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[quote=Anonymous]I transferred from Trinity to Andover in tenth grade (I’d been at Trinity since kindergarten). I’m not sure how difficult it is, and I have no data to back it up since my sample size is one. If i had to guess, I’d imagine there’s a pipeline from TT NYC to TT boarding schools similar to the college one.

In my class at trinity, I think about 6-8 of us ultimately left for boarding schools or other day schools. All of us were competitive students, and from what i recall, came from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Myself and one other classmate ended up at andover (we actually ended up at the same college, too), but all of us got into to good boarding schools.

In my case, my SSATS were good, my grades were good, my recs were good, and I played a specific sport for which I wasn’t recruited necessarily, but the coach and I had a lot of conversations before I was admitted. I also applied to Hotchkiss, Exeter, St. Paul’s, Groton, and Milton, and I was admitted to all but Exeter.

The year before, two of my very good friends left for choate and paul’s respectively. If i had to guess, I would say that you’ll get good consideration from any boardin school, and if it comes down to you vs. another student, you might get a bit of an edge. All of this is contingent upon your academic qualifications though.

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