Where are YOU applying?

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Post the schools you're applying to and your stats.</p>

<p>I'll go first.</p>

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<p>Andover (MA), St. Paul's (NH), Exeter (NH), Deerfield (MA), Cate (CA), Stevenson (CA), Greenhills (Ann Arbor, day student), Ashbury (Ottawa, CA, day student) and another New England school that has a pretty high acceptance rate.</p>

<p>I'm thinking of replacing Deerfield with Choate, or just not applying to either. Deerfield is just too far away from a decent sized city for my taste.</p>

<p>I'd appreciate any suggestions on what I should do.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>School: Average public school in southeastern Michigan. Like.. no one goes onto boarding school.</p>

<p>Grades: All A's/4.0</p>

<p>EC's: Soccer for nine years, competitive swimming, just getting into tennis, four years of alto saxophone, self studying Modern Greek and Spanish, job at my mother's daycare that she owns (will this matter), one of four students selected out of 20 to go to Japan for two weeks, strong interest and passion for learning about different cultures, countries, languages, etc. Spelling Bee Participant (Grades 5 and 7), Geography Bee Participant - Second place school-wide. (Grade 7) Quiz Bowl Team Member, Knowledge Master Open (Fall '05, Spring '06) The entire grade took a test and the top four scoring students were selected. (About 120 students took the test). I have not taken the SSAT yet. After looking at the review book, some of it seems pretty hard. I haven't taken the practice tests yet, but I expect to get around an 85%.</p>

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<p>Here are some New England schools that you might take a look at: Kent School, Westminster, Brooks, Gov. Dummer (I think it just changed its name), St. Mark's School, and Tabor Academy (lovely area on the water). If you decide to extend your search to the northeast, take a look at Hill, Blair and Mercersburg. I have only seen Westminster (close to a town) and Blair (next to a small town and somewhat close to NYC and Philadelphia), but I've heard good things about all the others through friends and acquaintances. Try to get the most recent acceptance rates. I don't know how to get the most current acceptance rates (other than to call the school), but Pertersons.com is more up to date than Boardingschoolreview (which is generally several years old). If possible, try to visit more schools than you might apply to. After you have seen a few, you will be able to set more priorities, like the school size and dress code you prefer. Good luck and welcome back!</p>

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<p>Gov. Dummer is now "The Govenors Academy".</p>

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<p>Thank you. :)</p>

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<p>many of the schools will post their acceptance rate from the previous year on their websites.</p>

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<p>I've decided to bump this up since so many new people came to this forum.</p>

<p>Now I'm only applying to Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Mich. (day school)</p>

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<p>I'm applying to:</p>

<p>Hotchkiss
Exeter
Andover
Choate
Miss Porter's
Deerfield
St. Paul's</p>

<p>I go to a public school in a suburb an hour from Chicago.</p>

<p>I have straight A's (except for one or two B's in the sixth grade...two years ago)</p>

<p>Last year I was 3rd in the Spelling Bee for our School :(</p>

<p>I have gone to the State Science Fair and won a gold award (not first, gold)</p>

<p>I took the SAT Reasoning test for eligibility into a high school level English and Math class, of which I both passed and took the math course for one semester, and the English for two.</p>

<p>I choose to take full year spanish (An hour long class every day for two years) at my school.</p>

<p>I've been in Band (Symphonic, second chair flute...though I technically tied with the first chair flautist) since the fifth grade.
I've done piano since I was 7.
I am passionate about art and have been taking classes for awhile (second best...the most talented is 17, anyway) I believe I'm really excellente at art so I will be sending in photographs of my works.
I'm studying chinese in the form of a chinese calligraphy class.
I'm dabbling in tennis.</p>

<p>Ohh and I'm in the school's Advanced Math and Advanced Language Arts program (the only advances classes they offer). I was also in the Creative Arts (I guess it's be like, an Advanced Art class) in elementary school, which is the only grade they offer it in.</p>

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<p>I'm applying to
Exeter
Andover
Hotchkiss
Choate Rosemary Hall
Deerfield.</p>

<p>Me like math. :)</p>

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<p>I am applying to Andover, St. Mark's, Governor's Academy, NMH, The Hill, and Emma Willard. (Some schools could change after I visit in November)
I go to catholic school.
Grades: A/B
EC's: Cross Country, Track, Softball, Volleyball, Drama, Vocal, and just started Drums</p>

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<p>i am a senior at hotchkiss...
go bearcats</p>

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<p>Exeter, Groton, St. Paul's, Deerfield</p>

<p>I'm not going through my full stats - straight A's at super fancy NYC private school, paper editor, tennis & competitive rider, dance, piano cello, orchestra, mathletes, legacy at exeter and harvard, good family ladidadida</p>

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<p>Exeter maybe</p>

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<p>Prep Stats</p>

<pre><code>Philips Academy, Andover
Groton School
Philips Exeter Academy
Deerfield Academy
Milton Academy
St. Paul’s School
St. Mark’s School
Thacher School
Concord Academy

Grades: 4.0 G.P.A. throughout all of middle school.
Classes: French as elective for 7th and 8th grades. Tested into accelerated mathematics program in sixth grade; took Hon. Algebra in 7th and am taking Hon. Geometry in 8th. I've gotten the highest academic award at my school for the last two years, and if I continue to get A's, I will be (one of several) valedictorian at the end of 8th grade.
Extracurriculars:
Fencing (Competitively, no awards)
Writing (novels)
History (intependantly pursued, particularly the British Isles and schools, linked to my interest in psyciatry)
I work in a sixth grade classroom every schoolday, 1.5 hours a day
I should have excellent personal, academic, and extracurricular reccomendations, and I write well.
Location: Berkeley, California and Tucson, Arizona
Ethnicity: British Isles, Jewish, Western Europe (white)
Sex: Female
I am not really a legacy, though my aunt attended Milton and my uncle attended Concord, both with excellent records, which can’t hurt.
</code></pre>