Chance Me: Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Academy, Deerfield Academy, the Lawrenceville School

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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GPA: 3.5 (school doesn’t have a GPA, self-weighted) for last year, hoping to improve this year
Classes (as an 8th grader): Highest levels offered in all subjects except French
Note: I was granted a triple-course load - more courses than the regular student - I take an extra course online
Algebra I
Concert Orchestra
Native Thai
Intermediate French
Science, Social Studies, Wellness, P.E., English (only one level offered)
ECs:
National level honorable mention awards (Piano)
Continental - across Asia honor orchestra member (Violist)
Concertmaster at current school (Violinist)
10th place in the country for an academic competition - I won 20+ medals from those competitions
Started my own community service project to teach kids music (Founder)
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Badminton school team member
Two-time guest keynote speaker at the annual “call for change”-type conference
Soloist (piano, violin, percussion) at my current school
etc.
Hobbies (not mentioned above):
Psychology, Boxing, Gymnastics, Swimming
Interviews:
Self-prepared, didn’t stress them (they went really well), all my interviewers seemed genuinely interested
Legacy: None
SSAT:
October - 93% grade/gender, 92% grade
Doing one in December
Recommendations:
English - my service club co-ordinator, probably decent
Math - probably ok, I am quiet but one of the strongest students in class
Special Interest - Awesome, my ex-teacher will definitely give a stellar review
Personal - planning to ask school admin, has fully endorsed me for community service
Counselor - probably decent, I am in the clubs they run and am an active member

Thanks for reading :slight_smile: please comment on where i should improve, and if these goals are reachable etc.
*Names omitted for privacy concerns

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Are you an international applicant? What about financial aid?

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I am an international applicant from Thailand (AOs say it is an URM)
I am paying full-tuition.

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Full pay will help you a lot. Thai is not URM, unfortunately, notwithstanding what people might tell you. URM really only means Black or Native American (including Hispanics who trace to a visibly Amerindian heritage). As I said some people will tell you differently, so just take this as one person’s opinion.

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Oh ok thx

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@SatchelSF is correct. URM is almost exclusively reserved for black, hispanics or native american applicants. As has been said to many students who have posted here, you look like an excellent candidate who is undoubtedly qualified and would be able to do the work at the most rigorous schools but your stats read as no different than 1000’s of other applicants. I highly recommend you apply to other schools like Blair, Peddie, Tabor, Hill, Middlesex, Berkshire etc-- every one of these schools are top notch and send loads of kids to great colleges. You could easily end up with all rejections from the list you posted.