<p>Ok, ladies and gentleman. Here are my final application prime spots. I'm in 9th grade but I have a really late birthday (August)
I'm debating re-taking freshman year or applying as a 10th grader.
Schools include: Miss Porters, St. George's, Hotchkiss, Westminster, Blair, and Loomis.</p>
<p>9th Grade 1st Quarter Report Card--
Spanish III(honors)- A-
Public Speaking- A
Western Civ- B
Bio II- B+
English- A-
Personal Finance- B
Plane Geometry- B</p>
<p>Sports--
High school Swim&Dive team
Wilton Y Wahoos Swimming. SeniorII (USS Swimming program in Wilton,CT. not related to school)
^I have AM practice from 5:30 AM to 7:30 AM. Afternoon from 3:15-5:30.
Swimming competitively (and successfully) since 3rd Grade.
Playing Basketball since 3rd Grade.
2 consecutive B ball League Championships
Only freshman girl who qualified for coaching position for recreational 3rd/4th grade girls league.
I coach after swimming on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:45 and games are Sat. 8-9
**I'm trying out for Girls Basketball High school team. Tryouts in 2 weeks.</p>
<p>Art--
Handpicked by my 8th grade art teacher to be a docent at the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, CT.
*(I took a 4 week training course to learn about exhibits and then I acted as a tour guide for 6th graders)
Children's' Theater in 8th grade (production was Anything Goes)</p>
<p>Community Service--
1. Rake and Bake each fall for 3 years (rake leaves for local elderly)
Winter Carnival (annual carnival for my old local kindergarten-2nd school, I usually paint faces/spray hair)
2. Pumpkin Festival (benefit for my old preschool. I did the "wet witch" in October when I let little kids throw wet sponges at me. bahahah!)
3. Docenting above was community service.
4. My coaching for 3rd/4th grade girls basketball is community service. (which I love)
5. I do Best Buddies (I'm paired with a challenged girl from my grade and we become friends. Just so they have people to talk to and connect with)
6. Habitat for Humanity (building houses)
7. In Our Lady of Fatima youth group. I take CCD {catholic education}.
8. Organized and led a Bake Sale for Hurricane Katrina relief a couple years ago.</p>
<p>Ok, if I've left something else out post away to notify me. Please be open minded but honest. If you have any suggestions for other schools, again, message me :)</p>
<p>I like your mix of schools. I think you will be in the running for all your schools, but I'm sure you realize that schools like Hotchkiss are a reach for everyone. I'll even go so far as to say that I think you have a good chance at Blair which has a strong basketball program, seems to be interested in building an even stronger arts program, and would like your community service. They have a swim team too. </p>
<p>We never considered repeating. Perhaps you could just let Admissions know that you are open to it if they believe it would be appropriate for you. Have you gone on tours? Good luck!</p>
<p>I've only toured MPS, and I loved it. Haha, as a matter of fact, my other username on here is Girl Meets World and I believe I have a thread going about my MPS interview :)</p>
<p>Of course, I love Miss Porters way to much for my own good.</p>
<p>When we did our tours, none of the schools allowed the applicant to sit in on a class. We had the opportunity to see some classes in action, but not to sit in on the entire class. </p>
<p>Because you loved MPS so much, you might want to consider Emma Willard & Westover. Others can comment on how they are relative to MPS. </p>
<p>Some schools just feel right when you visit. I'm glad you found a school you love so quickly.</p>
<p>I would say based on kids that I know who have gotten accepted to some of those schools, that your chances are good. Hotchkiss is the unknown because it is a reach for pretty much everyone. But your grades and scores fit within the other schools. </p>
<p>As a side note, 2 of the 4 schools we have visited have offered us the opportunity to come to classes (prior to applying) and one has offered us the opportunity to spend the night in the dorm too.</p>
<p>Your SSATs are a bit low, but those aren't definitely the most important part of an application. Stress your community service and extracurriculars because those are strong. Also, try to keep your grades to straight A minuses and As, because schools like that like to see a strong student. Your grades will drop if you go to a boarding school that's more challenging than your current school. A lot of your choices do sound challenging, but stress your enthusiasm for them. From experience, I had straight As and A minuses at my old school but I'm struggling to get a B in some classes like Math and Physics here. I'm doing well in English, History, and French though. Your strengths before you go to boarding school will translate to your life there.</p>
<p>If I get A's the 2nd quater, will the schools even see the report card? My semester ends the 15th on Jan. and applications are due by then in most schools, correct?</p>
<p>You've got some really great things going for you, especially all the community service!!!!</p>
<p>ad for the report card things. I'm sending my progress report with my quarter grades cuz my second quarter won't be out yet but this one will. so i would do the same thing if i were you, just ask the school for another transcript once you've got as close to a 4.0 as you can!!!!</p>
<p>Schools will see the scores. Your schools will send them once they receive them, regardless of the overdue. Most schools know this and expect it. That's what happened with my school. The key is to improve a lot the second quarter if you'd been doing less-than-spectacularly the first one.</p>
<p>Ok, so my other post was about a bad grade in an elective and this one poster said that boarding schools would immediatley reject me if I had a C. She said theres no way for me to get in thanks to that and I should beg on my knees to my teacher for her to rasie my grade.</p>
<p>So, I think shes crazy. What does she know? Shes a 1st time applicant! Every other poster said that I should use this as a chance to show my improvement by sending, as talked about here, another <em>updated</em> transcript. Quite frankly, I think she is ridiculous and I'm looking for some backup. Is she right or am I?</p>