<p>Hi everybody! I was hoping you guys could give me your perspective on my chances of being admitted into Lawrenceville and Exeter.</p>
<p>Target Schools: Lawrenceville and Exeter
Backup: None... All or nothing, eh?</p>
<p>About me: 13 year old male, 14 years old in June 2015, Applying for Lawrenceville and Exeter for 9th grade next year (2015-16 school year)
SSAT Scores: I thought they were ok. It was my second time taking it, my first was a 2250 exactly.
Combined: 2283 (98th Percentile)
Verbal: 740 (89th Percentile)
Reading Comprehension: 743 (98th Percentile)
Math: 800 (99th Percentile)</p>
<p>School Activities:
Straight A's, no B's at all throughout middle school and all A's or higher (no A-'s)
Violin- First Chair in School Orchestra and Select Chamber Ensemble
French- Honors 8 (Highest possible course), national Le Grand Concours award, 6th place in 6th grade, honorable mention in 7th grade, N/A as of now for 8th Grade
Math, currently taking Honors Geometry and I've finished Algebra 1 and 2, AMC 8 Gold award in 7th grade, 8th grade results not out yet, also Pennsylvania Math League 1st Place for 7th grade twice (I skipped the 6th grade math level, so I didn't take it, but I took the 7th grade one twice and got first place twice)
FLL/Robotics- I'm decent at programming and building Ev3s and Nxts
Community Service- I can't log my hours yet (not 13.5 years old yet, but I believe around 4 hours from the start of this school year, I'm just getting introduced to this idea of community outreach)
Public Speaking- School Public Speaking Competition Semi-Finalist (2 years in a row (6th and 7th), 8th grade N/A)</p>
<p>Outside of School Activities:
Violin- 7 Years Strong :)) I have won Grand Prix and Grand Prize for the Music Festival (Rising Stars), performed at Carnegie Hall, Golden Key Grand Prix Winner, performed at Carnegie Hall (again)
Chess- 5th Grade State Champion for K-6 Division, Countless 1st places in many local and regional tournaments
SAT Scores (From January, 2014)- I don't know if this will influence you or anything but this is just some info
Combined: 1940 Score
Verbal- 570
Writing- 600 (10 on the essay)
Math- 770</p>
<p>Interesting Facts About Me:
I love studying history! I enjoy learning about the rights we have as citizens of the United States, because many other countries do not offer those benefits! I also aspire to become a lawyer or a judge, because I love how our judicial system works! I am leaning towards Lawrenceville because of this, simply due to the fact that their humanities program is superb. Maybe also because many of their students go to my dream college, Princeton University!</p>
<p>Interview:
I have the interview tomorrow. I'm not sure whether to be anxious or easygoing, but I've done well in interviews in the past, because I was admitted into my current school solely based upon my interview. </p>
<p>Overall Comments:
I don't like my chances of getting into either school. My academics are decent, but the repertoires' of other people applying to these schools are extremely good (I'm not sure if they are all real though). I'm going to be frank with all the readers out there, if there's any advice you could give me, I'd really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Thanks! Constructive Advice is appreciated! Please chance me, too! Thanks so much for your time.</p>