What are my chances

Prep School Admissions Prep School Chances
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Hi, I’m homeschooled and I’m applying to Exeter, Andover, Choate and I wanted to know my chances. (I’m in the 9th grade applying for 10th grade).

Test Scores:
SSAT: 2400
SAT: 1490
SAT II Math II: 800
SAT II US History: 770

Courses:
AP Microeconomics - A
AP English Lit. - A
AP Physics 1 - In progress but A so far
Honors Biology - In progress but A
Japanese - Fluent
Computer Science - A
Japanese History - A
Honors US History - A

Extracurriculars:
Soccer - on the first team
Gymnastics

Awards/Extras:
I have an article published in the World Economic Forum and Thomson Reuters (I worked with the non-profit arm for the latter)
I won a coding competition as part of a team. The competition was done by the largest internet company in Japan.

Hooks - I’m half Jamaican, half Zambian and I live in Japan.

Probably will apply for close to 50% financial aid.

Just want to know what my chances are (or at least put me in the running) and any advice you may have.

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You have great qualifications. It will all come down to fit.

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VERY GOOD CHANCE bc of hook, just wondering, how do you take all of those courses, online? and howd u manage to ace ssat lol…

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I’d say your in. Your qualifications are great. In your essays, make sure you show character. Make sure you tell them who you are and what you’d bring to the school, other than your academic prowess of course.

I have to applaud you. Your achievements are spectacular

I’m assuming that your black so as an OVERQUALIFIED underrepresented minority, your chances have already skyrocketed.

Well then, good luck!

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How do they teach math in Japan? That’s just a question I had.

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After pre-calc, I have been taking Ap Calculus AB, but I got a B+

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Actually, not, unless OP is a US citizen as well.

The black advantage is obliterated by being international.

But looks great otherwise. Good luck.

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YoungThriver, I, myself was actually surprised when I took the SSAT and got the results. Because I had done loads of practice for the SAT which I actually took just before I turned 13, standardized reading and math were pretty easy. The things I struggled with was the verbal (I actually expected to get a 600), so I guess I was lucky.

I also have a guessing strategy for the SSAT. I was worried about the -1/4 point, and within the testing room, I calculated that if you have 5 questions that you don’t know the answer to, guess on all of them. Why: The chance of getting one of those 5 questions right is close to 2/3 - and the chance is even more if you are able to eliminate answer choices. If you get even 1/5 right out of the 5 questions that you don’t know, the extra point will offset the (-1/4)*4 points that you will get taken away. If you are lucky you may get 2 right, and so on. If you had eliminated all 5 questions to two answer choices, the chance of getting one of them right would be 96.8 (so you know what I mean).

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May I ask why you are only applying to those three schools? Have you been homeschooled from the beginning? I wonder about the transition from homeschooling overseas to very large schools which might have less support on social/emotional side than smaller, equally rigorous schools…

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@CaliMex My dream is to get into one of these schools because of their various programs, but I am applying to other schools as well.

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Are you considering any West Coast schools like Thacher or Cate?