<p>How much does it help if your brother went to Hogwarts, and did really well?</p>
<p>Also, ^ to the above post,
I’m not as smart as my brother, and my test scores and grades show.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input GemmaV. I agree that demonstrated enthusiasm is much more important than a piece of paper which could have been sent to Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang.</p>
<p>GammaV: I don’t know if your school has them or if you are familiar with them, but how do schools view parent statements. Since their optional does this mean they’re not important? Also, what does a school look for when it reads a parent statement?</p>
<p>How are applicants who decide to re-apply to hogwarts looked at compared to other students? Does Hogwarts keep an applicant’s file from the year before and compare aspects, looking for improvement? </p>
<p>Thanks again!!!</p>
<p>@bbc420: She touches on this in an earlier response…if I read it correctly, I think the parent statements help give context to the student responses.</p>
<p>just to add onto bbc420’s question…
would it be largely detrimental to skip parent statements? my parents aren’t fluent in English, so i don’t know how well they’d respond, or whether they’d be capable to at all.</p>
<p>DiveAlive, perhaps they could write their comments in their native language, and you could translate it? Or, they could supply their original statement, and their best guess at translation.</p>
<p>DiveAlive, this is just a suggestion, but maybe they could write it in their native language, and then you could help them translate it into english?</p>
<p>EDIT: Periwinkle beats me to it :P</p>
<p>heps, great minds think alike? I admit I’d be glad to think of a way to weasel out of the parent statements, but so far, no dice.</p>
<p>Thanks Gemma V for your response on helicopter parents, and a good laugh for the day too.</p>
<p>@Gemma, I have bad hand writing. Is it a good idea to attach a typed copy of my required handwritten essay as part of my application?</p>
<p>@maddog15: Yes, please.</p>
<p>@DiveAlive: I agree it would be a good idea to have parents write in whichever language they feel most comfortable, and we can always translate.</p>
<p>2010 hopeful wrote:
How are applicants who decide to re-apply to hogwarts looked at compared to other students? Does Hogwarts keep an applicant’s file from the year before and compare aspects, looking for improvement? </p>
<p>ANSWER: Yes, we keep last year’s file. Sometimes we compare them, but it’s a new year and a new applicant pool, so we really focus mostly on this year’s application. Nevertheless, I would not submit the same essay twice.</p>
<p>could you chance me?</p>
<p>I wonder if you could say anything about how you and your colleagues “put a class together”; obviously you’re looking for gender equity, geographic, economic & ethnic diversity, different types for different school roles (athletics, performing arts, etc.), but how do you gauge personalities–or “intangibles”-- in the application process?</p>
<p>bbc420 wrote:
GammaV: I don’t know if your school has them or if you are familiar with them, but how do schools view parent statements. Since their optional does this mean they’re not important? Also, what does a school look for when it reads a parent statement? </p>
<p>Hi bbc420–it’s Gemma, not Gamma. :)</p>
<p>Parent statements are very important. It is interesting to read a parent’s reflection on his/her child–the parent, after all, knows the child best. Better than the English teacher, or guidance counselor, or interviewer. And sometimes, a parent can tell the child’s story better than the child can himself. </p>
<p>I appreciate it when parents can clarify something in the file that the admission committee might question, e.g. if a student missed a month of school in 7th grade due to a bout of mono. We would only see the high number of absences on his record, but it’s important for parents to provide that type of explanation. Perhaps a child’s grades slipped in 7th grade because the parents were going through a divorce at that time, but now that she’s in 8th grade, they’re back to normal. That type of thing. </p>
<p>I also think it is important for the admission committee to know that the parents’ values are in line with the institution’s, i.e. you’re interested in boarding school for your child for all the right reasons.</p>
<p>How do You view an applicant like this-
(Chance)</p>
<p>I’m in 8th Grade Applying for 9th Grade to PEA
Hook-
I’m Jewish
I speak both Hebrew and English Fluently (Uncommon Language)</p>
<p>Grades 7th
Math-99
English-98
Science-92
Spanish-95
Tech-92
Social Studies-99</p>
<p>Grades 8th
Math-95 (A level above My Grade)
English-96
Science-94
Spanish-95
Tech-95
Social Studies-97</p>
<p>EC’s-
Basketball-3 Years-7 Hours-JV champions
Guitar-3 Years-3 Hours
Swimming-3 Years-2 Hours
Biking-4 Years-3 Hours
Horse-Back Riding-1 Year-0 Hours (Financial Situation)</p>
<p>EXCELLENT RECCOMMENDATIONS-MY TEACHERS LOVE ME-PERSONAL REC ALSO EXCELLENT
EXCELLENT ESSAYS-THEY WERE “GRADED” MY ENGLISH TEACHER
EXCELLENT INTERVIEW-MY INTERVIEWER TOLD ME THAT I AM A PERFECT FIT TO PEA
SSAT-JAN.8TH HAVE BEEN PRACTING-WILL HOPE TO GET 95+</p>
<p>SOME ACHIEVMENTS/AWARDS</p>
<p>WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF BEING ACCEPTED?
THANKS!</p>
<p>I would like to apply for my ninth grade year. My accomplishments are as following;</p>
<ul>
<li>I love to sing!</li>
<li>I volunteer (i did 50ish hours last year and plan to do way more this year)</li>
<li>In all standardized testing(NWEA/CSAP) I have completed I have scored… Math-99% Reading-99% Writing-97%</li>
<li>I’m Indian (I don’t know if this really matters)</li>
<li>I have never gotten below a 4.0</li>
<li>I’m in Jazz Band and in Orchestra</li>
<li>I play piano (9ish years) and viola (just over a year)</li>
<li>I’m VP of our NJHS</li>
<li>I’m in a middle school challenge program</li>
<li>I’ve been interviewed on the local news as a representative for the only challenge program in our district </li>
<li>I’m on the track team</li>
<li>I was nominated and attended the JrNYLC in Washington D.C.</li>
<li>I’m a very social person</li>
<li>I’m learning Hindi</li>
<li>Appointed as Choir Leader in 6th Grade</li>
<li>I’ve taken a semester of German</li>
<li>I love to debate and present various topics</li>
<li>I’ve been on the MathCounts team for the two years that I have participated in (and for this year as well)</li>
<li>Scored 4th Place in regionals last year (MathCounts)</li>
<li>I’m very enthusiastic when regarding school</li>
<li>I swim and love to play tennis</li>
<li>I got the lead in our school play </li>
<li>I’m always the lead anchor in our school news show</li>
<li>I’m first chair viola</li>
<li>I was elected Commissioner of Ecology in 5th grade. </li>
<li>Won School Spelling Bee in 5th Grade</li>
<li>My poem got published in a book</li>
<li>I’ve skipped two grades in math (I’m doing 10th Grade Math)</li>
<li>I’ve skipped one grade in science (I’m doing 9th Grade Science)</li>
</ul>
<p>**I have yet to take the SSAT and hopefully my percentages fall as my previous one have. :)</p>
<p>Do I have a good chance of getting in? What are things I can do to quickly enhanced this resume?</p>