Final Stats and Results Thread

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Okay, I know there have been a millions chances on results, but I promise this one is different. This is a thread for next year's applicants, so they can see the actual results of applicants from the previous year. Please post your stats (as on the What Are My Chances Threads) and your results. I'll go first:Prep Stats
Applying to:
Phillips Academy, Andover
Groton School
Phillips Exeter Academy
Deerfield Academy
Milton Academy
St. Paul?s School
St. Mark?s School
Concord Academy
Grades and Currant Classes:
Honors Geometry
Independent PE
Independent Work Experience
English 8
U.S. History
Physics/Chemistry
French II
4.0 throughout middle school, every class, every quarter
Extracurriculars:
Writing (novels)
Fencing (Competitively, no awards)
I work in a sixth grade classroom five days a week, 2+ hours a day
Oxford Royale Academy (academic boarding camp at Oxford University)
Facts:
Location: Berkeley, California and Tucson, Arizona
Ethnicity: British Isles, Jewish, Western Europe (white)
Sex: Female
SSAT: 99th percentile in everything and overall
Recommendations and Interviews:
Excellent recommendations from all teachers, coaches, and tutors. Recommendations from (depending on what the school requests): honors geometry teacher, English teacher, science teacher, French teacher, recent writing tutor, fencing instructor, sixth grade teacher that I assist, who also taught me.
Good interviews. Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Concord, Milton, and St. Mark?s were all on-campus with an adcom; St. Paul?s and Groton by phone with an adcom. St. Mark?s and Exeter were definitely were and I think Andover, Milton, and St. Paul?s with the Director of Admission. Andover, Milton, and St. Mark?s went exceptionally well; Concord and Deerfield went well, but not as well as the others.
Results:
Phillips Academy Andover: Accepted, with approx. 50% in Scholarship and FA
Phillips Exeter Academy: Accepted, with approx. 50% in Scholarship and FA
Milton Academy: Accepted, with 30% FA
Concord Academy: Accepted, on the waitlist for FA
St. Mark's: Accepted with no FA
St. Paul's School: Wait Listed
Groton School: Wait Listed
Deerfield Academy: Wait Listed
Will Attend:
Not sure; it will probably come down to between Andover and Exeter.</p>

<p>For the sake of the next round of applicants, please post! :)</p>

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<p>You forgot to state what year you applied to....</p>

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<p>All right, here's mine:
Applied to:
Andover
Exeter</p>

<p>Classes and Grades:
PreCalc honors
Biology honors
World Cultures
English 1
Religion
Rhetoric
Fine Arts
Spanish 1
usually 1 B a semester</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Math club
-captain
-various awards, including 1st place at school
-AMC 10 and AIME scores were 132 and 7
Soccer
-sweeper
-6 years
Violin/Viola
-CYS Senior Orchestra violist
-8 years
-Toured at LA
Speech and Debate
-policy, no awards
Robotics
-1st place judges award, 2nd place research innovation
Misc.
-spent elementary school summers in school in Korea for a month
-CTY for 2 years (game theory and bio)</p>

<p>Location: Almaden, San Jose, CA
Ethnicity: Korean
Sex: Male
SSAT: 89%math 99% reading 99% overall</p>

<p>Interviews were awesome at both but i dressed wrong</p>

<p>Accepted at both, probably attend Andover</p>

<p>Edit: applied for 10th grade</p>

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<p>Pretty...what grade are you currently?</p>

<p>My son...only applied to one school, and not one of the so-called "top" schools (although, we consider it incredible and chose not to apply anywhere else after my older son's wonderful experience)...NMH</p>

<p>His stats -</p>

<p>Reapplying as a ninth grader (admitted last year without fa)</p>

<p>Through middle school straight A's/A+'s (in our district 4.33 for A+....but I guess you could say 4.0 average)</p>

<p>Received "academic achievement award" given to top 10 in class of 200 students.</p>

<p>"Student of the Month" every month all four years.</p>

<p>Plays piano, cello, guitar; participated in school strings ensemble.</p>

<p>Participated three years in local council for the arts modern dance program; named to select group two years.</p>

<p>Local theater group for two years of middle school</p>

<p>Peer mediation.</p>

<p>Student council </p>

<p>UCC Youth Group; local community service and yearly overseas service trips</p>

