<p>No, I am not applying there but I had a close friend who went there last year for a post-high school year and he loved it. I visited a couple of times and from what I have heard and what I saw; I would totally recommend it.</p>
<p>A great school to any guys that are athletes is Avon Old farms. It is quite strong academically but most are capable of getting in. I say itâs strong because once you go there and class starts its tough and I applied to many other top, elite New England schools (choate, taft, loomis) but Avon was def. the place for me because atletically it is one of the strongest programs in the nation. Back-to-back (2004 and 2005) New England D1 Hockey champs and 2005 N.E. D1 Soccer champs. Lacrosse also is nationally ranked and plays one of the toughest schedules in the country against Salisbury, Deerfield, Taft, Loomis, etc. year in and year out. I am a current student and was on here curious to see what people were saying even though I def. have a great idea of what Iâd see and also because my sister will be applying to places soon.</p>
<p>Whoever said Germantown Academy we are a day school, I believe OP was referring to boarding schools?</p>
<p>Does anyone (I hope admissionsrep) know anything about the University of Chicagoâs lab schools? I know that it is not a boarding school, but I wanted to know where it ranked in othersâ opinions. I am planning on moving to Chicago (god I pray), and I would like to send my two children, 2 and 3 year olds, there. I know that John Dewey founded this school and impressive scholars such as Nel Noddings were directors. Can someone clue me in! I want to send my children to a great school. What are they looking for? How will they select children?</p>
<p>I went to public school and got into 3 Ivies and MIT.</p>
<p>I LOVED public school. If youâre in the top of your class, youâre in AP classes with other smart, dedicated, ambitious kids. You keep yourself grounded; lots of kids who go to private school end up indulging in drugs, drinking, and promiscuous behavior as a result of poor supervision. In public school, the good kids find each other and form their own groups. </p>
<p>If you get good grades, SAT scores, and make sure to pursue your interests outside of school, youâll be fine no matter how much you spend on private schools. In fact, sometimes going to private schools can hurt you â your application will surely give off the âoverprivileged rich kidâ vibe.</p>
<p>I know Iâll send my kids to public school.</p>
<p>I am sorry, but I am currently an education major. I am actually a student teacher (I am a senior). I am sorry, but schools and education are all about money. The more money a school district has, the better quality education the students receive. Public schools are in a scary place right now. As a parent and as an educator, I cannot count on the public education system. While there are great public schools out there, you have to be careful. I strongly believe that good public schools are the minority. Now, I believe that this comment will bombard me with angry mobbing post replies of personal experiences of great public schools. However, I am speaking for those who are not represented here. Most students here on this site will go to college, but those who arenât going to college will not be on this site. Public education has failed them in so many ways. </p>
<p>I was reading a book written by the founder of Teach for America who went to Yale. In the beginning of the book, she explained a âdivideâ at Yale. (She did go to a public school, but it was a wealthy district). The âdivideâ is between those who have to kill themselves studying and those who were well equipped for an ivy-league school. She explained that those who went to public schools had to spend hours studying while those who went to richer public or prep schools had an easier transition to Yale. </p>
<p>Donât brush prep schools off too quickly. The benefits are pretty clear.</p>
<p>So, does anyone know about the lab schools in Chicago?</p>
<p>Iâm apply to andover, exeter, milton, st. pauls, choate and deerfield. Which school should I put as my first priority?</p>
<p>Youâll get into any of these preps with an 80% on the SSATâŠtheyâre really not that hard to get into.</p>
<p>i got an average of 96 on my ssats and my skool (de la salle academy, really small, probably never heard of) has a really good relationship with all these prep skools</p>
<p>where is it? a feeder school?</p>
<p>itâs a small skool in NYC, itâs only one floor, 150 students, but skools love it for the leadership and social abilities in the students, academically pretty strong</p>
<p>about 20 students going to the top 30 skools in the us every year, which is 40%, its grades 6-8, 50 students per grade</p>
<p>top 30 meaning dalton, trinity, collegiate, horace mann, brearly, chapin, andover, exeter, milton, deerfield, st. pauls, hotchkiss, etc</p>
<p>cool! howâs your curriculum?</p>
<p>whats your top choic?</p>
<p>some of it can be as advanced as hs or college courses(made easier of course), math is algebra 1, 2, geo, some trig, etc., pretty basic, there are a lot of extra courses,(e.g social justice, moral, adolescent psychology, faith and the face of god, public speaking, music, art, drama, new and old testament, no nonsense nonfiction) only around 15 teachers, all very capable people, itâs a great place</p>
<p>top choice is probably milton cuz i have the most chance of getting in, but if i could choose, i would choose andover</p>
<p>wow⊠your school must be awesome, mine sucks.</p>
<p>itâs not too well known tho, what skool do you go to?</p>
<p>ugggâŠlocal one in indy that has like a 60% dropout rater :(</p>