Help! which prep school is best for a brainy kid: Boston

theharpist
Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:41:04 +0000

If you live “closer” to Milton and decide to go to Andover as a day student, the morning drive up 93N (or 95–>93N) would be a nightmare, I’d think you have to spend 2-3 hours per day min on the road.

I know a few kids that were both accepted into Milton and Commonwealth last year, all decided to go to Commonwealth. The impression I got is that academically Commonwealth is stronger than Milton. (My S is not applying to either so I’d like to think I am unbiased.)

I don’t think one can say a high SAT average means a certain school is better than the other. We visited 3 out of 4 schools on your list and found them to be all very different. Also, it is easier to have high average based on 50 kids than 400, right?