2nd tier NE Boarding Schools

[Anonymous]

This is an odd question, but I do not know where else to ask it.

If you live in a great public school and/or have access to stellar private schools then why would you send your kids to a second-tier NE boarding school? This probably applies more to people up North than down here because people down here do not seem to send their kids to boarding school as much or if they do they do five day boarding at one of the local boarding schools which I can kind of understand. I can understand sending your kids who is really smart to Andover and Exeter because they have excellent resources and have a good track record at top colleges, but laying down $50,000 for your kid to go to Berkshire or Brooks, I am really not so sure especially if it doesn't help them college wise. What's the deal?

[Anonymous]

Some kids need to get away from home. I know one kid who really turned around at boarding school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some kids need to get away from home. I know one kid who really turned around at boarding school.

+1 me, too. I have a friend who begged to go. Went to St. Andrew's in Delaware.

[Anonymous]

After the whole St. Paul's thing I'd be hesitant to send my DD to a school like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an odd question, but I do not know where else to ask it.

If you live in a great public school and/or have access to stellar private schools then why would you send your kids to a second-tier NE boarding school? This probably applies more to people up North than down here because people down here do not seem to send their kids to boarding school as much or if they do they do five day boarding at one of the local boarding schools which I can kind of understand. I can understand sending your kids who is really smart to Andover and Exeter because they have excellent resources and have a good track record at top colleges, but laying down $50,000 for your kid to go to Berkshire or Brooks, I am really not so sure especially if it doesn't help them college wise. What's the deal?

And that everyone, is all I need to read, to lose interest completely. That is not an auto-correct issue, its just bad grammar!

[Anonymous]

A lot of boarding schools have better financial aid packages than day schools. I am thinking about looking into boarding schools that aren't too far away because I don't know if I would get enough FA at a local private school.

[Anonymous]

Some kids go because their parents went and had a good experience.

Or parent travel for work and the kids want to go.

[Anonymous]

I know people who have gone to both the Putney School and Middlesex. Middlesex sounded god awful while the Putney School sounded life changing and inspirational.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an odd question, but I do not know where else to ask it.

If you live in a great public school and/or have access to stellar private schools then why would you send your kids to a second-tier NE boarding school? This probably applies more to people up North than down here because people down here do not seem to send their kids to boarding school as much or if they do they do five day boarding at one of the local boarding schools which I can kind of understand. I can understand sending your kids who is really smart to Andover and Exeter because they have excellent resources and have a good track record at top colleges, but laying down $50,000 for your kid to go to Berkshire or Brooks, I am really not so sure especially if it doesn't help them college wise. What's the deal?

And that everyone, is all I need to read, to lose interest completely. That is not an auto-correct issue, its just bad grammar!

Please.

[Anonymous]

Our DC wanted boarding school & we did not, but allowed DC to look and apply. Unlike metro Washington private day schools, boarding schools have a lot of merit-based scholarships to offer. The boarding school DC will be attending in fall provided a significant scholarship that will make the boarding school considerably less expensive than a private day school around Washington. Combined with the fact that it looks like a fabulous place, filled with happy and successful students, and DC really wants to go - DC will be going...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After the whole St. Paul's thing I'd be hesitant to send my DD to a school like that.

Good thing St. Paul's is top tier.

[Anonymous]

Dd accepted at a big 3, WL at another. Attending what you would call a "second tier" NE boarding school. It's what she wants. The resources are massively superior to any day school and it avoids an hour-long commute in each direction to school. Didn't even apply to boarding schools you would consider first tier despite her highly competitive scores. We were much more interested in fit for her now.

[Anonymous]

Saw a Mercersburg sticker on a car in McLean and wondered why someone in the Langley district would go there, but after googling it, it does have a really pretty campus and large endowment. It looks like they give good financial aid.

That said if you live in Central PA, that school is probably better than your public options and private if you have them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an odd question, but I do not know where else to ask it.

If you live in a great public school and/or have access to stellar private schools then why would you send your kids to a second-tier NE boarding school? This probably applies more to people up North than down here because people down here do not seem to send their kids to boarding school as much or if they do they do five day boarding at one of the local boarding schools which I can kind of understand. I can understand sending your kids who is really smart to Andover and Exeter because they have excellent resources and have a good track record at top colleges, but laying down $50,000 for your kid to go to Berkshire or Brooks, I am really not so sure especially if it doesn't help them college wise. What's the deal?

And that everyone, is all I need to read, to lose interest completely. That is not an auto-correct issue, its just bad grammar!

It's likely just a typo. You, on the other hand, are a complete freak who I'm quite sure no one has any interest in at all.

[Anonymous]

Be sure to have a close look at the kids who go to these boarding schools, and what the school culture is.