Help me please. Prep school chance?

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<p>I'm dying to get accepted to SANTA CATALINA, CALIFORNIA. It's suuuch an amazing school :O However, I messed up my SSAT scores. But I do have the option of sending my PSAT scores instead. So what do you think of them? Are my PSAT scores okay enough?</p>

<p>PSAT SCORES
(In percentile) :</p>

<p>CRITICAL READING : 97
MATHEMATICS : 66
WRITING SKILLS : 85</p>

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<p>My SSAT scores were :</p>

<p>1) Verbal : 719. Percentile 73.
2) Math : 695. Percentile 47.
3) Reading : 713. Percentile : 78</p>

<p>Total Percentile : 69.</p>

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<p>WHICH SCORES SHOULD I SEND?
Also, that school has a 40-ish acceptance rate. Do I stand any chance?</p>

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<p>Dear Rockchickgirl,
Those are all good SSAT and PSAT scores so I think you will have a good chance. Be a little more optimistic girl!! But you should also know that SSAT and PSAT scores are not everything, did you:
Have a great interview?
Participate in many ECs, sports?
Do a good job on your application and essays?
These are very important aspects and will have MAJOR impacts on the admission officer’s decision
Hope that helps</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for your reply :slight_smile: Well, I know I sound pessimistic, but people here are talking about scores in the range of 85-95, so it’s scary :frowning:
I had an amazing interview :open_mouth: It went really well. My interviewer and I hit it off very well :slight_smile: I have many ECs too. So I guess that helps.
Are you talking about the essay which I wrote in SSAT? Apparently, the schools receive that too, and no it wasn’t that good. I was really nervous, I couldn’t think :confused:
But the application ones were hopefully good. I wrote from my heart and I am certainly satisfied with them. :slight_smile:
The only thing worrying me is that though I was a straight A+ student, last year was a disaster. There were some pretty big personal problems which affected my grades. I’ve come a long way from that, and my scores are much better now. BUT not A+ or even A in some subjects.
I’ve heard they give a lot of importance to Grades. So I can’t help but wonder if I would ever make it in.
What do you think?</p>

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<p>Also, I’m from a country in Asia which is not China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South/North Korea.
There’s no one else from my nationality in this school. Will that work against me?</p>