current 8th grader
hotchkiss, madeira, berkshire, st pauls, choate, exeter, loomis chaffee, milton
i am not expecting to get accepted into any of these schools, bc i started the application at like january 1st and wasnt even considering boarding school
im a east asian, attending international school in southeast asia- im not chinese btw my parents are both east asian and i was born in east asia (so im tryna say im not asian american)
im applying for financial aid btw- my parents can only pay 10000 dollars
grades: i dont know how to convert into gpa, but i think my grades are about 3.7-8/4.0
ssat: 75% bc i didnt study hehe (2109)
duolingo english test: 140
ec:
competitive swimming (7+ years- we dont have varsity or jv and all that stuff but if there is one i’ll prolly be in varsity) (i’ve excluded swimming for berkshire and stpauls btw)
oboe 3 years (first oboe in orchestra)
math competitions (mathcounts, amc etc but im not that good- honors in school and self study grade 10 math)
4-5 mun since grade 6
choir 7 years
school publication 2 years
trilingual (fluent in 3: eng + native language + one language ive learnt for 8 years)
essay:
overall it wasnt that bad, but i rushed it
interviews:
pea madeira and berkshire was good
the others okay
hotchkiss not good
recommendation letters:
i am assuming its good bc my teachers like me
um yea thats all