Reply to Getting into Flint Hill for middle school

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Getting into Flint Hill for middle school"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, Flint Hill has its share of haters on this site because it has the audacity to be a good school that takes a wider swath of students than the NWDC elites do and is outside the beltway.

We looked at it for 5th but we were outside the standard application period and they had no openings, and we ended up at a k-8 that we loved. Applied in 9th and it was in our top 2, edged out by a different school largely because of the commute—we went with the closer school. I’m sorry I can’t give you insight on 5th vs 7th. Honestly, just apply in 5th, and if you don’t get in try again in 7th.

FH does a good job of providing opportunities for students with a wide variety of strengths and interests. You don’t have to be an academic superstar or a jock to “fit in”, or you can be both, or binge out on a fantastic array of arts offerings in HS, or try lots of different things and see what you like. I’m most familiar with the HS, but I’ve heard great things from friends whose kids went through MS there too. [/quote]

Why do people apply outside of the standard application period? Are there ever any openings?[/quote]

In reverse order, yes, some schools will take kids outside of the application period.  And people apply off-cycle for a million reasons: the moved into the area or back into the area, they had issues at their incumbent school that surfaced after the application period, etc…[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics