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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do the boarding schools provide need-blind, full-tuition financial scholarships?  If so, they sound like a great option for anyone.  [/quote]

I'm familiar with Andover, and it does.  But keep in mind that it also had an acceptance rate of 13% this year.

"Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Jim Ventre ’79 announced that the Academy had another strong admission season, resulting in an incoming admitted class of 168 girls and 151 boys with a median SSAT total score of 92 percent. Ventre said that 147 of these students, 46 percent, have been awarded financial aid scholarships, at a total cost of $5,235,000 in financial aid. Andover is the only boarding school in the United States to have maintained a full need-blind admission policy since 2008.

“The newly admitted students bring a desire and a commitment to join our community where the intentional aspect of living and learning together is focused on the education of the whole person and not just the classroom student,” said Ventre.

Overall, 402 students, or 13 percent of the 3,029 who applied to Andover this year, were accepted, marking the lowest admission rate in Andover’s history. (The Academy calculates its admission rate based on the number of completed applications.) The 319 students who enrolled made for a robust yield of 79 percent...."[/quote]

The admission rate does not concern me.[/quote]

why not? 
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