u/Afraid_Advisor_8872

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Andover 9th grade applications.

I am an 8th grader applying to 10 competitive private hs in new jersey, cali, and massachussets.

I go to a public skl in cali

What should I do to standout in andover apps?

Background:

- Complete STEM student, maxxed out my public schools math pathway

- Very entrepreneurial, CEO/CTO material, tons of hackathons (I love hackathons), already has my own startup.

- Self-learing linear algebra and CS thru open courses by mit & harvard

- STEM Research @ a top uni, comp robotics + sport, pres of 3 clubs/teams, stuco 4 yrs consecutively, lots of leadership roles and clear that I take initiative

- Extroverted, makes friends very easily

- Indian background, pretty religious, loves an asian community

- Wants to go to Stanford, CalTech, or MIT (top 3 choices) for EECS or cs + math

Also, question for current students:

What's it like living in the dorms? What are the bathrooms like, can you leave campus, can u go to the gym early in the morning before class, if u wanna go to a hackathon or a academic event outside can u go, any tips for living in the dorms/choosing which dorm, in 10, 11, 12 can u pick ur roomate?

THank u so much!

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u/Afraid_Advisor_8872 — 6 days ago