Chances for Interlochen Arts Academy, J. Addison School and Wasatch Academy

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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I’m a black-latina, born and raised in Brazil, South America. I was raised bilingually (English-Portuguese), and at the age of 9 I started learning Spanish and French - and later on, German, català and Italian. I’m fluent in 4 languages out of 7, and intermediate level on the 3 other ones. I’m applying for freshman year. This is my academic curriculum now:

  1. Volunteering: nursing homes, hospitals, English classes to low-income kids and Portuguese classes to refugees.
  2. My grades are always equal to or above B, but usually, it’s an A. We don’t calculate GPA in Brazil.
  3. Extracurricular activities:
  • Creative Writing
    I write since 2012, this year I’ll be publishing 2 stories in Wattpad - I’ve won 2 writing competitions too, but I’m not sure if it counts.
  • Drama
    Since 2014. I wrote 2 plays, but mostly I acted on them.
  • Languages learning
    Well, I already speak 7 languages and I plan to learn at least 1 more this year (I have a lot of free time.)
  • Draw
    Since 2017. Not great at it, but I’m putting a lot of effort and I actually enjoy it.
  • Acoustic guitar
    Since 2015. A true passion.
  • Volleyball
    Since this year. Ain’t the best of my team yet, but I’m also putting a lot of effort into it and it’s quite enjoyable. At the time of applications, I’ll probably have a game competition to mention.
  • Swimming
    Since 2015, but I’ll only enter a competition this year (I got a full scholarship in a better swimming school so yeah)
  • Dance
    Since 2012. Currently starting contemporary dance and ballet.
  • Coding
    Since 2016. By the times of applications, I’ll try to do something more relevant (such as a website/GitHub)
  • Video editing
    Since this year really. I’m trying to get into “professional” video editing.

I honestly accept recommendations for anything that I should do to improve. I know that they aren’t super competitive - except for Interlochen really - as Andover (which, by the way, I could never get in bc I don’t have money to pay for SSAT.) There are many activities that I couldn’t improve or take dual financial constraints, so…

My artistic resume for Interlochen is pretty poor, but again, dual my circumstances, is it really that bad? Tips for improvement? I want Comparative Arts major and I’d really like to get in there.

Thanks in advance.

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Ask for a waiver on your SSAT fee… Andover is one of the only schools that offers a full need-blind admissions policy, which means that they admit students based solely on their merits, which, apparently, you have plenty of.

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Unfortunately, College Board doesn’t offer fee-waiver for international students outside of US territory. Thanks anyway :slight_smile:

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I was wondering (not sure if this is out of topic for a chance me post) is Andover your dream school? If you could pay for the SSATs then I take it you’ll be applying to Andover?

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It was in my top 3 schools, yes. I would definitely give it a shot if I could