Berkshire or Hotchkiss?

sloth317
Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:59:01 +0000

Thank you for your response!

Thankfully she’s not one to melt down over grades, although I have warned her that the initial adjustment to BS and being surrounded by kids who were all superstars at their previous schools will be quite eyeopening. She’s working on the time management and I agree 100% that being organized with your work is half the battle.

I think in the end I am more worried about her spirit. I got the feeling Berkshire was a happy place where the kids had time for academics, sports, socializing and anything else that they were interested in. My daughter could find an area to stand out. Hkiss on the other hand seemed to focus on work and sports with very little time left for anything else. Our tour guide couldn’t name but a few random things she ever did “for fun.” I worry my daughter would lose some of the best parts of her? She loves to play sports, sing, dance, braid hair, paint nails, twirl around and generally enjoys life. She’s not super competitive or cut throat.

We’ve asked for advice from others and the concensus seems to be she should attend the most selective school she was accepted to and get the “best” education possible, but after reading so many of these threads and thinking about " best fit" I just don’t know how to know. How do typical, well rounded, happy go-lucky 14yr old girls do at Hkiss?