Applying to Peddie

sandwindsun
Sat, 30 May 2009 17:56:37 +0000

My daughter is going to Peddie (justbeingme) next year, and she would be more than willing to share information with you–maybe in a PM if she doesn’t see this post.

i think she chose Peddie over Lawrenceville and George School because of how she connected to the school (combination of school reputation/academic and swim programs, initial interview and visit, and the final revisit). I limited her applications to schools that I could drive to in less than 2 hours, so she picked the three I mentioned above.

Early on in the admissions process, I knew my daughter was deeply impressed by Peddie’s swim coach; however, she remained open to what each of the schools offered throughout the nine months that led to April 10.

Although I did let my daughter decide which school to attend, the revisit days helped to get the two of us on the same page. I appreciated the genuine nature of the Head of School (John Green) and the teachers that I encountered at Peddie on that day. The impression they left on me was this—they were there for my child—not that my child was lucky to be there. I am in the education biz, so I am pretty good at filtering out the bull. I saw excellent instruction at all of the school we visited, but I knew that my daughter belonged at Peddie—from every perspective—by the close of the revisit day.