is boarding school HS a hook for college?
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Anonymous
| Tops like Choate, PEA, etc. |
Anonymous
| Yes. Admissions assumes you've worked harder and puts a premium on your GPA. Also assumes you're mature and your parents will be active donors. |
Anonymous
| Not always, my kids go to one of the schools you named and last cycle proved that BS kids need ED/EA as much as others do. |
Anonymous
Still a hook in EA/ED then? |
Anonymous
| Yes of course, it signals full pay. |
Anonymous
| Yes definitely. Full pay, well educated, high caliber kids, some are near famous or associated with great wealth. |
Anonymous
| Admissions staff see $$$. |
Anonymous
I imagine so. I just know there were many prestigious schools (Brown and Duke off the top of my head) that admitted zero kids from our school in RD. |
Anonymous
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Tufts:
Georgetown and Bucknell were the big winners. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| International kids who do a year or two at a US boarding school are much more likely to be admitted to a US college than international kids applying from overseas. In addition to the obvious wealth, it signals a commitment to the American college experience and an ability to function far from home, in English, in an American cultural environment. |
Anonymous
Bucknell after Tufts seems like a major disappointment |
Anonymous
| Our child's boarding school loves to talk about the advantage of maturity and readiness for living independently, time management etc. in college admissions. |
Anonymous
| I just bumped up a post (3.8uw private) where an AO talks abt private HS. |
Anonymous
Why would it need to "signal" anything? Need aware schools get all the finance info and the small number of need blind/meet full need schools don't consider. |