Exeter, Andover, Deerfield chances?

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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<p>I am a freshman applying for 10th grade</p>

<p>all honors classes, taking chinese, varsity tennis as a freshman, coming from a prestigious private school sending 4 or 5 kids to ivies each year
590 and 580 on my math and english SATs, respectively, as a seventh grader I got an 6/6 on the essay I wrote for the SAT when I was in 7th grade.
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented youth participant since 7th grade taking inductive and deductive reasoning and biotechnology as a 7th and 8th grader respectively and this year I will be taking global politics.
I have been in the Upper School Chamber orchestra since I was in 6th grade and I have been playing violin for 10 years. I play first chair second violin as a freshman. I participated in the DC youth orchestra where we performed at the State Department or a building of that sort.
In the spring break of 8th grade I went to New Orleans to do community service. We helped clear lots so they could rebuild houses and helped restore the bayous.
I haven't taken my SSAT or my ISSE yet but I am going to later around November.</p>

<p>Grades Last year (8th grade)
Algebra 1 honors: 90
Chinese: 93
Science: 89 or 90 (I forget)
American Government: 91
English: 89 or 90</p>

<p>I played on my middle school tennis team both years and we went undefeated and so far our varsity tennis team is undefeated and we have 5 nationally ranked girls.
I participate in young democrats, school newspaper, and Model UN. I plan on starting a literary club, although I'm not actually sure if freshman are allowed to start clubs.</p>

<p>any feedback would be great!!</p>

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<p>anythingg please?? I’ll love you forever!</p>

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<p>i also play tennis outside of school in local tournaments and I play number 2 doubles on my team</p>

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<p>I got into exeter with straight A’s from a crappy public school in Boston. I didnt know it was so special</p>

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<p>@urm1216 thanks for your feedback! did you do any extra-curriculars?</p>

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<p>Wow, I think you’ve got a shot :). Better shot than me anyway…</p>

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<p>@upennvetgirl727 no worries any path that you take i’m sure you’ll do great!!</p>

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<p>Pretty solid chance. Just out of curiosity, are you taking Chinese as someone of Chinese descent? Feel free not to answer that one.</p>

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<p>@chrome16 I’m african american and I had been taking spanish up unitl sixth grade, but it was way to easy and I was just picking it up from my babysitter so I switched to chinese</p>

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<p>^That’s awesome. I really admire that you went out of your way to learn as many languages as possible. I love languages, too :smiley: I think you’d enjoy the language curriculum here at Exeter. Good luck</p>

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<p>^^^ thank youu!! do you go to exeter, by any chance??</p>

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<p>Yep, senior haha</p>

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<p>I hope someone that has been through this can help. My son applied to Exeter and another smaller but very highly regarded prep school. His brother was already attending this other school and is very happy there. He was waitlisted at Exeter and accepted at his brothers school. He is there now and while he is happy and doing well he cannot get Exeter out of his mind. He is interested in math and science and his current school just does not have the same type of courses. (very few do) Here are my questions
Do prep schools take transfers from other prep schools?
Do his chances improve this time around? He is willing to repeat and will have good grades from his current school to show he can handle the work.
Is it ok to ask his current school for a recomendation so he can leave?
Is he better off doing 2 years where he is and going to Exeter as a repeat 10th grader?
Will he have to do the whole interview/application process over again?
Thanks for any help</p>