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tokenadult · 01-01-2007, 01:01 PM

I went through this issue last year. I won't post any test scores here, but, yes, we got recruiting letters from boarding schools, and went through part of the application process for two of those. We also looked at a huge variety of local options, because our state has public school open enrollment (any student can enroll in any school district) and a statewide dual-enrollment plan for college-as-high-school. We finally ended up with our son in EPGY Online High School and really like that. One of my son's friends moved out of another part of our state to attend one of the boarding schools we looked at. He likes that. Different students prefer different trade-offs.

To maximize chances of admission at a highly selective college, my sense from two years of reading CC is that what one does BEYOND high school is of crucial importance. We'll know whether my son's strategy met his goals in about three years.

01-01-2007, 01:01 PM	#5
tokenadult Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MN Posts: 12,715	I went through this issue last year. I won't post any test scores here, but, yes, we got recruiting letters from boarding schools, and went through part of the application process for two of those. We also looked at a huge variety of local options, because our state has public school open enrollment (any student can enroll in any school district) and a statewide dual-enrollment plan for college-as-high-school. We finally ended up with our son in EPGY Online High School and really like that. One of my son's friends moved out of another part of our state to attend one of the boarding schools we looked at. He likes that. Different students prefer different trade-offs. To maximize chances of admission at a highly selective college, my sense from two years of reading CC is that what one does BEYOND high school is of crucial importance. We'll know whether my son's strategy met his goals in about three years.