<p>Okay, so, I am in 8th (going into 9th) grade right now, so I will be applying for boarding school for sophmore year, 2010. Given these stats... which schools do you think would take me and what do I need to work on?</p>
<p>I am an A and B student:
French: B+
Social Studies: A-
Science: A
English/Reading:A+
Math: B+ (I am terrible at Math, getting better, however.)</p>
<p>I am an avid reader, soccer player and dancer. This year I am going for varsity defender and my 8th year of assorted dance classes. I am placed in all honors classes (minus MATH. Grrr, it will be the death of me!) in the public school that I have been attending. I am deffinatly a people person and think that I will do perfectly well at my interviews. I would assume that I can get between 85-99 on my SSAT's that I will be taking in October.</p>
<p>yay! i am applying for the same year! go class of 2013!! (although i might apply to repeat my freshmen year… still deciding) but anyways…</p>
<p>okay stats, i would work on getting some community service in over the summer (i am sewing pillowcases for a local childrens hospital and i’ve put in over 100 hours this summer alone) </p>
<p>join clubs. i joined every club offered in my middle school (haha there were only 3) but make sure you join clubs that fit your interest and passion</p>
<p>try your hardest to bring up your math grade (math is my least favorite subject too and i am not that good at it but i am two years advanced cause i put my best effort into it) and work on your other grades too. try to bring up to all A’s</p>
<p>essay- your essay is important too. work on your spelling (deffinatly? might be a typo but i would watch it)</p>
<p>study HARD for your SSAT. dedicate free time to make sure you are getting the best scores possible. try to make it into the top 90% at least. stretch for the top 95% </p>
<p>nothing is for sure. work hard, don’t act too geeky or like you don’t put in enough effort.</p>
<p>but then again- this is advice from someone who hasn’t gone through the application process yet. however, this is what i would do to improve my stats if i were you. they like well- rounded individuals. XD</p>
<p>okay. erm yess, sorry i type too fast so i always have typo’s. i acctually have a rather large vocabulary and was put in school a year early. I’m not too worried about the essays either. English is my best subject and i usually am good with that sort of thing. I also have a lot of recomendations from 7th, 8th and 9th grade teachers, they all love me, for some reason. =]] haha. </p>
<p>My grades don’t really reflect my knowledge either since i put more effort into sports and dance and extracurricular activities. I will most likely do much better on the SSAT’s than my grades would reflect. </p>
<p>I know that with my grades and lack of previous effort that it’s a long shot… but i’m hoping that i can some how make it across to my interviewer that i really hate public school, i know that that isn’t a good excuse for contemptible grades, but maybe it will work. =]] you never know. it’s the luck of the draw.</p>
<p>It is not a long shot. What you did in 8th grade will matter little compared to what you do in 9th grade. Therefore, this year pour your effort into becoming more strong academically. Also, add community service and an academic extracurricular like Model UN. SSAT’s matter the least, as the schools care just as much about hard work as they do intelligence.</p>
<p>Your grades actually DO show your knowledge. What they don’t show is your intelligence (Fully at least, it does take intelligence depending on the kind stuff in your curriculum.)</p>
<p>if i got straight A’s this coming year and did some community service, would it be at all possible for me to get into any of the top ten? I was kind of shooting for Exeter, that is my prefered school.</p>
<p>^ i’m pretty sure you’d still need to have like, 80+ on your SSATs (or something, whatever, 75? SSATs aren’t THAT important but if you score in the 30s, that is definitely going to raise some flags…) you should still have a decent amount of ECs (which you do), so just make sure you charm the hell out of your interviewer and write impacting (the good way), strong essays.
i’m applying for the fall of 2010 too! good luck! : D</p>
<p>For Andover, at least (meaning Exeter’s is likely similar), the average SSAT score of an admitted candidate was the 93rd percentile. This means that some people (almost definitely a relatively large amount) scored lower. The higher your grades and scores, the better your chances, though.</p>
<p>make your essays stand out!!! that is the input I have. Write about something unique to you- admissions will remember you because of it. and remember to BE YOURSELF at the interview. dont lie to make yourself look like somebody you aren’t- talk about things that interest YOU instead of giving robot answers.</p>
<p>Well, you’ve got a chance.
I’d study hard this coming fall and put some concern to your math grade.
It’s great that you’re a good athlete, but are you involved in any clubs at your school? It might be a bit weird to say that you just joined like, 5 different clubs this coming fall just to make your application look good. But it’s probably nice to have at least 1 or 2 clubs that you’ve been in for a couple years and where you could possibly hold some leadership positions…
I’d put in some hours of community service too.
To me, my essays and interviews were the most important to me in the whole process…
Oh, and your SSAT scores don’t matter that much.
I think my SSAT score fell below the median? (Mine was a 91%).
But… don’t undermine them either!</p>
<p>I think that you may or may not will have a chance of getting in. You seem to be in a good amount of ec’s and you have decent grades. I would make sure to ACE your ssats+essays. Also, I have a question, what makes you unique?, whats your PASSION. I mean I think that I am unique because I am half Somoelian and half American, lol. I have never met a person like that, EVER. lolz. But, like how about you?</p>
<p>Sorry, I’ve been gone at a college level soccer camp for the past five days. I guess that would answer the question, though. My passion, is soccer. I heard a quote that was something like, “Do what you love and forget about the rest.” Soccer keeps me grounded, it’s my passion and my past time. I understand that that is not exactly unique, but for me, since soccer is my life, i need other things to keep me different, unique i guess; i dance ballet, I ski and am learning to snowboard, i draw, i sing, i act and i am also a photographer.</p>
<p>(Haha, I’m half French-Canadian, quarter Irsish and quarter Polish. Each part of my heritage is part of my life. Karey, that’s cool that you are Somoelian and American, that is indeed interesting.)</p>
<p>GO 2010-ers. =]</p>
<p>Now i am leaving again, this time for a MRI on my left knee, WOO SOCCER!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t really stress too much about the SSATs. Make sure that for your essays, you mention your passions. Your one-on-one interview is also crucial, from what I’ve heard. You have to show them that you really want to go to the school.</p>
<p>Karey is right, you have to find something that separates you from the rest, something that makes you, you. (: Like for me, coming from a third-world country is one of my “hooks”. My interviewer also commented on my “independence” and great passion and concern for the environment.</p>
<p>Good luck and I hope soccer camp went well :)</p>