Chances for Phillips Andover

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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<p>I'm applying for 10th grade, and I'm kind of worried about my chances. Just wondered what other people thought.</p>

<p>I've gone to the same private school for ten years, and the education is definitley very good. There is a special "Ninth Grade Academy" at my school that is, from what I've heard from other friends who go to public school, very intense. </p>

<p>My grades are:
English: A-
Geometry: A
Biology: A
World History: A
Chinese: A
Art I: A</p>

<p>I was really upset about my English grade, but I'm working hard to bring it back up in the next term.</p>

<p>My extracurricular activities are kind of small...I'm not sure if this will be a problem?</p>

<p>Figure Skating (about to test Juvenile MIF)
-I love this sport and skate about 4 hours a week; I even get up at 4:30 am and drive to a different city to see my coach. I'm very dedicated.</p>

<p>I spend a lot of my time reading, and I think I might want to be a writer when I'm older. I also love history (my favorite subject), which seems the opposite from a lot of other people I see posting on here (no offense meant!).
I'm also fairly good at photography, but I don't have a lot of time for it.</p>

<p>My father is originally from Kazakhstan, and I've been there twice; I've also travled to China and Costa Rica. I love travelling, languages, and other peoples cultures. Going to a country like Kazakhstan has made me very aware to the struggles and conditions people go through all over the world, especially when your own grandparents are living that way. </p>

<p>I don't know if this is relevent, but I love current events and read The Economist every week...</p>

<p>I took the SSAT last year, and got in the 93% percentile. I'm taking it next week again.</p>

<p>I've studied Chinese for four years, and would qualify for Chinese 3 in public high schools. I can speak a very, very small amount of Russian. </p>

<p>I think I want to be either a writer (novel/magazine) or something to do with history/cryptology when I'm older. </p>

<p>That is basically all I can think of... I'm a nice person; I used to be very quiet, but I've mostly grown out of that. I'm still a little shy though.</p>

<p>..thanks!</p>

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<p>Hi katinka…
I’m going to be TOTALLY HONEST WITH YOU, your chances are not that high bcz u have a normal application, sorry to ask but what is the interesting in all of this. Andover is looking for a story that no matter WHO you are, you do have one.</p>

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<p>Faris, you yourself posted a chance thread about a week ago. Who are you to judge someone else ? Fact is nobody knows who will be accepted. Katinka and Faris, both of you are academically admissable; as 75% of Andover applicants are. Just sit back and relax. M10 is just around the corner.</p>

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<p>Faris! Her stats are better than yours! So don`t try to scare your competition.
Katina, dont be hard on yourself for the A-
Good luck, BTW your ssat score is very good.</p>