Chance me for NYC day schools (horace mann and riverdale)
8th grader applying to 9th
Testing (ISEE):
Verbal - 58th percentile
Reading - 92nd percentile
Quantitative - 99th percentile, all questions correct
Mathematics Achievement - 99th percentile, all questions correct
(I will retake ISEE, hoping for 80+ percentile on verbal)
Grades:
6th - idrk, there are no letter grades in 6th, its based on 1-4 scale, but mostly 4s
7th - all As or A+ except for one B+
8th - quarter one is all As or A+, don’t know for quarter 2
Extracurriculars/awards:
Published author of a book about the Myanmar refugee crisis
Raising money to help suffering refugees around the world
Model UN refugee conference
Piano (7 years), perfect score on NYSSMA level 6 (only 117 ppl got this score in state), ABRSM grade 8 distinction, 2nd prize at tri-state level music competition
Alto Saxophone (4 years), participant in All-county band
POTENTIALLY AIME QUAL (93 on 10b, literally crying lol i sillied 5 problems)
Co-founder and treasurer of Community Connect Club at my school
treasurer of Rubik’s cube club
one of main programmers at school’s FTC robotics team
hopefully USACO silver (taking december comp)
3rd at school level hackathon (for grades 7-12)
Squash (3 years), keeping vague but ~3.5 rating, top 2 in many bronze level tournaments
Essays:
Horace Mann - essay about a fictional character I admire in world war 2, kinda mid 7/10
Riverdale - very strong essay about my advocacy for Myanmar refugees around the world 9/10
LOR:
Great relations with teachers.
Please critique my application and tell me what I need to improve, thanks!