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Hi I recently decided as a high school junior that I intend on pursuing a post graduate year at boarding school. Although I recognize that it is extremely difficult to be accepted into a PG program due to limited spaces, I would still like to be chanced. If there are any questions that you have that would give you better context please contact me! Thank you all!

Some general information:

Grade: Junior
GPA:3.7
Ethnicity: Asian
First-gen: Yes
From: DMV
Applying for FA: Yes

Activities and Achievements (Outside of School):

-Interning for my local board of education
-Political Action Committee (Fellow)
-Interned for my local Attorney Generals Office
-Interned for an Advocacy Group
-Freelance tutor

Activities and Achievements (In School):

-Varsity Wrestling Team
-Youth and Government (Delegation Leader) Also selected as 1 of 10 to represent my state at the national conference
-President of Student Government Association
-Represented my school on Chancellor Board
-Head of my school podcast

Schools Intending on Applying:

-Choate
-Loomis Chaffee
-Taft
-Concord
-Exeter
-Andover
-Deerfield
-The Hill School
-Nobl and Greenough
-Middlesex
-Georgetown Prep
-Landon School
-Sandy Spring Friends
-Groton
-Lawrenceville
-Milton
-SPS
-Episcopal
-Blair
-Hotchkiss
-Pomfret

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Sorry, but I forgot to mention im in the top 5% of my class

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Not all schools accept PG applications, including many on your list. The ones that do seem to favor those that need an extra year for athletic reasons or who require an extra year for social or emotional maturity.

So the question becomes: what’s your reason for wanting a PG year?

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Hi! Thank you for pointing that out. As for the reason I want to do a PG year is to become more mature, and I where I can both grow as an athlete and as a student.

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OP is welcome to re-post under their original account.