Chances for prep schools

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Hello people,
I’m a 13 years old rising eighth grader intending to apply for boarding school.
No hook :frowning:

EC’s
-Visual art (drawing, painting, etc) for 4 years
-Soccer (2 years)
-Badminton (2 years)
-Field Hockey (1 year)
-Volleyball (2 years)

Academic EC’s/achievements/random stuff
-Reading programs
-Kumon math level J
-Highest math class offered
-speaks English and Chinese fluently, beginner at Spanish

-I’m joining choir this year but not sure if it counts as an EC**

No instruments/community service :confused: Also, all of my extracurriculars are recent and I haven’t been doing them for a long time, so I’m afraid the admissions officers will think they are to add to my application. It’s also a disadvantage for EC recommendations.

Grades:
All A’s and one or two B’s. Not many A+'s though, not very impressive :frowning: However, I’m going to work extra hard this year to raise my grades.

SSAT:
Haven’t taken them this current year, but when I took it previously I received a 95 percentile.

I’m a bit worried about my application after reading about the amazing EC’s and spectacular grades on other Chance Me posts. All your applications sound impressive!! I’m full pay and an international student (overseas).

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Where are you applying?

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@cababe97 not entirely sure yet, but probably schools like lawrenceville, hotchkiss, middlesex, choate, and maybe milton

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Hey! I felt really worried too last year after coming onto here. So far, everything is looking good in my opinion. I would try to get involved in some community service, and try to score as high as possible on the SSAT while also maintaining good grades.

I got into some of the schools that you are looking at and am actually going to Choate next year, so please come to me with any questions or concerns :slight_smile:

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You seem pretty strong in terms of your extracurriculars. If you show a lot of interest in a certain subject (I’m guessing math since you seem so good at that) you have a great shot! I am a rising freshman at Middlesex this fall so if you have any questions about applying there you can PM me!