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Prep School Admissions
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<p>black, female, international student (the caribbean).</p>

<p>average ssat percentile (from practice tests) 84%</p>

<p>applying to choate, milton and loomis</p>

<p>ec's are as follows: •i love reading and writing, had short story published in us based young writers journal.
•work in a bookstore
•active in a youth media group. i am production manager, presenter and assistant director at times. participated in several media workshops.
•i play volleyball on my schools jv under 16 team. not big sports person
•love to sing. was in elementary school choir. high school junior choir and was placed in senior choir although i was 3 years younger than others.</p>

<p>i am a straight A student and i am pretty sure my recommendations will help me out. </p>

<p>i am applying for fa as well</p>

<p>what are my chances?</p>

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<p>What grade are you in?</p>

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<p>9 applying for 9</p>

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<p>so you are planning on taking 9th grade over again?</p>

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<p>yeah. i dont think my current school is challenging enough and i worry that i wont be ready for their grade 10 academics</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>and did pretty well on interviews :D</p>

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<p>Now don't get all nervous when I ask but are you just applying to Choate & Milton? They are both very excellent schools.</p>

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<p>Choate, Milton and Loomis. I really only want to go to boarding school if I can have a really good experience. I understand they are reaches but I am willing to take that risk. I may also apply to Peddie</p>

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<p>Go for it, I have a feeling you will prevail!</p>

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<p>Thanks so much, good luck to you!</p>

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<p>Everything was OK (SSAT score could be a bit higher, but still def had a chance) until I saw that you were an international applying for aid -- for a repeat year. Internationals almost never get FA (can't even apply often times) and repeat years are for full pay students, as far as I know.</p>

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<p>i think you've got a great chance! you've got relly good ec's!</p>

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<p>I don't know at those schools in particular, but I do know several repeat years that got financial aid at other top schools.</p>

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<p>thanks guys..</p>

<p>blairt, both admissions officers who i have spoken to said that as long as i aced the rest of stuff i was fine. luckily my practice tests have improved :) i know quite a few kids who have repeated with fa, tho.. are you sure about that?</p>

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<p>You might want to apply to one of the schools (Taft, Andover. Emma Willard, Westminster, Lawrenceville) that has the new Davis International Scholarships - they pay for boarding school and college (up to seven years). Here's the info from the Taft website:</p>

<p>New Davis Fund Offers Seven-Year Scholarships
The Shelby Davis family has created two parallel programs at Taft to increase and diversify the international student population (Davis International Scholars) as well as the domestic population (Davis Scholars). These need-based scholarships will provide up to $20,000 each for six to ten students each year.</p>

<p>“We want to build a broadening network of America’s future decision makers,” explains Phil Geier, executive director of the Davis United World College Scholars Program, “by providing funds to support students not coming from independent school families, who might be the first in their families to attend university. We hope this will help schools recruit highly motivated future leaders seeking extraordinary opportunities at American boarding schools.”</p>

<p>But what makes this program truly incredible is that the Davis family is committed to funding each scholar through their boarding AND college education, for a maximum of seven years (the program is available to new 10th and 11th grade students at Taft).</p>

<p>“The Davises wanted other children to benefit from the very positive experiences their five children had at boarding school,” explains Ferdie Wandelt ’66, longtime director of admissions at Taft and now assistant to the headmaster for alumni affairs. And so they have launched these two scholarships at the schools their children attended: Andover, Emma Willard, Lawrenceville, Taft (Lanse ’97) and Westminster.</p>

<p>“Although boarding schools are largely a known commodity in the Northeast,” says Peter Frew ’75, Taft’s current director of admissions, “the Davis Scholarships will allow us as a school to reach out to kids in new markets in parts of the country and abroad where families simply don’t realize what a Taft experience can offer their children.</p>

<p>This year, 15 percent of the school’s boarding students are international, representing more than 20 countries, and other boarding students come from more than 30 different states from Maine to Hawaii, Florida to Washington.</p>

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<p>I know some kids at Andover who aren't full-pay but are repeat ninth graders. I think being international with those two can make it harder, though.</p>