<p>Yeah, im white, sorry if there was any confusion.
I think i might look at St. Marks, i didn’t like St. Georges so much, it didnt jump out at me, it has a lovely website though. Also, its on the water, and i am a little over water (i live on the coast here), of course that really isnt a problem, just me being picky.</p>
<p>I was trying to fill ou the inquiry form for Groton, and there wasn’t a linkt o an enquiry form page. All the other schools had such ma link. The closest thing i could find was a preliminary application form, which you have to pay for. Does anyone know if this is the only way to get information? or have i just not looked properly?</p>
<p>The same thing happened to me. ^^</p>
<p>call Groton, they would be very happy to help you
good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks!
I emailed them and they will be sending it soon.</p>
<p>Claudia, have you requested info from Middlesex? I hope you get a chance to visit. You will not encounter “snootiness” at Middlesex. You will ebcounter a very tight knit group of kids, teachers, etc, a rigorous curriculum without any cut throat competiveness. I may be incorrect, but my feeling is that the difference between the large schools and the smaller schools is not the rigorous course work, but rather the competitiveness between students. I think you will find less of this in the smaller schools.</p>
<p>Yes, I have requested information on Middlesex, it looks like a good school, actually …a great school!</p>
<p>Right now, browsing through websites etc. i am preferring Hotchkiss of all the co-ed schools and emma willard of the all girls…something about them both really appeals to me. I have ordered so many viewbooks, because i think that even just after reading the viewbooks my list will get shorter. Has anyone found that their lists in the past have gotten much shorter, just from the viewbooks. Also, during the Interview etc, do they ever ask what other schools you are applying to, or do they already know (somehow).Just intrested.</p>
<p>i found the student body at my large school to be very supportive, not competitive in the least. i would assume that most prep schools are like this. the kids in general really arent snooty or competitive because they are sharing the same fun and challenging experience… you plop a smart rich kid and a smart poor kid at a boarding school together and they become equals. i also think it helps to remove parents from the equation. the difference between large and small schools is the size.</p>
<p>anyway, good luck claudia. i LOVED prep school and hope you enjoy it too if you end up going.</p>
<p>Claudia: Hotchkiss is a fine school with integrated humanities in the first two years. If that is your choice go for it. Don’t spent the rest of the year agonizing between schools that are in essence very similar. If I were you, I would at this point have “The Talk” with your parents to ensure that they are supportive of your aim to go to Hotchkiss. Be up front–ask what they can reasonably afford and whether they can live with the idea of your being so far away. Then spend your time crafting an application to Hotchkiss. The discipline of putting down exactly why you want to go there will focus your mind for your other applications. Although I have no personal knowledge of Hotchkiss, I do know ( history professor) parents whose daughter went there and they loved the place. Good Luck.</p>
<p>They’ll ask you what other schools you are applying to.</p>
<p>Yes they will ask what other schools you are applying to. So don’t be all over the place. Hotchkiss and St. Paul’s would consider each other "peer’ schools thus close enough to each other that the one would not consider the other a ‘safety’, which means they will turn you down if you consider either one of them a ‘safety’ even before you start. I think it is important for Claudia to work up a fairly focused group of peer schools to which for the right reasons sh wants to go and where it is equally likely that she will get financial aid if she needs it. Hotchkiss and peer schools ( among which I would list St. Paul’s, Peddie, Deerfield, St. Mark’s, Groton) will look at her if she is in the SAT 1450 range however that translates in SSAT equivalents ( I think about 96% overall which is not that hard), has very strong teacher recommendations ( in the best student in my career category) and if she can tell them why she really wants to go to that kind of school. I would wax eloquent about integrated humanities, classics, music, languages to show that I am looking for an unsurpassed education. The rest is really a matter of luck. Claudia can check on the Hotchkiss website how large her FA is likely to be at any school to which she applies. All of them are ‘need-aware’ and they simply will not offer her admission if they cannot afford her. The schools that could certainly afford her if they want her are Hotchkiss, St, Paul’s, Groton ( check the posted endowments/student on boarding school review). So get with the programme. Talk to your parents that they support your application and are willing to pay their share of the costs.</p>
<p>Thanks Paleo, that helps! I was a little confused. Today i recieved both MPS and Loomis Chaffee’s information. Both very nice…More will probably come soon, so i will report if anything gets cut or such…</p>
<p>Have been away from this thread for awhile. Have to second the recommendation for Middlesex. My daughter has thrived there and I am so pleased with her experience. Really a great school and wonderful community. Good luck with your search.</p>
<p>More news…I recieved Deerfield and Exeter’s Viewbooks today. I have utterly fallen in love with deerfieild, that and Hotchkiss now top the list, which on closer examination, (cutting out the girls schools) is made entirely of what you have listed as Hotchkiss’s peer schools(paleo).
Hotchkiss, Deerfield, Groton, Peddie and St. Marks all of which seem lovely, but different, so i will need to explore that a little more to figure out what i like/don’t like. Of course, Exeter is wonderful, but i am not sure it is exactly what i need, the library is beautiful, which is important to me but i find it a little unstructured (study hall etc) which doesn’t appeal as much.I may be wrong and please tell me if that is so! The viewbook was amazing though, they really put alot of effort into making it perfect.</p>
<p>Claudia, did you schedule an interview with Deerfield then? When I was on their site that was the only way to get information, which dissapointed me.</p>
<p>no…there was just a link… for inquiries…here it is if you still want it:
<a href=“http://www.deerfield.edu/admissions/preapp.cfm[/url]”>http://www.deerfield.edu/admissions/preapp.cfm</a>
i hope that helps…</p>
<p>Well, i havent been on much lately, Homework taking top priority. But, just in case anyone was wondering my list is as follows:
Groton
peddie
St. Pauls
Hotchkiss
Deerfield
All are reaches, i know. But, concidering i already have a school to return to if all my applications fail, what do you think?( if you think i should have a safety, what shcool would you suggest?)
I am still thinking about Blair and Middlesex, but basically i really addressed what i wanted: that classic boarding school atmosphere, good humanities, nice grounds, co-ed (all girls would have ben a bit too much), Wonderful school history associated with it, traditions and somewhere, where, when i recieved the viewbook, i felt i could belong.</p>
<p>Peddie is a fine school, but it is a peer school of Blair, not Groton, SPS and Deerfield. While Peddie is highly selective for day students it is relatively easy to get in for boarders. Only 20 states are represented in the student body and most boarders are from NJ and PA. Lawrenceville is a peer school to the others listed and Hill is the only other national boarding school in the MAPL.</p>
<p>Claudia: there is an imortant discussion on financial aid on the other threads. If you need it, take note that you are looking at daunting odds, so play from strength. Find schools which have the endowment to be able to afford you and apply in such a manner that you will come accross as someone they want to have. Peddie is a fine school, it has the money and the academic focus you are looking for. Keep it on the list. Question, do you or do you not need FA?</p>