chancess, please and thank you very much. :]

Prep School Admissions
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<p>hey you all.
first off i wanna thank everyone for doing this for me, it means a lot.
so basically i'm applying as a day student to andover..just andover and if i don't get in i'll go to my local high school. i am applying for 9th grade and yes, lol i'm asian american. </p>

<p>my ssat scores;
98-math
98-reading
88-verbal
97-overall. </p>

<p>i've gotten all A<code>s +A+</code>s, no A-`s all of middle school except for art class in 6th grade where the teacher hated me! haha. </p>

<p>my recs should be pretty amazing because i had my chinese dance teacher who's known me for 3/4 of my life do it, and my russian piano teacher who i completely adooore. </p>

<p>EC's
piano; 6 years, 1st place at MA music teachers association competition for 2 years straight, 2nd place for one year. i played the beethoven pathetique sonata, and i'm currently working on a liszt hungarian rhapsody no. 11</p>

<p>dance; i have done chinese classical and chinese folk dance for 9 years at the american chinese art society, i've done at least 500+ community service hours over the past 7ish years. we perform all around the world including in shanghai, taiwan, hong kong, hawaii, disney world, disney land, and we got invited to perform at the carnival cruise this past summer&were invited to dance for the pre olympic events 2008. i've done jazz for a few years as well. i received 3rd place in the new england chinese dance competition in 2004. </p>

<p>academic bowl team; selected 8 members from 8th grade.</p>

<p>math team; member for 3 years, our school = 2nd best division in Intermediate math League of eastern MA</p>

<p>math counts; chosen as part of top 8 to represent our school at regionals, of which we won. </p>

<p>latin club; member for 2 years of its existence at our school</p>

<p>chinese school; many years, best student award for all years. (i can probably take chinese 520 at andover if i get in..very fluent, could ace AP chinese SAT)</p>

<p>sailing; i sail over thee summer, and have attained my solo, kayak, helmsman, and jib rating.</p>

<p>cello; i have played the cello for 4 years without ever taking lessons, principal cellist at my school orchestra, honorary middle school participant at the high school orchestra</p>

<p>zunc quartet; student-organized quartet of me and my friends and we are invited to play in our local school community, and around the merrimack river valley; received personal letters from superentindent of schools commenting on our excellent performance at andover's addison gallery. </p>

<p>newspaper; chief editor of school newspaper for 3 years..publish online editions as well every 2 months. called word. </p>

<p>school ambassador; chosen as guides to help around during social events to assist parents coming into the school, 6th grade new parents who have no idea what they're doing..that kind of stuff. </p>

<p>occupation; i have been invited to teach chinese dance at 2 chinese schools since last year, and have been doing so voluntarily. </p>

<p>alright i think that's it. if anyone needs anymore info, let me know. ahaha well thanks again everyone, i really appreciate it. :)</p>

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<p>Coming from someone who plays piano herself,I think you have good chances. I live in Texas, and I made the TMTA Music Teacher's Association State competition as well :) However, TMTA only lets you compete starting from 7th grade. Is MA Music teachers assocation the same too?</p>

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<p>You sound like a pretty good candidate to me, though I have little experience in this. However, as I'm sure you'll hear from others below me and probably already know, Andover is an extremely selective insitution.</p>

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<p>You seem like you have a pretty good chance.</p>

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<p>You have a good chance as a day student. Your Verbal is considerably lower than the others, but I'm sure that's fine as the words can change in difficulty. </p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>just quick question - how did your interview go?</p>

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<p>umm for the the massachusetts music teachers association piano competition, i think the divisions start around age 6ish
the website is here for the past winners/
<a href="http://www.mmta.net/baystatecontest.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mmta.net/baystatecontest.php&lt;/a> </p>

<p>hmm, my interview went wonderfully..my interviewer told me that i am the type of person that would fit in very well at andover, and i'm the person they're looking for. she told my parents to not worry about it at all, and that i am sure to do well. :] i guess that's good. </p>

<p>yeah my verbal score is =/ but although language arts is my strength, was really nervous during the verbal section of the ssat. </p>

<p>oh and i forgot to mention that i am fluent in chinese, studied spanish for 5 years, and learned latin all 3 years of middle school. i intend to study chinese at andover.</p>

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<p>Wow, Jenny! Very impressive!</p>

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<p>Jenny, if you're fluent in Chinese, then why would you want to re-take it? That will not look good to admissions officers, as they think you are only taking the course because you will ace it.</p>

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<p>while i may be fluent, i realized that there is much of chinese history, and background besides what i am familiar with.
for the course descriptions;</p>

<p>chinese 500/1
chinese 500/2
chinese 500/3
stories in modern chinese
extensive chinese folk stories are used as baisc texts. the course focues upon the study of rhetorical devices and idiomatic usage. the course develops high proficiency in speaking&reading.</p>

<p>chinese 520
communication in modern china
chinese news broadcasts, films, and segments of chinese TV programs are studied. emphasis is placed on students' listening comprehension of and written reflections upon chiense in real-life communication. topics in current events are discussed exclusively in chinese. </p>

<p>for me, i cannot really comprehend many real-life topics that are being discussed in china, and i believe taking chinese will also improve my knowledge of what's going around the world, especially on TV and news broadcasts and how i can understand it.</p>

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<p>well, if you're fluent in chinese, how can you not know what you're listening on TV? or do you mean you don't get the background of the current events in China?</p>

<p>btw, nice to know there a chinese speaking person around here...i speak both Mandarin and Cantonese</p>

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<p>i speak mandarin too! :)</p>

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<p>x33 jenny,</p>

<p>Not to alarm you, but I have asked the moderators to remove your name from the posts. As much as we would like this to be a friendly place, unfortunately unregistered people of potentially questionable character sometimes look at places like this. </p>

<p>Generally, it is not a good idea to publically identify yourself on forums like this.</p>

<p>BTW, you sound like a great candidate. I wish you luck.</p>

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<p>You mean because she said she was a day student? Huh? But she didn't post personal info or anything.</p>

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<p>The answer is in your PM, Olivia.</p>

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<p>Thank you for cleaning up, moderators!</p>

<p>Carry on!</p>

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<p>hi goalie dad,
i'm so sorry about putting private info.
i just my account uhh yesterday so i don't know much about college confidential yet. but thanks for giving me the heads up! i'll be sure not to post private info about myself on again.
:)</p>

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<p>Not a problem, x33 jenny!</p>

<p>Just trying to look out for your safety.</p>

<p>Good luck with your application, although regardless of whether you go to PA, I think you will go far in life.</p>

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<p>thank you so very much :)</p>