Governors and Brooks

brendan1
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:46:06 +0000

From my son’s DC waitlist letter, I understood it that Brooks had about 1000 people apply this year. As you can see, we were one of those applicants. We had basically crossed it off the list, but when my DC got a Christmas card with a note saying “I really hope you apply” I had my DC finish up the application.

Brooks was the second BS we visited (we visited four, and we didn’t visit Governor’s although I had it on the list, we just didn’t make it back up to NE.) Anyway, it was during this visit that i realized that a lot of BS kids repeat a year, which personally was a red flag for me. I learned that a good percentage of the boys were repeats, and since my son would not be, and he is small already, I didn’t want him to feel like a child among men so for that reason alone I thought it not a good fit. I was told by our guide that he would put 30% or so of the boys as repeats and one of the coaches we spoke to said that everyone on the varsity team was a repeat, but that was not the case every year, and surly not with every sport. Anyway, I’m sure that Brooks is a good school. I know our day school counselor recommends both Brooks and Governor’s. I will tell you that their recruiting is quite aggressive so when you make your decision, I hope you don’t let the 1000+ number sway you.