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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please define Group of 8. We are in application mode as we speak.

We think there might be few other schools that get that result as well. Because they are small, well endowed, and excellent. If the graduating class has only 60-70 kids, your kid’s odds go up everywhere. They work hard, but also enjoy high school.

We are applying for aid, so our odds of acceptance are not high, but my kid really wants a crack at it. He is the last kid in a big family at home. It has gotten too quiet with old parents. We love him so much. Don’t blame him wanting the big bustling of home life that his older siblings enjoyed. He plans to recreate it in his own way at a BS[/quote]

In terms of aid: I know Andover and Exeter at least are need blind. I’m not sure about others. They graduate roughly 300 kids per year and have the results I cited above.

Group of 8 (or Eight Schools Association) is like the Ivy League of boarding schools:

Andover
Exeter
St Paul’s
NMH
Lawrenceville
Hotchkiss
Deerfield
Choate

It’s not to say there aren’t other boarding schools that are great, but these are usually considered the strongest.

Good luck!! 
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This is correct-ish except replace NMH with Loomis (I work for TSAO). NMH is a great school, however, with the nicest boarding kids in NE. [/quote]

Wouldn't you put Milton, St Alban's, Sidwell, and a couple of other small Massachussetts boarding school ahead of Loomis.  Heck I might even put that school in Hawaii that Obama went to up against Loomis.[/quote]

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