<p>Hi CC! This is my first time on CC and I want to apply to boarding schools. It would be greatly appreciated if some of you would be able to chance me, although it is kinda early (lol) in the process. :)))</p>
<p>Applying to all School on my Username
90%-Full FA
(Cousin at Hotchkiss)
Male
Applying to 9th Grade from Public H.S
I am African-American
Live in the Western US
Standardized School Testing-95th Percentile
All Courses Honors-One to two Years
All A+ Grades</p>
<p>EC's
Basketball-6 Years-Eight Hours a Week- JV SG (2 Years-No Team) (Will speak to coaches)
Chinese-2 Years-3 Hours a Week-Free Time
Cycling- 5 Years- 5 Hours a Week
Guitar-5 Years-3 Hours a Week-Private Tutor (1 Year Alone)
Swimming-4 Years-3 Hours a Week
Volunteer Tutoring-5 Years 5 Hours a Week
Debate Team-2 Years-First Place Award for Traveling Team in the State</p>
<p>My teachers love me
I sometimes write in the spare time that I have
I am great with adults</p>
<p>Practice SSAT (About)
85 Verbal SSAT Percentile
85 Mathematical Reasoning
85 Reading Comprehension</p>
<p>90th Percentile Overall</p>
<p>Please Chance ! :)</p>
<p>You look like a fantastic applicant, and being from the West definitely helps. However, full FA can really hurt you. I suggest talking to the coaches and faculty who head the activities you want to take part in. Maybe even send if some videos of you doing your sport? The non-AO people that you talk to at these schools really help. I have a good friend who is amazing at hockey, yet got average grades at a really good private school, and average to low 80 SSAT scores, but got into Taft, SPS, etc. Extra recommendations will help as well. You can look around at some of the other “chance me” posts around this forum to get a better idea of how FA might affect you. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Its sounds like you have a good chance at getting in 
its a bit hard to tell though until you’ve done things like the interview.
How do you fit all those ECs in? thats over 27 hours a week!!!</p>
<p>The school I go is not challenging, and I am able to finish the h.w in school, and because I do not watch much t.v or play video games, I have a lot of time to do what I want!</p>
<p>Oh, but I do Debate and Volunteering in school, as clubs. Thanks for all the replies!!!</p>
<p>For a school like Andover which is Need-Blind, what would my chances be?</p>
<p>As far as the fact that you are involved in debate, Hotchkiss has an extremely well known debate team. Andover, really, could be a role of the dice. You are well qualified, but in your case, it really looks like it could come down to the more personal stuff. Like interviews, recs, and essays. Make sure those are strong and I’m sure you would have no problem!</p>
<p>Thanks for the Help!</p>
<p>No problem! Feel free to PM me if you need anything else!</p>