what are my chances of going to boarding school?

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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I have applied to Deerfield, Choate Rosemary Hall, Brooks School, Taft, and Episcopal as a rising sophomore. I currently go to a public school and am in the top 10% of my grade of 450 students. I have attended 6 schools (4 private and 2 public) and have always maintained an average of 96 or above. I have several relatives who went to the schools I applied to also. My dream school is Deerfield though. I also qualify for financial aid and would not be able to go without it. What are my chances of getting in?

My extracurriculars are:
Varsity cross country
over 200 community service hours including mission work in Honduras
National Science Honor Society
In 8th grade I was in National Junior Honor Society
Track
Best Buddies
I started my own club at school that volunteers at a local nonprofit organization once a week

Also, I am in all honors classes and am taking AP human geography (the only AP class allowed for freshmen). I have a 4.2 gpa

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i scored in the 91% on the ssat too!

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@nashville2214:

It sounds like you have a strong chance. I would further work on and improve in cross country–if you can easily make Varsity at Deerfield or any of the other schools, that’s considered an “athletic hook” and could improve your chances. I found some times here so you can compare them with your own (I don’t know if you are female or male so I am just providing you both below)

For Varsity girls: https://deerfield.edu/sports/events/2014/09/cross-country-varsity-girls-vs-westminster-invitational/10209676/

Nothing is popping up for the Varsity boys so I can’t find any times for you, unfortunately. I will keep looking

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@thelittleswimmer im a girl haha and thank you so much