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Added the full list of IB schools, from post 35.

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver * Foxcrof* Madeira* Williston. Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Master’s School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS:
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE)

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

Diversity
Lawrenceville 48%

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

alooknac

I don’t think it is helpful for this forum to use a different definition of “need-blind” than the schools themselves. Here are two direct quotes from public webpages of schools we are discussing:

Concord: “Admissions applications are considered on a need-blind basis.”

Madeira: "Admission at Madeira is 'need-blind' (i.e. the Admission Committee is not aware of a family's financial status when making admissions decisions)."

I propose two separate categories for this post. We can add a caveat: “Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met.”

For some of us the two categories have their relevance. Until recently, even though I’ve been through two rounds of BS appliactions and FA applications, I myself did not realize how many schools let FA affect whether they accept you.

classicalmama

I agree that it's better for us to begin to use the term more accurately if only to make us more aware of what college admissions entails. I still think need blind is deceptive wording in that case as it falsely separates FA from the admit process. But it's better to use the right terms so we know what we're getting into...

The question remains whether the schools that offer need blind admissions in the real sense of the term are unique enough to be included on this list. I think we'd end up with another squash court list! But yes, let's call those schools full need/need blind schools for the sake of accuracy.

And I'd like to make another request that people not plug in names of all the schools on another list somewhere that meet a certain criteria. I think we should stick with what we know.

winker425

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Master’s School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS:
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE)

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

Diversity
Lawrenceville 48%

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

alooknac

I revised the need-blind category and added full-need. Restored Milton to the diversity category.

Might I suggest someone work on the “diversity” category? Lawrenceville is 48% what? There’s socioeconomic diversity, racial diversity, country of origin, etc. What are we measuring? Students of color and international students are pretty easily researched via boardingschoolreview.com. Maybe set a cutoff point so we only list the top runners?

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Master’s School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield *

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED [The school will meet full financial need of admitted students]:
* Andover * Exeter *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

classicalmama

I jiggered alooknac's description of full need just a bit to further clarify it--don't think I went away from his/her intent. Retaining the comment below as I think it's a point well taken. We already have economic diversity covered in FA--is this ethnic diversity?

Might I suggest someone work on the “diversity” category? Lawrenceville is 48% what? There’s socioeconomic diversity, racial diversity, country of origin, etc. What are we measuring? Students of color and international students are pretty easily researched via boardingschoolreview.com. Maybe set a cutoff point so we only list the top runners?

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Master’s School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:
* Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

GMTplus7

I'm bumping this thread for new prospective applicants

STLmom23

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Master’s School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms
* Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:
* Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

HarrietMWelsch

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms
* Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:
* Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

GMTplus7

bumping this thread for new applicants

PieLover

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen* Exeter (club-local barn nearby)

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms
* Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:
* Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

azpandaman

Added Paleontology museum seciton to facilities.

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen* Exeter (club-local barn nearby)

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms
* Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM
*The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:
* Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

GMTplus7

I added a heading for "NO SATURDAY CLASSES"


T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:
* Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen* Exeter (club-local barn nearby)

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms
* Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM
*The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:
* Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

girlgeekmom

I added Emma Willard to "One Sanction Expulsion" and "Science Research Program"

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:
* Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )
* Miss Porter's

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark's * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter's (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:
* Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul's * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew's (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy's (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King's-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:
* Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul's School

NAO Robotics:
* Thacher

ZOO:
* Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:
* Groton * Kent School * St. Paul's School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:
* Fives * Groton

FARMING:
* Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew's (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:
* Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord

FIBER ARTS:
* Concord * Miss Porter's

HORSEBACK RIDING:
* Thacher *Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter's . Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen* Exeter (club-local barn nearby)

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:
* Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:
* Thacher

ARCHERY:
* Choate
* Exeter (club)

SURFING:
* Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS
* Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)

KAYAKING:
* Episcopal

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS
* Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM
* NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor


F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:
* Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
* Deerfield - almost entirely singles
* Thacher - all the new dorms
* Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:
* Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:
* Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM
* Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:
* Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:
* Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal)

LAKE ON CAMPUS:
* Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul's, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:
* Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
* St. Paul's School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK
* Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark's * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby

PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM
*The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)

ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:
* Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul's School *Miss Porter's

SQUASH COURTS”
* Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark's * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter's * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby

TRADING CENTER (financial):
* Wilbraham & Monson Academy

A D M I S S I O N S

* FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
* Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have "limited funds" available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover is both.
* Andover * St. Andrew's (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:
* Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:
* Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY
* Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

>45% STUDENTS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID
* Exeter * Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Culver (FA & MERIT COMBINE) * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (>70%) * Emma Willard (55%) *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)
* Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
* Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

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Deerfield isn't a needblind school..