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Anonymous wrote:8th grader DC got 80% on a math quiz. Not worried about it, but curious if boarding schools prefer well-rounded straight-A students or a balance of 'angular' kids who excel in math vs humanities vs arts vs sports? I'm hoping an occasional B/B+ for a kid with potential won't be limiting his high school options? We are not applying to tippy top boarding schools.

DD is at a non elite boarding school. She rocks STEM and sports. Humanities and the arts are not her cup of tea. She is dyslexic and that doesn’t help with humanities. She also has ADHD and would leave her head elsewhere if it wasn’t attached to her body. Her school requires her to participate in an EC art—she’s doing set building and finding that it’s not so bad. I enrolled her in the academic strategies program where she meets with someone 4x/week for exec functioning and OG tutoring.

Shes loving school. I’m loving school. Most of all we have a better relationship because there is no fighting about homework or grades. Her ADHD and it’s friend Anxiety are catered to due to the built in structure of the day. Because of the schools requirement that every kid must participate in a sport, a club, and an art, she has been pushed out of her comfort zone. She’s in a bee keeping club and her anxiety got the better of her so she signed up for the service club as she was so worried she wouldn’t have enough service hours to graduate.

There are so many boarding schools and very few in the HADES realm. I think a math kid that has outside interests and decent overall grades will get into a few BS.

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Anonymous wrote:8th grader DC got 80% on a math quiz. Not worried about it, but curious if boarding schools prefer well-rounded straight-A students or a balance of 'angular' kids who excel in math vs humanities vs arts vs sports? I'm hoping an occasional B/B+ for a kid with potential won't be limiting his high school options? We are not applying to tippy top boarding schools.

DD is at a non elite boarding school. She rocks STEM and sports. Humanities and the arts are not her cup of tea. She is dyslexic and that doesn’t help with humanities. She also has ADHD and would leave her head elsewhere if it wasn’t attached to her body. Her school requires her to participate in an EC art—she’s doing set building and finding that it’s not so bad. I enrolled her in the academic strategies program where she meets with someone 4x/week for exec functioning and OG tutoring.

Shes loving school. I’m loving school. Most of all we have a better relationship because there is no fighting about homework or grades. Her ADHD and it’s friend Anxiety are catered to due to the built in structure of the day. Because of the schools requirement that every kid must participate in a sport, a club, and an art, she has been pushed out of her comfort zone. She’s in a bee keeping club and her anxiety got the better of her so she signed up for the service club as she was so worried she wouldn’t have enough service hours to graduate.

There are so many boarding schools and very few in the HADES realm. I think a math kid that has outside interests and decent overall grades will get into a few BS.

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Anonymous wrote:Applying to Exeter, Andover, Putney, and St. Paul's. Going alright at this point, but I suppose we'll see once we hear on admissions, LOL. We're at a K-12 otherwise considered strong on this board, so will be "fine" if boarding does not work out.

Yes, we are planning on SSAT.

Loved St. Paul’s when we visited pre-Covid. Ended up not applying and stayed local but it was our number one choice.

I would have been 4th generation SPS, but my Dad became a renegade and broke the chain. I feel like I missed out.

Anonymous wrote:We are still a few years out, but are starting to look. Does anyone have information on Maderia and their ballet program?

Anonymous wrote:8th grader DC got 80% on a math quiz. Not worried about it, but curious if boarding schools prefer well-rounded straight-A students or a balance of 'angular' kids who excel in math vs humanities vs arts vs sports? I'm hoping an occasional B/B+ for a kid with potential won't be limiting his high school options? We are not applying to tippy top boarding schools.

Anonymous wrote:College confidential website really has best info on the boarding schools. There’s a pinned discussion on “prep school admissions” about how to calculate your chances. I’d read that .

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Applying to Exeter, Andover, Putney, and St. Paul's. Going alright at this point, but I suppose we'll see once we hear on admissions, LOL. We're at a K-12 otherwise considered strong on this board, so will be "fine" if boarding does not work out.

Yes, we are planning on SSAT.

Loved St. Paul’s when we visited pre-Covid. Ended up not applying and stayed local but it was our number one choice.

I would have been 4th generation SPS, but my Dad became a renegade and broke the chain. I feel like I missed out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Applying to Exeter, Andover, Putney, and St. Paul's. Going alright at this point, but I suppose we'll see once we hear on admissions, LOL. We're at a K-12 otherwise considered strong on this board, so will be "fine" if boarding does not work out.

Yes, we are planning on SSAT.

Loved St. Paul’s when we visited pre-Covid. Ended up not applying and stayed local but it was our number one choice.