<p>I haven’t even applied before LOL. Don’t listen to me.</p>
<p>Do you think I would get a chance at Lawrenceville if I get straight As and some Bs and get ranked 1st out of 25 students? Also get a SSAT of 80-90th percentile? And, I even play the baritone and learning to play the guitar. Do some social work and I’m skilled in sports like basketball,soccer and table tennis.</p>
<p>We don’t know. Who we are to know again? There are so many intangible factors like essays, interview and recommendations that control the admission outcome. But I’d say getting straight As and great SSATs definitely put you in the run of competitive applicants.</p>
<p>It definitely helps a bit.
Are you applying for aid?</p>
<p>Just curious—are you from China(haha you play table tennis so I assume so)?</p>
<p>No, I’m from Hong Kong.</p>
<p>I dunno how the politics are in HK but I recommend gettin’ involved in it, focus on the baritone and get really good at it instead of learning a new instrument, it won’t help ur chances. Also applicants from HK tend to be EXCEPTIONAL so you gotta do somethin’ to stand out, just sayin’.</p>
<p>FYI, Hong Kong is a SAR of China lolz…</p>
<p>DeerfieldSwede offered some solid advice right there, just listen to him 
I agree that TheGeek better fits for lower tier schools. You lack a report card and have Bs and all of those troubles… geezz. Unless you apply as full pay or have some big hooks that you haven’t revealed, your chance at top schools you mentioned is ~ zero.
(US ppl, don’t jump in and start bashing me lol. Those weaknesses may be insignificant if you’re domestic, but we’re talking about an intl kid applying for FA here)</p>
<p>yeah but they are guarantted by a somewhat democratic constitution until 2047 so they have democratic elections.</p>
<p>Also, as everyone else pointed out, be sure to improve your grades and develop 1-2 solid ECs =)</p>
<p>FA for in’tl students is EXTREMELY (bold, underlined, italicized…) hard. I personally know this Chinese guy who scored a 111 on his TOEFL, 2200+ on his SSAT (at the age of 12 cuz he skipped two grades), and he was turned down by virtually all the schools he applied to, largely due to his FA needs - not to mention all his outstanding ECs.</p>
<p>Let’s just all pray the economy will get better this year =(</p>
<p>somnusc: the codes for (bold, underlined, italicized) are [ b ] [ u ] [ i ]just delete the spaces and to end [ / b ] etc</p>
<p>so *** EXTREMELY ***</p>
<p>lol thanks rad!</p>
<p>i would watch out about applying to hockaday. milton and concord and hockaday are all outstanding schools with large day school populations, but while milton and concord are about 50/50, hockaday is about 90/10 (in favor of day students). if you’re looking for a traditional BOARDING school experience, hockaday probably isn’t your best choice…</p>
<p>don’t apply to only the best of the best (aka exeter, andover, deerfield, groton, etc), apply to lower-tier schools as well. use a system like applying to 3 reaches, 3 matches and 3 safeties or something, haha…</p>
<p>One more question about FA:
Then, if an applicant is a permanent resident (i.e., green card holder), will he or she be regarded as an applicant who is a U.S. citizen? And, that means the applicant is relatively easy to get FA from applying schools?
Is there anybody to clarify FA issue not only just for an int’l student, but also for permanent resident and/or U.S. citizen?
We are worrying about possible rejects from top tier schools due to FA.
If somebody is a solid candidate except requesting FA, then schools do counter offer such as conditional acceptance without FA or with lowered amount of FA or reject due to FA issue only? Are there any people who experienced or has known those kinds of cases?</p>
<p>I can answer the last question, the others I don’t know. Actually I answered it before.
If somebody is a solid candidate except requesting FA, then schools do counter offer such as conditional acceptance without FA or with lowered amount of FA or reject due to FA issue only? Are there any people who experienced or has known those kinds of cases? –> Yes, many school would accept you without enough FA, many put you on FA waitlist, many reject you simply because they can’t provide enough FA. It depends on each school’s policy (and whim 
)
I received all kinds of decisions like that - FA waitlist, low FA etc. They mean the same thing 
If you’re in FA waitlist, you have like 0.00001% chance of getting off that waitlist.</p>
<p>How exactly will they test my skills in playing the baritone?</p>
<p>Also my baritone isn’t something which I bought, I pay rent for the baritone.</p>
<p>I’m not sure since I don’t play any instrument but I think it’s possible that the person in charge of the orchestra will test ur skills. Also I think that many schools can provide u with a baritone.</p>
<p>Platini I think that a Permanent resident has the same oppurtunity as a US student to obtain FA. But don’t fool urself that it’s easy. Every year thousands of candidates are turned down because of their FA needs and these aren’t avarage joe candidates most of them are very strong candidates. But all in all I think it’s considerably easier to get FA as a permanent resident, but ur best bet is to ask the schools to which you’ll apply.</p>
<p>I think I will need to get FA. I also think I have a chance of getting in tier 1 schools because a user of CC just mailed me and said told me about improving grades that can get me better chances, I just need teachers recommendations that say I’ve improved better than the past year or something like that. I also plan to get straight As and be top of the class next year, also get a good SSAT. Planning to learn on how to play the acoustic guitar and violin. I’m going to join the basketball team next year and also going to do some social work like by feeding the orphanages, cleaning houses, etc. Though I think overall I have a good shot if I can accomplish my goals. But do you guys know any practice books that will improve my score a lot?</p>
<p>The Princeton Review is the best one. And apparently you already have it. </p>
<p>The point is, I know plenty of Asian kids who got 99% ssat, >110 Toefl and were very well-rounded and they got rejected at every single school they applied to, just because of FA. It’s very, very likely that you(and I) will run into a situation like this too. Let’s say, there are 2 Hong Kong applicants who both qualified but one needed FA and the other was a full-pay. Then the school would definitely choose the latter one. </p>
<p>Prepare for the worst!(I’m not discouraging you. Welcome to CC!)</p>