Chance me for Exeter, Andover, Choate, and others?

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I'm an Asian (Indian) 8th grade student from NJ. Its always been my dream to go to one of the top prep schools, and I'm super nervous, so I just succumbed to the pressure, and thought I should just do a "chance me" forum. So here it goes:</p>

<p>Grades in 6th:</p>

<p>English (Accelerated, which is highest): A
Math (Accelerated, which is second highest, after honors): A
P.E.: A
Health: A+
Social Studies: A-
Science: A-
Visual Arts: A+
French:A+</p>

<p>Grades in 7th:</p>

<p>English (Accelerated, which is highest): A+
Math (Accelerated again, not honors): A
P.E.: A+
Health: A+
Social Studies: A
Science: A-
Visual Arts: A+
French: A+</p>

<p>Grades in 8th (so far):</p>

<p>English (Accelerated, which is highest): A+
Math (Accelerated, not honors) : A+
P.E.: A+
Health: A+
Social Studies: A+
Science: A+
Visual Arts: A+
French: A+</p>

<p>As you can see, I really tried to improve my grades this year.</p>

<p>As far as extra-curriculars go, these are mine:</p>

<p>Odyssey of the Mind, a creative thinking competition that my team and I do. We never went past regionals, which is the beginning,due to team problems. However, we have a very high chance of going to states, and perhaps even world's this year.</p>

<p>French Club, a cooking club I do for the sheer fun of it.</p>

<p>I have been playing tennis for about four years now, but am not on any team.</p>

<p>I have been playing basketball for about two years, and again, I'm not on any team.</p>

<p>I have done swimming for about eight years and am on the JCC Blue Dolphins swim team.</p>

<p>My SSAT was 98 percentile.</p>

<p>My essays were, I think, really good, and as were my teacher recs, as I maintain good relationships with them.</p>

<p>Finally, I think my interviews went well, I talked quite a lot about how much I love art and how much I love to read.</p>

<p>Well, I think that's it!</p>

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<p>If you are nervous, then just say you are nervous. But honestly, what is the point of posting all these details THREE DAYS before decisions come out?</p>

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<p>Well, being nervous does push people into doing things to alleviate some of their anxiety, I guess hearing what other people think does some of that.</p>

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<p>I think u will be fine don’t fret :smiley: I’m not an AO so I can’t say anything but hehe… ;)</p>

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<p>Wow, you genius kid. Those stats are, without a doubt, very impressive.
But as many veterans on this forum will tell you - a stranger on the internet cannot determine your admission decision. Don’t alleviate your stress by searching for appraisal, alleviate it by staying neutral and calm.</p>

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<p>Long-time lurker compelled to chime in. </p>

<p>Bonjourhello:</p>

<p>As people have pointed out here, online evaluations of your chances for admission are borderline worthless, for obvious reasons. You understand that, I’m sure. For what it’s worth, your posted stats read very impressively, and I wish you the best of luck on Monday morning. </p>

<p>However, my primary point in posting this response is to reassure you and the other kids on CC that posting questions about your chances is entirely fine, normal, and ok, so please, ignore the consistently and needlessly caustic, snide, abrasive, patronizing, and insulting parents (!) on the board who feel the APPALLING and INEXPLICABLE need to publicly belittle your anxieties, and how you voice them. I’m an adult (and the parent of an applicant who claims to be “chill” – but I know isn’t) with plenty of years under my belt and please, rest assured, that when I’m facing something emotionally loaded and very, very important to me – just as you and the other applicants on the board are doing now – I spin, scheme, ponder, speculate, and agonize like the devil. Second-guess emails, read non-existent tea leaves, talk the ears off colleagues and intimates, make lists of pros and cons that serve zero purpose, etc. There’s <em>nothing</em> about your anxiety which is specific to adolescence: when something important is at stake human beings will spin about it, whether they’re 14 and applying to prep school or 45/55/65/75 and wondering whether they’re going to get a dream job/house/spouse/partner/Oscar/whatever.</p>

<p>Ergo, fretting over emotionally-loaded issues is part of the human condition, and hence normal and fine. How you handle it is your choice; nevertheless, the phenomenon itself is, by definition, above reproach, which makes a chances thread a very safe space to ponder out loud. You’re in good company. </p>

<p>Once again – good luck on Monday, to you and all the other dreaming, wishing, and hoping applicants. </p>

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<p>I’d like to read the Oscar Confidential forum where Jennifer Lawrence posts her stats… haha. Thanks, @Escribiendo. Me encanta lo que escribiste, muchas veces olvidamos que preocuparse es normal.</p>

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<p>Si. A mi tambien.</p>

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<p>@escribiendo, do u honestly believe these kids w very impressive stats are posting their profiles 3 days before decision day because they need reassurance? Or are they really doing it because they are narcissistic and have only 3 days left to brag? Note that it is not the kids w middling stats who are asking for reassurance. </p>

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<p>@GMTplus7 But I didn’t mean to brag. These grades would, honestly be considered mediocore, where I come from, and the same goes with the extra-curriculars. This is due to the fact that I come from a predominantly Asian neighborhood, where nearly everyone has the same grades as me, or better. It was mainly because of this, that I was asking for reassurance, as I was not sure wether or not I even had a CHANCE to get in, considering the other chance me threads, and my own experiences in my own town.</p>

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<p>P.S. Thanks @Escribendo @waiting4march10 @JerseyGirl999 @mrnephew for the reassurances…but I’m still worried. :)>- </p>

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<p>It would be weird if you weren’t. :)</p>

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<p>How’d it go? Where;d you get in?</p>

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<p>@PrestigeScholar Got into Deerfield and was waitlisted at Choate, and Exeter, and was rejected from Andover…But I’m happy I even got into one :)>- </p>

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<p>cool</p>