How many students from a single middle school can be chosen?

ExieMITAlum
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:04:34 +0000

Also consider that most of the applicant pool is “well qualified”. Many subjective things come into play, ranging from extracurriculars, hobbies, personalities, etc. What is a fit for one student may not be a fit for another. Usually - from a single middle school, the programs will select one or two. Rarely more than that if the applicant pool is large.

To give you some perspective: Depending on where you are applying - Adcoms are taking 100-300 students from a pile of close to 2,000 to 3,000 applications.

The cool thing about Boarding school is broadening a student’s perspective, stretching out of a comfort zone and meeting new people - rather than defaulting to a built in support group from their local environment.

Apply - just be prepared to handle some of the hurt feelings if your daughter is selected and other are not, or vice versa.