Boarding School 2022 Thread

[Anonymous]

Madeira has a new head of the dance department Rob Priore.

https://www.madeira.org/about-madeira/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-directory/search/?search=Rob&x=0&y=0

[Anonymous]

Westtown, Lawrenceville, St. Andrew's, The Hill, Blair

[Anonymous]

We are looking at Concord Academy, St. Mark's School, St. George, NMH, Governor's Academy, and Cambridge School of Weston.
Many of these are test optional, but will plan on preparing for the SSAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Applying to Exeter, Andover, Putney, and St. Paul's. Going alright at this point, but I suppose we'll see once we hear on admissions, LOL. We're at a K-12 otherwise considered strong on this board, so will be "fine" if boarding does not work out.

Yes, we are planning on SSAT.

Loved St. Paul’s when we visited pre-Covid. Ended up not applying and stayed local but it was our number one choice.

I would have been 4th generation SPS, but my Dad became a renegade and broke the chain. I feel like I missed out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Applying to Exeter, Andover, Putney, and St. Paul's. Going alright at this point, but I suppose we'll see once we hear on admissions, LOL. We're at a K-12 otherwise considered strong on this board, so will be "fine" if boarding does not work out.

Yes, we are planning on SSAT.

Loved St. Paul’s when we visited pre-Covid. Ended up not applying and stayed local but it was our number one choice.

I would have been 4th generation SPS, but my Dad became a renegade and broke the chain. I feel like I missed out.

You could have still applied. 🤔

[Anonymous]

8th grader DC got 80% on a math quiz. Not worried about it, but curious if boarding schools prefer well-rounded straight-A students or a balance of 'angular' kids who excel in math vs humanities vs arts vs sports? I'm hoping an occasional B/B+ for a kid with potential won't be limiting his high school options? We are not applying to tippy top boarding schools.

[Anonymous]

College confidential website really has best info on the boarding schools. There’s a pinned discussion on “prep school admissions” about how to calculate your chances. I’d read that .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College confidential website really has best info on the boarding schools. There’s a pinned discussion on “prep school admissions” about how to calculate your chances. I’d read that .

Agreed. It’s a very helpful place with honest feedback about the trials and tribulations of the HADES schools that many think are the be-all end all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:8th grader DC got 80% on a math quiz. Not worried about it, but curious if boarding schools prefer well-rounded straight-A students or a balance of 'angular' kids who excel in math vs humanities vs arts vs sports? I'm hoping an occasional B/B+ for a kid with potential won't be limiting his high school options? We are not applying to tippy top boarding schools.

DD is at a non elite boarding school. She rocks STEM and sports. Humanities and the arts are not her cup of tea. She is dyslexic and that doesn’t help with humanities. She also has ADHD and would leave her head elsewhere if it wasn’t attached to her body. Her school requires her to participate in an EC art—she’s doing set building and finding that it’s not so bad. I enrolled her in the academic strategies program where she meets with someone 4x/week for exec functioning and OG tutoring.

Shes loving school. I’m loving school. Most of all we have a better relationship because there is no fighting about homework or grades. Her ADHD and it’s friend Anxiety are catered to due to the built in structure of the day. Because of the schools requirement that every kid must participate in a sport, a club, and an art, she has been pushed out of her comfort zone. She’s in a bee keeping club and her anxiety got the better of her so she signed up for the service club as she was so worried she wouldn’t have enough service hours to graduate.

There are so many boarding schools and very few in the HADES realm. I think a math kid that has outside interests and decent overall grades will get into a few BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are still a few years out, but are starting to look. Does anyone have information on Maderia and their ballet program?

DD goes to Madeira and there isn't a ballet program. DD is in dance and the program offers a different genre every day (modern, hip-hip, ballet, etc.) and the class is taught by a different teacher that specializes in that genre. The current ballet teacher focuses on Russian ballet. DD hates it but it's one day a week. DD does take a ballet and pointe class at the local studio she went to prior to going to Madeira to supplement the lack of ballet offered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Applying to Exeter, Andover, Putney, and St. Paul's. Going alright at this point, but I suppose we'll see once we hear on admissions, LOL. We're at a K-12 otherwise considered strong on this board, so will be "fine" if boarding does not work out.

Yes, we are planning on SSAT.

Loved St. Paul’s when we visited pre-Covid. Ended up not applying and stayed local but it was our number one choice.

I would have been 4th generation SPS, but my Dad became a renegade and broke the chain. I feel like I missed out.

Missed out on what? Being a victim of the rampant abuse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8th grader DC got 80% on a math quiz. Not worried about it, but curious if boarding schools prefer well-rounded straight-A students or a balance of 'angular' kids who excel in math vs humanities vs arts vs sports? I'm hoping an occasional B/B+ for a kid with potential won't be limiting his high school options? We are not applying to tippy top boarding schools.

DD is at a non elite boarding school. She rocks STEM and sports. Humanities and the arts are not her cup of tea. She is dyslexic and that doesn’t help with humanities. She also has ADHD and would leave her head elsewhere if it wasn’t attached to her body. Her school requires her to participate in an EC art—she’s doing set building and finding that it’s not so bad. I enrolled her in the academic strategies program where she meets with someone 4x/week for exec functioning and OG tutoring.

Shes loving school. I’m loving school. Most of all we have a better relationship because there is no fighting about homework or grades. Her ADHD and it’s friend Anxiety are catered to due to the built in structure of the day. Because of the schools requirement that every kid must participate in a sport, a club, and an art, she has been pushed out of her comfort zone. She’s in a bee keeping club and her anxiety got the better of her so she signed up for the service club as she was so worried she wouldn’t have enough service hours to graduate.

There are so many boarding schools and very few in the HADES realm. I think a math kid that has outside interests and decent overall grades will get into a few BS.

Thanks for sharing and making me lol. We are hoping to find a similarly warm and supportive boarding school for our non-sporty ADHD kid strong in verbal/visual skills but weak in math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:8th grader DC got 80% on a math quiz. Not worried about it, but curious if boarding schools prefer well-rounded straight-A students or a balance of 'angular' kids who excel in math vs humanities vs arts vs sports? I'm hoping an occasional B/B+ for a kid with potential won't be limiting his high school options? We are not applying to tippy top boarding schools.

DD is at a non elite boarding school. She rocks STEM and sports. Humanities and the arts are not her cup of tea. She is dyslexic and that doesn’t help with humanities. She also has ADHD and would leave her head elsewhere if it wasn’t attached to her body. Her school requires her to participate in an EC art—she’s doing set building and finding that it’s not so bad. I enrolled her in the academic strategies program where she meets with someone 4x/week for exec functioning and OG tutoring.

Shes loving school. I’m loving school. Most of all we have a better relationship because there is no fighting about homework or grades. Her ADHD and it’s friend Anxiety are catered to due to the built in structure of the day. Because of the schools requirement that every kid must participate in a sport, a club, and an art, she has been pushed out of her comfort zone. She’s in a bee keeping club and her anxiety got the better of her so she signed up for the service club as she was so worried she wouldn’t have enough service hours to graduate.

There are so many boarding schools and very few in the HADES realm. I think a math kid that has outside interests and decent overall grades will get into a few BS.

Proctor Academy?

[Anonymous]

Not Proctor Academy but I just looked at their website and their experiential program looks amazing. DD is at Oldfields (and she doesn’t ride)

[Anonymous]

SSAT scores (taken in October) are in and it's low- 65%. My daughter wants to apply to Choate, Taft, and SAS. What to do? She plans to retake in December.