<p>My summer enrichment classes are almost over!!! after that its smooth sailing to Choate :)</p>
<p>Hello from Vietnam. I’m really obsessed about Choate but I’m applying as a junior. Does this really hurt my chances ? Approximately how many of you juniors are new to Choate ? Thanks :D</p>
<p>@somedayatChoate Applying as a junior anywhere is extremely difficult and selective. Consider applying as a repeat 10th grader instead, that will greatly increase your chances.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how hard it is to get in as a PG? for 2015-2016?</p>
<p>For PGs it’s incredibly difficult. Among the PGs this year is one of my friends, whom I’ll call Helen. Helen applied as an international student from France. I actually met her during term abroad last year. She started her own company that operates in Europe, North America, and Australia. In addition, she played professional tennis in the French league. </p>
<p>I don’t want to discourage you because you may very well be a very qualified candidate, but as you can see PG are often exceptionally overqualified students with incredible achievements outside the classroom as well. </p>
<p>^^ Not true. If they are exceptionally overqualified, why are they going to PG instead of college?</p>
<p>Why don’t you ask them and back up your statements with concrete examples before making assumptions?</p>
<p>In her case, she was very young for college and wanted to have a year of productive prep before going to college. Age was the main motive in her case because she started school every early and graduated at 16. She wanted to be 18 before she started undergrad. </p>
<p>With many athletes, they come from unknown schools and have difficulty getting recruited. They come to Choate for a year and get recruited to very competitive schools with scholarships in some cases. </p>
<p>As you can see there are many reasons why someone might want to take a PG year at prep school. Please have concrete evidence before claiming that my statements are “^^ Not true.”</p>