My chances for Andover, Exeter, and Deerfield

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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<p>I'm an 8th grader applying for 9th grade.</p>

<p>So my had always been GPA is 4.0</p>

<p>SSAT: 95% with math 99%</p>

<p>EC: Student Council Treasurer, Piano for 10 years, State Competition honorable mention,
and clarinet for 4yeras: School band and City youth Orchestra(Representative), Varsity
Basketball for sports, and the Math club (1st place regional competition and State), 2 years volunteer at church, and High school Credit for my 12th grade math class.
I have solid recommendations and aced the interview,,,, still I think there's something missing ;;;; Do I have chances for these schools?
IT's my first Thead in CC, and I'd really appreciate it if you'd chance me.</p>

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<p>Quick question.</p>

<p>What MORE could you possibly have on your resum</p>

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<p>i think boarding schools are looking for rounded individuals. They arent particularly looking for extreme academics, or extreme athletes. They are looking for a balance. Since you have this, I think you have a good chance. Maybe a few more EC's?</p>

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<p>There's only so much space for ECs on the applications. If hyeonhoy were to put down any more than he/she has here, admissions officers are going to think it's just for padding. They know that there's no conceivable way most people can take part in that many ECs and still give them heart and soul.</p>

<p>As others have said, adcoms look for quality, not quantity.</p>

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<p>It's amazing how you guessed that i'm Asian,,, I'd tried by best on my essays, and would there be any way for me to sort out all the Asian posts????</p>

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<p>Well, your CC name is hyeonhoy. That and the fact you scored 800 on the math section sealed the deal for me.</p>

<p>Well, start with this post and just click on posters' CC names to see their other posts. For some reason this particular thread attracted many other Asian applicants. I don't exactly remember how many of the people on this thread posted their stats for chancing, but if you look through a few other chancing threads, you should find some by Asian posters. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-chances/645770-essays-too-much-pressure.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-chances/645770-essays-too-much-pressure.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you're interested, it may also be worth searching through old threads in the main prep school admissions forum - there are many interesting ones about the advantages and disadvantages of being from certain geographic locations.</p>