<p>So, how are all the reapplicants from last year doing?</p>
<p>I think that we, to some extent, feel even more stressed than the first timers, because it's like a redemption chance.</p>
<p>Is it just me?</p>
<p>no it’s not just you!! i was trying to portray all the things that possible didn’t get portrayed last year, so that’s why it was stressful for me. plus i applied to 7 schools. ya know, casting a wide net :)</p>
<p>Exactly! I felt that I should have written so many more things on the applications last year but didn’t and I did this year. But if I don’t get in for the second straight year, man that would suck big time. 5 schools this year for me.</p>
<p>7 schools for me. I would feel horrible if I didn’t get in this second time to a single school. Last year I was WL’d at both schools I applied to. This experience was sort of a re-do of everything wrong I did last year. And even then, I’m sure I made some mistakes.</p>
<p>I am always impressed when I hear that kids are improving their apps and trying again. I think that anyone who didn’t have good results last year and is willing to go through this process again most likely are determined, committed, and have a pretty strong sense of self. At your age, I don’t think I would have been brave enough to put myself out there and try again. I admire all of you reapplicants for your perseverance and willingness to go through another cycle to get to where you want to be. ( having said that, I still hope everyone has cast a wide net…). I wish you all the news you hope for on March 10, and whatever the results, I know you’ll be just fine.</p>
<p>+1 cameo </p>
<p>Good luck you guys!</p>
<p>My son started late (realized that the public school was still not challenging enough for him in October) so we only applied for two schools. It is a small net and the two schools we are applying are very selective. I start to worry if he does not get accepted this year (for entering 8th grade), when he reapplies next year for 9th grade, whether it will be against him.</p>
<p>I am a reapplicant. Last year I applied to top-tier schools including: Milton, Loomis, Choate and Hill. I got rejected in all four schools. This year I am applying to Millbrook, Pomfret, Ridley, Cheshire, Holderness and possibly Brewster.</p>
<p>Interviews: Last year I visited the campus, this year I had it over Skype. Despite not being able to visit the campus, I thought the interviews were pretty good and the interviewers all said some positive things like how I would be a good fit for the school. (I know most schools say this to encourage students to apply)</p>
<p>Grades: The low grades I got last year now have improved to higher grades. But because of the change of attention on subjects, I got lower grades on the subjects I used to have higher grades in. (Bad wording, sorry if it’s confusing)</p>
<p>Recs: I honestly have no idea. I gave my teachers more time to write it than last year, last year’s recs were quite rushed. My math and english teacher doesn’t hate me, but I’m not their favorite student. My counselor has been through a session with me when I had a family-related breakdown in school, so he knows me a bit better.</p>
<p>SSAT: Last year I received the scaled score of 1971, this year 2058. (There is improvement, not much, but still)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: I’m well-rounded in community service, music, athletics and public speaking. This year, it remained the same but with more experiences in each areas.</p>
<p>Essays: This year’s essays are definitely better than last year’s. Last year I misunderstood the “character count” with the “word count” so I had to start all over again.</p>
<p>Extra Info: I don’t know if this is good or bad, but this year after thanking the interviewers for interviewing me, I have emailed them a couple of times for guidance through the application process on areas I wasn’t completely certain about. I do not know if they were annoyed.</p>
<p>Extra Info: Last year I applied as a freshmen. This year I am applying as a tenth grader/sophomore to Millbrook and Pomfret. But probably applying as a repeat freshmen for the other schools (excluding Ridley and Cheshire).</p>
<p>So far, I have submitted my Millbrook and Pomfret application through Gateway. I am submitting my Cheshire and Ridley applications on the 20th. Then I will be submitting the Holderness and Brewster applications on the 1st of February.</p>
<p>Good luck to others out there!</p>
<p>Don’t worry about the emailing part. Everyone thanks their interviewer and in sure they get tons of emails. My hotchkiss interviewer never answered my questions by email.</p>
<p>I applied to Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Choate, and Hotchkiss last year. Got rejected to all four and wait listed at Deerfield. I guess last year you can say my essays were cliches. But this year I made sure they were really good. I am now applying to Exeter and Andover, two schools that I am interested in. Im not that nervous about reapplying because I think I did my best, and truthfully I am not anxiously waiting for March 10th to see the results. I really want to go to boarding school but there is no point on stressing</p>
<p>Wow. I wish I had that mentality. I constantly think about it. On a test I accidentally wrote Exeter instead of each for an essay answer</p>
<p>Last year, I applied to Exeter and Milton. WL’d at both. Reapplied, and I expanded my net. Hopefully, things turn out better. Unfortunately, I’m not as confident as you are, BHADES. I tried my best, but I know that there were some things could have done better, but there’s nothing to do now but to wait.</p>
<p>BHADES, I wish I had your confidence. I got rejected from Andover last year, the only school I applied to. Heartbreaking stuff…</p>
<p>Teach me how…</p>
<p>Well, I used to have very low confidence in myself last year that it went to the point where it was terrible. I always used to separate myself with all of your incredible applications. This year, I have grown out of it and I told myself to test myself to see if high confidence will benefit me. This was between the first marking period this year to the second. My results were
1st Marking period-3 A+'s, 2 A’s, 2 B+'s
2nd Marking period-5 A+'s, 1 A, 1 A-
It got to the point where I keep on getting constant 100’s in my Math, Science, and Social Studies classes. Try it, it works.</p>
<p>@mrnephew be careful though, confidence isn’t geometry proof, (see what I did there)! My current experience will tell u that.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I am a reapplicant for next school year, waitlisted at Exeter and St. Pauls, rejected at Andover, and I am applying to Lawrenceville, Hotchkiss, Loomis Chaffee, Andover, and Kent. </p>
<p>Last year was a bummer, I mean, waitlist is almost worse than a flat out rejection, because of the endless waiting itself. I hope I can get into one of these.</p>
<p>Haha, well, I took Geometry already, it wasn’t a fun time, but Algebra 2 Trig was even worse.</p>
<p>@Matadorean: Yeah, I mean I was rejected from Andover, but I can’t imagine what being waitlisted was like. Wait, I kind of can, it’s like what we’re all feeling right now…</p>
<p>And I’m applying to all of those schools you’re applying to on top of Mercersburg and NMH.</p>
<p>Don’t stress. You can’t do anything about what is already in the hands of admission officers. Seriously.</p>
<p>I got waitlisted at five schools, rejected from two when I first applied in 2012. I reapplied as a repeat to three schools.</p>
<p>I am now at Exeter. </p>
<p>Honestly though, I loved my public high school. I also love Exeter. I’m sure that even if I hadn’t gotten in to Exeter this year, I would still be satisfied with my life right now. Probably more rested because I would be sleeping a lot more.</p>
<p>So good luck. Next year, whether you get in or not, you’ll be thinking about something else, something even scarier. College! Fun times, y’all.</p>
<p>At least we’re now going to be prepared twice as much for the waiting we have to do for the college admissions letters. @Matadorean I feel your pain. I was WL’d last year. The pain not only came from the extra waiting, but also the uncertainty and false hope. You’re not rejected, but you’re not in either. They say that you might be taken in, but the probability of that happening is extremely low. And then you get the final letter saying whether you’re in or out in summer. That’s against our eighth amendment right of no cruel and unusual punishment :D</p>