<p>Hey kentschoolie!</p>
<p>Thanks so much for really reading all of what I wrote and providing feedback!!</p>
<p>Where all are you applying to? Anywhere other than Kent? Good Luck to you too wherever you apply!</p>
<p>I am really nervous. I’ve been reading here a bit, (something I actively chose not to do while completing my applications,) and this board causes me concern. There are so many great applicants: with better SSATs, hooks, etc… Now I am starting to have a twinge of doubt: should I have applied to less schools to focus more on each individual one, should I have studied for and retaken the SSATs, should I have taken more time with my essays, should I have tailored my list of ECs so that it focused more on my ECs that fit the school’s needs better, have I shown the adcoms I am the type of student that will thrive there, etc… I know at this point, that this is me just letting my thoughts run pointlessly in a negative direction, but up until this “wait,” I just knew I was going to apply and get in at a great school and didn’t really consider the possibility of getting rejected 9 times.</p>
<p>Previously my only doubt came when 2 or 3 of my interviewers mentioned the danger of my motorcycling hobby. I explained to them that I trained a good deal, that the track is closed course, (ie safer environment than public roads,) and that we wear a lot of gear; however, I still felt that perhaps they thought I was too much of a risk-taker. </p>
<p>As I type this I realize another potential area for doubt. Of my other sports, the only one I’m likely to be talented enough to play on the boarding school level is basketball. I really hope my strong level of commitment to service and involvement, is enough to offset these areas which could potentially be perceived as weaknesses in my ECs.</p>
<p>I love to write and to have great conversations, so I really don’t believe my essays/interviews are too much to worry about, but it’s such a great unknown - how I compare against others.</p>
<p>I am going to stop now, because all of this originally started because I wanted to say that I empathize with you, when you said “I’m worried now!”</p>