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<p>So I'm applying to Hotchkiss, St Paul, Exeter, Andover and I'm an 8th Grader</p>

<ul>
<li>87% SSAT but I'm retesting in January</li>
<li>my school doesn't do grades but I got A's</li>
<li>good teacher recs</li>
<li>secretary general of model un middle school</li>
<li>been to 9 mun conferences</li>
<li>went to phillips exeter summer school</li>
<li>got into cty john hopkins</li>
<li>community service every week (teaching local chinese kids)</li>
<li>went to a village in china for a month to learn about chinese culture and to help</li>
<li>raised funds for the WILL foundation by organizing a triathlon </li>
<li>tennis since 1st grade</li>
<li>badminton since 3rd grade</li>
<li>hockey since 7th grade</li>
<li>can speak three languages</li>
<li>participated in world scholars cup and qualified for dubai round</li>
<li>participated in cisco debate</li>
<li>need financial aid</li>
<li>international student (not in america) </li>
</ul>

<p>what are my chances? i'm asian but my ssat isn't really good so i'm really worried</p>

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so am I! probably since you have a nice athletic background but if you need FA it makes it a lot harder to get in. Exeter might take you but andover has a 94th percentile cutoff i believe (even if they dont say so, it’s true). Good luck to you, but with that ssat score i might bring you down a little.

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False.

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There is NO cutoff whatsoever. The 94th percentile is just the AVERAGE. Some will have scores lower than 94th percentile, some will have scores higher than the 94th percentile. Having a score lower than the 94th percentile will NOT “make or break your chances.”

@shantacorn The original post was also made on 12/24/2014 and OP said that he would retake in January, so his/her scores may have also changed.