Best Boarding Schools

strangeusername
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:22:39 +0000

In no particular order:
Cate (CA)
Thatcher (CA)
St. Andrew’s School (DE)
Gorton (MA)
Exeter (NH)
Andover (MA)
We visited most of the New England schools and with the exception of Gorton (a smaller school), it felt like many of the New England schools were Exeter and Andover want-a-be’s. Regional schools in California and the Mid Atlantic (I probably should have added Lawrenceville in New Jersey), attract top students from their respective regions as well as smaller numbers of distant out-of-staters and internationals. Parents who don’t want to send their kids more than a two hour drive from the house usually send their kids to these schools even though their kids could easily qualify for any school. In any event there is probably little difference between the top 20 or so schools in terms of results. It truly depends mostly on the kids at that point. Name ID and perceived prestige has very little to do with it and is a little childish.