Chances for Top Prep Schools?

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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Hey guys… do you think I have a chance of getting into Exeter, Andover, Deerfield, Choate, Middlesex, Groton, or Lawrenceville? Please be honest but at least try to give me a glimmer of hope :slight_smile:

Here are my “stats”:

Applying for: Fall of 2018
Current Grade: 9
Nationality: Mexican
School type: Private day

Toefl score: 111
ISEE score: will take it in about a month

7th grade avrage: 95%
8th grade avrage: 96%
Current average: 93% [It will grow by a lot at the end of the semester because of the honors/AP bumps (it is not weighted yet)]

Current course load:

  • English 9 Honors
  • Physical Education 9
  • Model United Nations 9 (in my school it is a very honored course)
  • AP Physics 1
  • Pre-AP Pre-Calc (self-teaching myself some calc)
  • Spanish 9
  • Concert Band 8 (I play high school music but am enrolled in this class because of scheduling issues)

Extra-Curriculars:

  • NHS Volunteers
  • Green Team
  • Part of the sponsors/finance dep. in an organization my school has called Miles for Smiles (milesforsmiles.mx)
  • Part of the speakers dep. in the Ted-X planning committee
  • Debate Club
  • Mexican Law and Politics Club
  • HS Ambassadors

Sports/Arts:

  • I played the baritone euphonium for three years
  • I picked up the trombone this year to challenge myself
  • I play golf
  • I swam before
  • I played soccer before
  • I like cross-fit

Awards/Honors:

  • Honor roll since 5th grade (changed to presidents award for academic excellence in seventh grade)
  • Various subject/effort awards
  • Citizenship award last year
  • 5th overall place in region-wide (larger than state-wide) beginner/intermediate golf tournament last year

Extras:

  • I went to Camp BizSmart in Stanford about four years ago
  • I went to SIG at Yale about three years ago
  • I will ask for recommendation letters from my pre-ap pre-calc and English honors teachers.

That was very long but I hope a lot of you applying can relate and if anyone else is applying for sophomore year at any of these schools feel free to contact me and we can talk!

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You seem very highly qualified though your extracurriculars wont help you. I assume since you are in private school you are from a wealthy family and wont need financial aid? Your ISEE or SSAT will give you a very good idea of where you are truly competitive.

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@Center I won’t be needing financial aid. Why won’t my extra-curriculars help me?

4

Are you applying as an international applicant or domestic? Also, hard to say your eligibility without a standardized score.

5

You look good. However, these schools look for what comes out of the heart and not the achievements. Quality over quantity plays a major role in the application process. I am a tenth-grader at Phillips Exeter and focusing on one passion and making it my own really helped me. You are qualified, but what can you offer? What is your focus? How can you impact the community?

6

@aoeuidhtns I am applying as an international applicant.

7

If you are full pay, I think you stand a very good chance at these schools.