<p>Basketball - played middle school "A" Team grades 7 & 8 (a really low-level sport at our school)</p>

<p>Baseball - played middle school team grades 6-8; club ball and All-Star teams past 4 years. Named to "Who's Who in Youth Baseball" past two years.</p>

<p>Soccer - played middle school team grades 6-8. Led team to first ever undefeated season in grade 8 scoring or assisting all goals. Only freshman to make hs varsity team. Club soccer for past 9 years. Currently plays for regional premier team which made it to Nationals this past year. Starting forward. Also ODP state team past three years.</p>

<p>This Year (grade 9):
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Earth Science
Honors Geometry
Honors Freshman English
Spanish I
Spanish II
Eastern & Western World Heritage (standard required humanities class)</p>

<p>Ran into trouble in Honors Alg II (C ouch) after poor 8th grade Honors Alg I instruction (got an A, but didn't really learn everything). Also injury/subsequent surgery at start of school year made maintaining grade in this class difficult. All other grades A/A+ with current B+ in Honors English.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Caucasian</p>

<p>Excellent Recs; only sent what was asked for - english, math, and one personal. I'm sure his interview went very well; he is articulate and personable. </p>

<p>SSAT's 85% (math was an issue, as I said above the middle school math program left something to be desired)....I doubt this would have hurt him at one of the big schools. (His older brother got into Exeter five years ago with lower SSAT's and no "hook". (In but not really in....no fa). He only applied because I wanted him to apply to more than one school; he did not want to go there).</p>

<p>Admitted this year, full boat. (yay)</p>

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<p>Oops, meant club baseball for 9 years (same as soccer). Also, qualified to Johns Hopkins CTY program (99th percentile on national testings), but never did take the SAT. The day we were scheduled to go was the last day that the old SAT was being administered and it was a sub-zero day. Our fuel line froze and we couldn't go! Do they use the new SAT now? At the time (two years ago), we were told they didn't know what the plan was.</p>

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<p>When your son reapplied as a 9th grader, was he applying as a potential 10th grader as well?</p>

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<p>No...at the time of his application last year, we weren't sure if we really wanted him to go away just yet. (He is my youngest boo-hoo). Coaches and adcom told us to go ahead and apply; if we changed our minds they suggested the most common route was to come in again as a freshman. We, including my son, were very receptive to the idea. Their program is much stronger than our local public hs, and it gives my son a chance to "erase" his injury and have an extra year in his sport.</p>

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<p>Schools/Grade applied for:</p>

<p>Applied to 9th grade at:
Andover
Exeter
Western Reserve Academy (Hudson, Ohio)</p>

<p>The George School (Quaker school, near Philadelphia)</p>

<p>Four local day schools</p>

<p>Hooks/Legacies:</p>

<p>Cousin, Andover '98; aunt and uncle long-time Andover instructors, retired 2004</p>

<p>Grades and Current Classes:
Montessori curriculum: so, no grades, but top evaluations:</p>

<p>Independent reading and study in lit and history</p>

<p>Algebra
English
U.S. History
Biology
Spanish</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Writing (journals)</p>

<p>Flute in school band</p>

<p>Tennis (group classes, 7 years)</p>

<p>Skiing</p>

<p>Acting classes at local arts school</p>

<p>Ballet, performed 2 years in professional production with San Jose Ballet
Volunteer at H2O (Help to Others)</p>

<p>Bio:
Location: Ohio</p>

<p>Ethnicity: English, Scots, Norwegian
Sex: Female
SSAT: V794, 99%; M683, 61%; R728, 96%; 2205, 94% overall</p>

<p>Recommendations and Interviews:
Enthusiastic recommendations from math, English teachers, head of school, and coaches</p>

<p>Recommendations from: math teacher, English teacher, tennis coach, adult friends, mentors</p>

<p>Exceptional interviews. Andover, Exeter, Western Reserve Academy, on-campus with an adcom. The George School by phone with an adcom. Andover and Exeter were both exceptional, really hit it off.</p>

<p>Results:
Andover: Accepted, with approx. 75% in scholarship and FA</p>

<p>Exeter: Accepted, with approx. 75% in scholarship and FA
Western Reserve Academy: Accepted, with 60% FA</p>

