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So, um, I live in New England, and I'm looking at Andover, Exeter, Groton, Concord, Deerfield, Choate, Loomis Chaffee, Hotchkiss, Hill, Blair, Brewster, and Lawrenceville.

Any good school recs?(Strictly New England please!)

Bio:

• I'm a first-generation child of immigrant parents who both were born and raised in Romania
• I belong to a swim club and am ranked top 10 in 13-14 for breaststroke in the region
• I am fluent and can read and write in both Romanian and English
• I finished the first half of French 1 this year already
• I performed double bass for the prestigious AllState orchestra this year as the youngest bass player there
• I love to travel
• I belong to the 8th Grade Honors Class in the Russian School of Math in both Geometry and Algebra 2
• I was also invited to perform on their elite math competition team because I got a really good score on an honors challenge
• I am in Honors Math in school since that is the only honors class they offer:(
• I am an A student and finished the school year with an A+ average in all of my classes combined
• Finished with an A last year(6th Grade)
• I also was inducted into NJHS recently and am starting a community outreach club at my school
• I am also starting a Model UN Club at my school
• I am looking at being "debate" captain for Model UN
• I have been studying for SSATs for 2 months now and will take it late October
• I am aiming for 90th-98th percentile
• I am also going to start volunteering at a hospital every weekend beginning November
• I also do cross country and am looking at State Championships this year

Do you think I'm ready? I mean I'm honestly scared. Any schools with good swim teams? International programs(term abroad)?

Also, before anyone recommends to look into each school, don't worry, I have!!!

I'm not sure about Deerfield honestly... I don't like the dress code or that it's very sports-focused.

(Or so I've heard...)

Thank you so much and good luck to everyone else out there who is looking to apply!!!

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