<p>Welcome to the forum!</p>
<p>I think it will help focus responses if you can share the schools on your referral list. In general, most parents are superfans of the school where their child goes/went and will be able to share the pros (and hopefully some cons).</p>
<p>It might be good if you could describe your child’s strengths, weaknesses, interest, and hopes (your hopes for him/her, as well!)…as the notion of “fit” comes into play. For example, if he/she has a fear of horses, then perhaps Thacher might not be a good match.</p>
<p>Here’s a link to our experience last year (non-ABC family, starting with a list of 15 schools given to us by an acquaintance who works in the boarding school world).</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1174214-one-family-s-bs-search-application-process-start-finish.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1174214-one-family-s-bs-search-application-process-start-finish.html</a></p>
<p>BTW, are you applying for next fall or the following year? I ask because the application deadline for many schools is in a few days…</p>