Reply to Considering Elite NE Boarding Schools for Son (Taft, Choate, Hotchkiss, Deerfield, etc.) Any advice?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Considering Elite NE Boarding Schools for Son (Taft, Choate, Hotchkiss, Deerfield, etc.) Any advice? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid might academically flourish at a less competitive boarding school. I know of a family that picked Woodberry Forest over a HADES-type school because they wanted a less intense workload and easier competition. The kid graduated with a >4.0 unweighted GPA and got into multiple T20 colleges without much problem. [/quote]

This is a good example of what to do to get into a T20. This child may or may not have been top quarter at Andover. Betting odds say he wouldn’t have been, competition is that severe.[b] A median student at Andover isn’t doing that well college wise.[/b] [/quote]

Not sure that this is accurate, but it depends upon how one defines "doing well college wise".[/quote]

Ivy, strong Nescac. A median student at Andover won’t get these without a hook and would’ve had a fighting chance at a DMV day school or public.[b] You cannot grind your way to the top quarter of these schools unless you are already highly intelligent. You can grind to top 5% at Walt Whitman and Sidwell.[/b] [/quote]

Good point.

About 58% of the Class of 2024 at Andover matriculated at great schools (including U Virginia). So about 190 of 324 matriculated at top schools (did not include solid schools like BC & BU, Villanova, WFU, etc.)[/quote]

UVA isn’t a great school. Most Andover grads would’ve gone to a better college if they stayed at home (unless there was a niche sport like squash with limited competition elsewhere). Only go for the education. I’d be embarrassed to go to a nationally recognized boarding school like Andover and go to BC Bu and Nova. [/quote]

I understand and appreciate your stance, but [b]U Virginia is highly regarded nationwide [/b]and Villanova & BC (both are quite strong in accounting) are very solid to excellent schools. Not as familiar with BU, but I certainly hold it in higher regard than schools like Vassar & Wesleyan & Syracuse & Brandeis & U Richmond--which are all respected colleges & universities.[/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