Difference Between Loomis Chaffee, Phillips Exeter, and St. Paul's

PelicanDad
Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:51:36 +0000

Loomis sits on a piece of land called the Island, next to the Connecticut River. The main buildings of the school are bunched together and connected by covered walkways, forming an academical village, in the style designed by Thomas Jefferson and implemented at UVa.

Loomis has semi-formal sit down dinners weekly in the fall and spring terms (but not the winter). Its campus in adjacent to the town of Windsor, just northeast of Hartford, CT. Students can walk off campus to a grocery store, Subway, CVS, bbq joint, etc. The east coast Amtrak runs right thru Windsor and again, students can walk to get on the train. Hartford’s Bradley airport is a short 10 minute car ride (eat your hearts our DA and NHM parents).

The boarding population at Loomis is roughly equivalent to the entire size of St. Paul’s (~450). Total school size is 680. LC is primarily a boarding school, so even day students are on campus 6 days a week. The campus is rarely sleepy during terms.

Loomis does use Harkness style for humanities classes.