Please chance me for Andover, Mercersberg, Choate...

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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<p>Hi! This is my first post, btw...I'm actually nervous, lol, please be nice:)</p>

<p>I'm applying to several boarding schools for 9th grade. I'm applying to Andover, Mercersberg, Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield, Westtown, St. Paul's, and Hill. I'd really like to know what my chances are of getting into these schools. I'm African-American and Hispanic, middle/lower income, two-parent home, I'm the oldest (I'm a girl, btw), I have little sister and a little brother. I go to a pretty bad public school in North Jersey. I'm in all honors classes and I have pretty much straight-A's, occasionally a B, at the lowest B-. On the NJ ASK tests I've always gotten Advanced Proficient (250-299), except last year. I got Proficient (240) in math, but a perfect 300 in English (I'm the only one in my school to do so). I am the founder and co-editor of my school's newspaper. I am in the National Junior Honor Society. I am the capitain of the girls soccer team, and the softball team. I'm in the Mural Club, the Science Club, and my town's Youth Advisory Board. I was also accepted into the NJ SEEDS program.(NJ SEEDS consists of SSAT prep classes, application help, residential summer programs, it's very selective and for lower income, high achieving students in NJ) I have community service hours from NJHS, YAB, and from the summer between 6th-7th grade when I volunteered 4 hours a day, 5 days a week for a month as an assistant teacher, helping teach reading and writing to 3rd graders. I know I can get at least a 80-90% total percentile on the SSAT (which I know isn't that great, but do you think the schools will understand as I've always gone to pretty bad public schools?)I have been in the Gifted Program and Advanced Reading programs at my schools from 1st-5th grade. My reading level has always been high and I haven't had to do DRA's since 5th grade. I play the clarinet (first year) and the violin (6 years). I was skipped a grade, so I'm 12 in 8th and my birthday's not until March. I'm not exceptional at math, but I'm much better in Social Studies, Science and English. I've placed in a state-wide 6-12 grade Martain Luther King Jr. essay contest as a runner-up when I was in 6th grade, and a poem that I wrote in 2nd grade for a national 2nd -5th grade contest was selected to be in a book. I'm taking Algebra as an eighth grader. I'm interested in biology/science, music, art, psychology, debate, drama, poetry/creative writing and soccer. I think that I can give a pretty good interview because I've done a practice interview with NJ SEEDS and I scored very well. Please, please answer! Do I have a chance at all? What is all right and what do I need to work on?</p>

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<p>hellooo… I:</p>

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<p>please! i know people say that these threads aren’t reliable, but please answer! I’d appreciate any input.</p>

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<p>Honestly, you have a great chance of getting in!!..just like everyone else. Honestly, you can’t trust these “chance me” threads that much. We aren’t AOs so we don’t know the criteria of each student at each school. And for all we know, people could be making up info for this (not saying that you are, but many do!). All I’m saying is that don’t base your choices for schools because of chance, but more because of fit. Would you want to go to a school that you had a very good chance of getting in, but had horrible fit for you, or a school that gave you little chance of getting in, but fit perfectly for you. Chances are, if you have that “fit” for the school, then you can tell yourself that your chances of getting in have just gotten higher. AOs only accept kids who they think will benefit from the environment presented at their school. Really think about the schools you’re looking at, and decide which best “fits”.</p>

<p>hope this helps!</p>

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<p>Here’s the thing, you could have everything going for you, but if the admission office sees a glimmer of a chance that you won’t succeed in their school, you won’t be getting in.</p>