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I would like to add Cushing Academy to the list of schools that should be considered. My daughter is a senior and has been a student at Cushing for 3 years. She was a top student at a local private school with incredible stats and would have been a strong candidate at the so called teir 1 schools. In fact we started the application process at a few but I had already heard of Cushing from a client of mine. My daughter fell in love with Cushing the day she spent there attending classes and meeting students. I felt that she would be lost at a tier 1 school and would not thrive there. We were looking for that magical fit and Cushing was the perfect match. We pulled all other applications after she was quickly accepted. After 3 years I can confirm our instincts were correct and she realized her potential and became a top 5 or so student with great AP and SAT stats. She used the same "fit" approach in her college search and fell in love with Vanderbilt the day we visited over the summer. She applied EDI and was accepted and will be part of the class of 2012. She started her college search thinking she wanted to attend our local Ivy but the fit at Vanderbilt was compelling, similar to the Cushing fit. As the Vanderbilt admissions person told us that day "College is a match to be made not a prize to be won." The same applies to boarding schools.
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