<p>I am a budding 10th grade student who wants more than the public school life. My goal has always been an Ivy league college, and I feel going to Exeter would highly increase the chance of my goal happening. Here is some background:
-Avid programmer, know Java but expertise in C++ borland builder
-won my counties isef sciencefair, and have gone to Intel isef international competition with my project on data encryption and secure messaging.
-Currently in calc BC, plan on taking Calc 3 and Stat next year.
-Love engineering, especially electrical, and physics is my forte, even though my school has yet to offer AP Phys
-Ive been a star mathteam student since 6th grade, my school has the best mathteam in the state and i am on the star team. </p>
<p>grades are decent, a few B's, and one Jack*ss teacher gave me a C for no reason, but gpa is around 3.5-3.7 unweighted for 8th-10th so far.
Taking the SAT's in a week, my goal is 2300 but I will probably fall in the 21-2200's.</p>
<p>So in total, is this decent enough for Exeter? I also really want a scholorship since exeter is about $50,000 a year, which is ridiculous.
Thanks for any feedback!</p>
<p>Hey dak000, you’re definitely a competative applicant. Although that may be true, there is no definitive answer if you will get in or not. If you have an income below about 200k then you are eligible for financial aid I think. I’m glad you’re not my competition though (I’m applying next year)</p>
<p>I think many of the parents with kids in BS (or who’ve graduated from BS) would counsel you NOT to apply to BS if your primary goal in doing so is to help secure an Ivy matric.</p>
<p>Also, this belongs in the “Chances” section.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, I really hope i get in I just can’t fathom my parents payiing 50,000 a year XD. and thanks for the tip, ile try to change the section if i can???
Thanks!!</p>
<p>I don’t actually take programming classes, I just learned it myself and have been perfecting it through practice and self employment for small projects and apps. I’m just hoping Exeter looks at potential and “out of school experience” rather than grades XD.</p>
<p>I am a budding 10th grade student who wants more than the public school life. My goal has always been an Ivy league college, and I feel going to Exeter would highly increase the chance of my goal happening. Here is some background:
-Avid programmer, know Java but expertise in C++ borland builder
-won my counties isef sciencefair, and have gone to Intel isef international competition with my project on data encryption and secure messaging.
-Currently in calc BC, plan on taking Calc 3 and Stat next year.
-Love engineering, especially electrical, and physics is my forte, even though my school has yet to offer AP Phys
-Ive been a star mathteam student since 6th grade, my school has the best mathteam in the state and i am on the star team.</p>
<p>grades are decent, a few B’s, and one teacher gave me a C for no reason, but gpa is around 3.5-3.7 unweighted for 8th-10th so far.
Taking the SAT’s in a week, my goal is 2300 but I will probably fall in the 21-2200’s.</p>
<p>So in total, is this decent enough for Exeter? I also really want a scholorship since exeter is about $50,000 a year, which is ridiculous.
Thanks for any feedback!</p>
<p>I think the fact that you have taught yourself programming shows good initiative. But again, don’t feel like you have to go to Exeter (or any boarding school) to get into an Ivy. It has been argued on this forum that going to a selective BS could actually lessen your chances of admission to an ultra-selective college…because you are competing against many others in your class, where you may just be an average bright Exonian.</p>
<p>People like to point to some BS’s Ivy+M/S matric rates…what they are leaving out are the 70+% of students at these same schools who do not end up at Ivies…either by choice or because they simply were not accepted. Thinking of things another way, the BULK of the admitted frosh classes at “elite” universities comes not from a handful of private schools but PUBLIC high schools. For MIT, for example, only 13% of their incoming class are from private schools (and who knows how many of those are boarding schools and not day schools). 68% are from public schools.</p>
<p>I am of the opinion that kids who are meant to go to Ivies and other ultra selective schools can get in from just about any high school situation.</p>
<p>I feel you! I code in objective c, java, c#, and I’m learning Swift. My grades are around yours, but there is NO WAY just by looking at transcripts I’d ever make it in XD. I do small projects for the school… nothing big just iPad apps for drama inventory and I’m helping set up a coding curriculum for a class they want to add. SUPER pumped because our robotics team just won a competition! I’m the assistant director of the school play. I also speak Hebrew and Italian… just because I wanted to learn more and be able to read and watch things from different perspectives… I play cello, guitar, trumpet, and a little bit of clarinet and piano, but I’m in no way GOOD at those two haha. I play varsity/jv field hockey (transitional player), and am a program assistant at a computer camp. I take some college courses, but only occasionally… too many and my brain would explode! :p. From the Exonians I know, I would say there’s always two things in common: They’re incredibly smart, of course, but they all follow e/a’s motto of “non sibi,” or beside oneself. I’m not really a good person to say anything, but I would guess they’re looking for people who are relatable and who like to do good things for the world and community? I’m applying next year… totally nervous… aaagghh!!! </p>
<p>I just got back my ssat scores
Verbal 89 reading 86 quantitative 77
I’m not sure these r good enough
I gave Exeter and Andover really really really good interviews
I’m a straight A student
And I’m sure my recommendations will be great
I also love singing acting and sports </p>
<p>Well, the average SSAT percentile of Exeter and Andover are about 88-90 percentile… and a lot of them are legacy. You might want to score at least above a 95%-ile if you do not have a legacy.</p>
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