Hi I am applying to Choate, Lawrenceville, NMH, Suffield, Deerfield, and Webb in CA.
I have lived in four countries in my life, and recently I moved to a place where the school is awful, the teachers aren’t helpful at all, and the students are very closed minded and snobby (having lived in country X all their lives, and attended the same school all their lives) . I started junior year at X country in the middle of the 2015-2016 school year’s first semester. I am a junior, but I lost a lot of opportunities in sports as well (which I really love), especially cross country and soccer. The traffic is terrible here, taking around 2 hours to get home; it is wasting my time to do schoolwork and activities. I decided that upon this mess, it would be best for my sanity, intellectual challenge, and happiness to attend a BS. I am applying as a junior year repeat (my birthday is in the end of July of 99’ so I was close to being in a grade below anyways). I am really hoping that I can at least get into one BS, because it is really the only way for me to stop suffering. I love school, but the school I am currently in is rotting me inside, and I don’t want that to happen. Could you please chance me for the BSs just so I can prepare myself and not get my hopes up too much.
My Stats are:
Academic:
-GPA: 3.88
-PSAT: 98th percentile (1360; Reading+Writing:660 and Math:700)
-Current classes;
Full IB diploma
-Higher Level Chemistry
-Higher Level Biology
-Higher Level History of the Americas
-Standard Level French (ab initio, which is a faster-paced beginners course): I HAD STARTED MANDARIN SL AT MY OLD SCHOOL LAST YEAR BUT THEY DIDN’T OFFER IT AT MY NEW SCHOOL SO I HAD TO CHANGE.
-Standard Level Math YR1 (comparable to pre-calculus)
-Standard Level English (Language and Literature)
-Theory of Knowledge
Clubs:
-Playing soccer with orphans every Sunday
-Breast Cancer Club treasurer and secretary
-Tuition Fund for underprivileged girls (co-President)
-Member of National Honors Society
-Athletics Council
-Volunteer for yearly event of Special kids olympics at my old school
Extracurricular:
-Varsity Sports: Cross Country, Track and Field, Soccer, Touch Rugby
-Media Studies (Journalism class): sports writer and editor
- I play the trumpet at school (had to stop in 10th grade because of scheduling, but I do play on my own sometimes to de-stress)
Ethnicity/Race
-I am Hispanic (born in Argentina and have Colombian parents, and I also have an american passport because my dad is like 1/4 american)
-I am also fluent in Spanish and English, so I don’t have to take the TOEFL.
What do you guys think?
I have interviews with most schools on the last week of January: do any of you have tips or advice?
Thank you