!</p>
<p>Did anyone else get their essays looked at by a teacher?
In advance, sorry for hijaking this thread.
You have an excellent chance of getting into those schools.</p>
<p>My God! Haven’t taken your SSAT yet? In December? Sorry, a bit of shock. Daughter is applying to same schools (plus 2 others), and took an early SSAT, and while O.K. (82%), decided to take December SSAT too, to try and improve her score (got 89%, so the extra work did help). </p>
<p>Other than that, the rest of your profile looks very good. I wouldn’t stress too much. Will you be applying for financial aid? Our middle-to-high school placement counselor advises us that financial aid will cause our daughter to be evaluated in a separate group - since there is only so many kids they can help with financial aid. We’ve been reading a blog from a girl that went through the process last year - and made it in, including financial aid ([BoardingPOV</a> Acceptance and Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.boardingpov.com/category/acceptance-and-financial-aid/]BoardingPOV”>http://www.boardingpov.com/category/acceptance-and-financial-aid/) ). Hope this helps you too, if it applies.</p>
<p>Hey Guys,
Does anyone think my EC’s aren’t strong enough?
What do you think each of the schools I’m applying for are looking for/expecting from applicants?
Answers are greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I was interviewed by someone from Deerfield. Overall, I think the interview went OK except for one part where we talked about core values. He said that there were a lot of people applying to Deerfield from Georgia this year.</p>
<p>I took the SSAT today. I think I got every question right in the math sections. I might have missed at most two in the Reading Comp. part. Verbal was not so good. I omitted one question and probably got maybe 8 wrong.</p>
and you UF?</p>