Chance me: SPS Edmund Burke Ross Scholarship

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<p>Hey! I'm new to this site, but the "chance me" forums seem really interesting. I applied to a few schools (Andover, Lawrenceville, Groton, NMH, Hotchkiss, and SPS). I want to go to any of these schools, but I would really like to get the Ross Scholarship for SPS. It's a scholarship only available to New Jersey residents. It's also supposed to be really selective since every year only one to three people get chosen. Here's who I am:</p>

<p>Applying for 11th grade
Grades: all A's
Teacher recommendation: Absolutely glowing. They let me read all of them
Interviews: Bad at Hotchkiss and Groton. Said some really stupid stuff. But great at SPS, Andover, and NMH
Sports: Varsity tennis, JV Cross country, county free throw basketball champion
Arts: Volunteer piano teacher. District art festival winner
Extracirriculars: Volunteer board member for American Association of Buddhist Education (also the youngest). Youngest docent at Duke Farms (a nature conservancy in NJ). Forum moderator for gaming clan. Competitive video gamer. Volunteer dota 2 coach (a video game).
SSAT: 2286 score 97% percentile
Essays: Terrible. I handed them in late and did them in half an hour. </p>

<p>I think that's everything. Some of these schools aren't needblind, and I need full FA to attend BS. So I'll factor that in as well. Also, I did note that I used to have clinical depression. Would that affect my chances of admission?</p>

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<p>I didn’t know SPS took new juniors.</p>

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<p>Well hopefully they do since the interviewer took that information down first…</p>

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<p>After scouring through other posts, I’ll add some stuff to mine. I’m taking all AP classes with a few actual college classes taken at a college. I have 7 regular AP classes an 8 college classes.</p>

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<p>I am going to SPS next year. I got in and was told I would be competing for the Ross Scholarship. I went in to interview with 8 adults and won it. I am going to be a freshman at the school. Plus, my resume and SSAT scores were not as good as yours, so it seems they don’t care much about that stuff. All they want to know is if you are going to be a good leader.</p>