<p>The George School: Accepted, with 60% FA
Also applied to and got into four local day schools all with about 55-60% FA</p>

<p>Will Attend:
Andover (probably)</p>

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<p>applied for 9th grade to:
deerfield
st pauls
choate</p>

<p>classes/grades
english 8 (all As)
us history (all As)
algebra 1 (all As)
latin II (all A+s)
IPS (science) (all As)</p>

<p>extra curriculars
-arabic lessons weekly
-chinese lessons weekly
-french lessons weekly
-water polo 10 hrs per week (won 1st place in big east coast tournaments, play regularly with local schools including lawrenceville even though we are a middle school team)
-swimming 6 hrs per week (for water polo)
-running (frequently place in age group, XC sports award)
-triathlon (almost every weekend in fall, usually place top in age group 19 and U)
-school newspaper (editor, manage 3 pages)
-church group weekly
-writing (second place poem in national competition)
-community service (TONS) (won PTPI Partner in Peace Award)</p>

<p>Reccomendations very good!!
Interviews very good
ssats 2376 (99 in all)</p>

<p>accepted
deerfield
choate</p>

<p>waitlist
sps</p>

<p>plan to attend DA!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Right, sorry. Applied as an eighth grader for ninth grade.</p>

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<p>schools applied to:
andover
exeter
andover
lawrenceville
peddie</p>

<p>applied for ninth grade</p>

<p>attend a catholic middle school in North Carolina</p>

<p>classes:
english-A+
spanish 1-A
Algebra (honors)-B+
american history-A
catholic history-B
phisics-B</p>

<p>-7th grade varsity softball
-7th Grade varsity volleyball, 8th grade rec.
-8th grade track and field
- hip-hop dance classes(a switch from cheerleading which i had been doing for 3 years)
-i love to draw. I've been doing it since the fifth grade. i don't have a portfolio or anything just a huge collection of drawings and school teachers that really like me.</p>

<p>i do alter serving at my local church (3 years)</p>

<p>i play no instruments</p>

<p>i am african-american with a Nigerian heritage </p>

<p>i have two cousins that went to andover and one currently in exeter</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure I have the best recommendations ever!</p>

<p>Interviews- hotchkiss, lawrenceville, andover went well, exeter and peddie were great.</p>

<p>SSAT's: 88% overall after 3rd try and studying lol.</p>

<p>accepted:
andover
hotchkiss
lawrenceville
waitlist:
exeter
peddie</p>

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<p>Congratulations, hopefully. What were your previous SSAT and where do you plan on attending?</p>

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<p>my previous SSAT's were 67 and 77%(recieved by schools). right now i'm leaning towards hotchkiss but I think my family wants me to go to andover.</p>

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<p>Stats:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=290825&highlight=chances%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=290825&highlight=chances&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Applied: Exeter, Andover
Accepted: Exeter
Rejected: Andover</p>

<p>No FA; I hope I can still go !</p>

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<p>Applied to:
Exeter
Andover
Lawrenceville
Deerfield<br>
(Applied for 10th grade)</p>

<p>Classes:
Honors Algebra II
Honors English
Spanish I
US History 9 (no other classes offered)
Science 9 (no other classes offered)
Band
*A in all classes.</p>

<p>Attend a local public Jr. High.</p>

<p>Extraccuriculars:
-Last year, Captain of MathCounts Team, received 5th in State. Mentored for this year's team, which placed 4th in State.
-2nd place in school for Math Field Day. Placed 1st in the County and continuing to Region.
-Captain and Programmer for Robotics Team. Received the Best Teamwork Award at the state competition.
-Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band. I play alto sax in the concert band and tenor sax in Jazz Ensemble. I'm 1st Chair in both. Last year, was awarded "Best Tenor Sax Soloist" Award, and our Jazz Ensemble received "Best Jazz Ensemble" at a regional music competition.
-School Tennis Team. I also play at a local club about 5 hours a week.
-Treasurer for our school's National Junior Honor Society.
-Volunteer at a local hospital.
-Co-Captain of our Quiz Bowl "A" Team. So far, we've received 1st place at all of our tournaments, and are hoping to go to Nationals.
-Also play piano.
-Organizing a State High School Robotics Tournament with a local university and FIRST.
-Attended CTY for 2 years (Mathematical Logic and Pop Culture). </p>

