Candidate Profile (Common)

• Academic, Athletic and Personal Achievements (1,500 characters)
  • Please note your interests and activities in areas such as music, drama, art, community service, debate, writing, athletics, employment, or hobbies. We understand that some candidates have more opportunities for organized activities than others, but we are interested in how you spend your time outside of the classroom. Please only submit information from the past two years. Please use the “Add More” button below the first two listings if you would like to enter additional activities. If you still need more space, please use the “Additional Information” section. 
  • Academic, Athletic and Personal Achievements-List or briefly describe any academic or personal achievements of which you are especially proud. Use this area to note any academic honors you have received. (1,500 characters)
• Additional Information/Explanation (6,000 characters)
  • If you would like to provide any additional information that was not specifically requested or did not fit in the spaces provided, you may use the space below or upload a PDF (files must be under 1MB). Please only submit relevant information from the past two years. Do not upload grades, official test scores or transcripts in this section. If you have a document in a format other than PDF, you can download an official add-in for the latest versions of Microsoft Word that can convert Word documents to PDF. View the Gateway Knowledge Base article at https://www.gatewaytoprepschools.com/articles/6-creating-and-reducing-size-of-pdf-files for more information on creating PDFs. Please do not add pictures or scan printed documents. Doing so will potentially cause your file to be too large to upload.
• Multimedia Description 1&2 (1,500 characters)
  • Please check with the school to see if they have other ways of accepting multimedia.
  • Students who have a very strong interest in a particular area are invited to submit up to two links to multimedia content. Examples of multimedia content that students have provided in the past include YouTube videos, music files, and art portfolios. Be sure to provide a description of the content in the space provided. Many schools no longer accept CDs, DVDs, videotapes or portfolios. Links are the simplest and most commonly accepted way to send multimedia to schools. NOTE: If you have more than two links you may add them to the “Additional Information” section above along with a description. Please limit additional link submissions in the “Additional Information” section to no more than three multimedia links. If your multimedia will not be available until later, do not delay in submitting your Candidate Profile now. Each school participating in the Gateway system has alternative means of accepting multimedia later in the application process. Consult each school for directions.

Parent Short Answer

• What are your hopes for your child in their secondary school experience? (200-250 words) (2,500 characters) (*)
• Describe an experience that posed a significant challenge for your child. How did your child respond to that challenge? (200-250 words) (2,500 characters) (*)
• Has your child been subject to disciplinary action by school (including but not limited to withdrawal from school, probation, or suspension)? (*)  If you answered yes, please add details here. (100-200 words) (2,000 characters) 
• Is there anything specific about the sequence of your child’s schooling that you’d like to share? e.g. skipped or repeated a year? (*)  If you answered yes, please share the experience here. Were there particular things you or your child learned, gained or changed as a result of that experience? (100-200 words) (2,000 characters)

Student Short Essay Prompts

Please respond to the THREE required prompts below using 200-250 words.

• Aside from books or articles assigned for school, what book(s), article(s), podcast(s), and or documentary(s) have you most enjoyed in the past year and why? Use 200-250 words (2,500 characters) (*)
• Describe EITHER an academic/extracurricular achievement OR a challenge that had a meaningful impact on you. What did it take to accomplish the achievement or overcome the challenge and what did you learn from that experience? Use 200-250 words (2,500 characters) (*)
• Each person has unique characteristics that define who they are. Choose three words that best describe you as a person, and explain how they represent you. Use 200-250 words (2,500 characters) (*)

Student Essay 

Choose ONE of these essay prompts and respond in 250-500 words (5,000 characters) (*)

• Prompt 1 : Explain an event or activity that has impacted your life and or your way of thinking.
• Prompt 2 : Explain a time when you made a decision you regretted. Explain why you made that decision. How would you approach the same situation differently if you could now?
• Prompt 3 : What is the best piece of advice you have ever received? From whom did you receive the advice and how did you apply it?
• Prompt 4 : Describe a moment when you felt left out or that you did not fit in well with others. What did you learn about yourself and others? How did you overcome that situation?
• Prompt 5 : What is your favorite quote from a movie, book or a line from a song or poem? Please name the movie, poem or song, and tell us what it means for you.

Student Short Answer

At Peddie, we want the application process to be an ongoing conversation with you. In 2-3 sentences, respond to the prompts below. Be honest, have fun and let us know more about you. There are no wrong answers. 

• What is your favorite song or musical artist? (500 characters) (*)
• Tell us about your favorite food. (500 characters) (*)
•  What is something you do well? (500 characters) (*)
• Share something about yourself that’s not highlighted elsewhere in the application. (500 characters) (*)
• Why Peddie? (500 characters) (*)

Recommendation

• Current Principal/Counselor Recommendation (*)
• Current English Teacher Recommendation (*)
• Current Mathematics Teacher Recommendation (*)
• Personal Recommendation