<p>yea totally...</p>
<p>ah man i feel the first day after january 15th/30th it'll drag sooo longgg .. i'll keep on finding myself looking for a big fat postage in the mail for the neext month or so</p>
<p>ahhh so little time left to apps are due! i hope everyones doing good! LETS ALL GET IN OUR DREAM SCHOOLS! WOOH!</p>
<p>lol merry late christmas (is anyone doing last minute christmas deal shopping?)</p>
<p>YESS. </p>
<p>Ahhhh! I cannot WAIT until March 10th... or, I never want it to come if I get rejected!</p>
<p>Oh the drama... it feels like your whole life is dependant on these darn school!</p>
<p>I know right...how many schools are you applying to mmoynan?</p>
<p>TWO - ahh! The BIG two, at that; Andover and Exeter. I'm repeating grade 10. =]</p>
<p>What about you mpicz?</p>
<p>Ya im repeating 10th also</p>
<p>A/E, Deerfield, and St pauls School</p>
<p>I had more but I couldn't handle all the stuff I had to do...plus I want to go to the absolute best. Not saying Choate and Hotchkiss aren't great, but from what I've read those 4 are the best and the ones ill like the most. So ya,m out of those four I better get into atleast one lol...preferably all 4.</p>
<p>ditto for repeating grade 10... looks like i found my peoples :] </p>
<p>but i'm not applying to A/E</p>
<p>Haha! Yayy, smile and mpicz! Where are you applying, smile? </p>
<p>Mpicz, yeah I totally know what you mean. It IS a huge process - even for one school.
All 4 would be ideal, but I hope you at least get into one! I, on the other hand, with only 2 schools in the running, have more to worry about... oh well, all in time.</p>
<p>yayy cc buds. haha</p>
<p>this may sound insane, but im applying to 8 schools. needless to say, i'm swamped :] but i can honestly say that i'd be happy at any of these eight..</p>
<p>Deerfield Hotchkiss Peddie Westminster St.Andrews Choate Taft Lawrenceville <em>breath</em> </p>
<p>i was seriously considering Middlesex too</p>
<p>Lol thats crazy...if you don't get into 1 out of 8 then at least you know boarding school is just not for you. You have no regrets about not applying to more lol.</p>
<p>smile its magic im applying to eight too :)</p>
<p>cept the only ones we have in common are deerfield and hotchkiss. i know someone at peddie (for 10th grade!) on cc, he quit though so i don't really know what's happening to him (he's a friend of my friend in real life though O_O)
the one at westminster got in from the waitlist (being a ORM, that's not easy) and we have faculty from our school that graduated from there that are working there now. it seems really traditional, which is great :D</p>
<p>I'm applying to Choate, Exeter, Andover, and NMH. The order is currently (Fave to least fave):
Choate/Exeter (tie)
Andover
NMH</p>
<p>So that's the order my apps will be completed in, not to mention the deadline for Choate is about 20 days earlier than the others... O_o</p>
<p>I've been MIA for a couple weeks, no real reason, just trying to focus more on living my life at my current school than dreaming about what it might be like in the future. Living in the moment, right?</p>
<p>mpicz- haha i know! with this many applications, i REALLY hope i get in somewhere! my stats arent that bad- i just couldn't decide between schools! :]</p>
<p>yay for 8 schools westcoast! haha how many applications have you finished? Yeah i somehow have a connection to almost all of the schools im applying to (6/8) -- either i have family/friend that goes to school there or went to school there or works there or has a close friend that went there... :) that probably sounded really confusing. </p>
<p>and saer-- thats cool, i kinda do that during the school week (go MIA from CC, i mean).. but almost everyone is out of town now, so i get bored and go on CC :] </p>
<p>Am I the only one that finds CC more addicting than facebook?? its soooo helpful, too..</p>
<p>No your not the only one. Count me in there...I was one of those people that hated facebook. Then I got one..was addicted..and now its boring.</p>
<p>haha CC is pretty addicting i must say...
i don't know anyone applying to boarding schools, and all my friends think im some crazy guy on drugs for applying. sometimes, i just wish i knew a friend that is applying with me, but ahh there is CC to help me out. </p>
<p>im currently 10th grade, and applying for Deerfield, Hotchkiss, St. Paul's.
I am also considering Episcopal, but not sure yet.</p>
<p>ahh whats MIA? ORM? i've been on the board for some time but i still dont know those words.. -_-</p>
<p>did everyone get christmas cards? i got some over internet.. one by mail</p>
<p>i m applying to 11.. a lot of schools i was planning on 7 and then the list kept on growing!
i'm basically applying to where most ppl do (top tie,r a/e, etc.) except i dont have hotchkiss for some reason.. I think it was because it was too rural for me.. maybe i should apply? lol jk but seriously.. god curse my wavering decisions
basically mines toptier+ lfa, western reserve (anyone heard of it??), st. andrew's (its pretty top, but not top tier)
wow that was long+unnecessary</p>
<p>AHH ESSAYS</p>
<p>MIA = missing in action
ORM = over-represented minority (like asians & caucasians)</p>
<p>i'm applying next year, bahahaa. i'm still in 7th, so .. i'm planning to apply to 4 (the usual suspects: E/A/C/H/D) but right now i'm having my doubts about andover/exeter because people with amazing stats are getting rejected ..
& yes, it never hurts to be 1 year prepared. in advance, i mean. :)</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAH
I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ESSAYS FOR CHOATE
NONE OF THEM ARE FINISHED
i can't seem to do a perfect topic. ugh</p>
<p>OMG WESTCOAST!!!!
I KEEP DOING THAT TOO! </p>
<p>haha--- i'll write an essay.. then come up with a better idea and write a new one.. then fix the first one.. and they keep multiplying!!! its a serious issue, because i'm never satisfied with it, so i change it or make a new one!!! hahaha i thought i was the only one!!!</p>
<p>and last night i took a look at what i've done so far.. i have a LOT of work ahead of me. i'm almost done with one. out of EIGHT. thankfully, i can recycle essays, and i have bits and pieces of each other application done...</p>
<p>hah, good luck to you two.</p>
<p>luckily, i only have to worry about this next year. :)
i didn't find any essay information on choate's website: is it like, a free topic essay? (or is it the graded essay that counts?)</p>
<p>i haaate essays. i messed my SSAT one up so bad! i can't finish them in 25 minutes. ahhhh !</p>
<p>& 1 last question: how does one pronounce Choate? is it just chote, like choke, or cho-it, or actually cho-ate? haha. thanks again !</p>