<p>SSAT:
Verbal: 90%
Reading: 91%
Math:95%
Overall:95%</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian
Location: Parkersburg, WV</p>

<p>Recommendations helped a lot. Interviews went really well.</p>

<p>Andover: Accepted
Exeter: Accepted
Lawrenceville: Accepted
Deerfield: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Will probably attend Exeter.</p>

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<p>Applied to:
Greenhills School</p>

<p>Grades:
3.9 GPA
Extracurriculars:
Soccer - 8 years
Quiz Bowl Team (captain) - 2 years
School wide spelling bee winner (2007) County competition is in May.
School wide geography bee winner (2007)
I was one of four students selected out of about 40 applicants to go to Japan this summer through my school.
Science Olympiad (2 years)
Knowledge Master Open (2 years)</p>

<p>Facts:
Location: Michigan
Ethnicity: White
Sex: Male
SSAT: 40th percentile (50 R, 50 V, 31 M)
Recommendations:
I didn't read the recommendations when I applied to the prep school, but I read them for andover summer session and they couldn't have been better.<br>
Results:
Greenhills School - accepted. No word on FA yet.
Will Attend:
Not completely sure yet, but I will probably end up attending.</p>

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<p>Applied for 9th Grade to:
Choate
Andover</p>

<p>Classes:
High Honors English
2nd Honors Math (Algebra 1, Part II)
American History
Chemistry
French I </p>

<p>Grades 1st Term:
Honors English - 88
American History - 90
Chemistry - 94
French - 97
Math - 84 (went up to a 92 second quarter)</p>

<p>My average usually rests between 93-96 %. </p>

<p>SSAT Scores;</p>

<p>7th Grade
99 - verbal
99 - reading
85 - Math
Total - 98 </p>

<p>8th Grade
98 - verbal
96 - reading
90 - math </p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Middle School Spelling Bee First Place (6th grade)
7th Grade Short Story Award
7th Grade French Award
Pi Award, 7th grade (memorized 231 digits of pi - most in school)
Pi Award, 8th grade (memorized 501 digits of pi - most in school)</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Varsity Soccer Goalie, 8th Grade
Youth Group, 7th and 8th Grade
Duke TIP participant
Student Council Representative, 8th Grade
Humane Society - donator and community service hours coming up</p>

<p>Facts:
Location - FL
Gender - Female
Ethnicity - Caucasian/White</p>

<p>I didn't see the recommendations, so I can't give any insight on those.</p>

<p>Interviews:
Choate - pretty good; interviewer didn't NOT like me, but I didn't come across as well as I wanted to ... he started giving me time limits on questions and made me feel less comfortable than I did at other schools ... I got across my enthusiasm about boarding school and previous experiences at doing well away from home. Choate asks very probing questions and expects detailed answers.... tip for future applicants! :) </p>

<p>Andover- great interview, managed to get across everything I wanted to ... intervierwer told my mother she didn't say this to "a lot of people", but she felt that I would be perfect there, etc. More of a conversation than interrogation. More comfortable. </p>

<p>Results:
Choate - Wait List
Andover - Wait List</p>

<p>Currently trying to get off Choate wait list... wish me luck :D</p>

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<p>Good luck, Olivia! It's funny how my math averages went from a 94 the first term to a 92 to second term to an 84 this term. I hate trigonometric ratios...</p>

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<p>I hate Math... but I have to try hard in it. I thought Choate would like that my average went up 8 points!!! The only reason my average was as good as an 84 the first quarter was that Mrs. Barberi didn't catch (key word) me if I didn't do my homework ... so if you do your homework every single night she averages a 100% test grade into your test average.</p>

<p>Each homework assignment you don't do, 10 points are taken off. (i.e. you miss one = 90% test added in to your test average)</p>

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<p>Ahh that stinks! It's not fair because my math teacher gives us impossible tests that has junk on it that we never even went over. & another thing is that my school has classes in levels. The 3 class is what we call the "dumb" class, the 2 is a mediocre class, and the 1 class is the "nerds." Of course I'm in the 1 class and he TRIES to get through Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 in one year... & He still hasn't realized that it's impossible. Yet the other classes have tests that allow them to get 97 averages.</p>