<p>Well I play football, but I’, not a prep school football guru. But I know no matter where he goes there will be pretty hard work.</p>
<p>why does he want to leave boarding school? academic reasons? if so most of these prep schools are tough academically so there probably wont be a benefit in changing schools…what school in the evergreen league does he attend?</p>
<p>I’d rather not say his school right now. He is frustrated with how isolated the school is, and also he is frustrated because he needs help with some of his subjects, and even though the teachers tell us they are happy to help him, when he goes to them for help, they give him the impression they are annoyed that they have to help him. It’s affecting his grades and gpa horribly. He really needs to go to a school that has different levels of math and science, which are the subjects that are doing him in right now. His current school only offers one track. He is willing to work, he just has trouble understanding some of his assignments. We just are not sure he’d have success applying somewhere else for his senior year only with mediocre grades, but didn’t know if football could help open the door for him, and if it can, what schools might be interested to take on that type of kid.</p>
<p>oh, well you were mentioning cushing academy before. my assistant basketball coach actually did a postgraduate year there when he was in high school. he had a 2.9 gpa before attending and just told the admissions office that he wanted the extra year to get his grades up. he did that and went on to qualify to play college basketball after graduation from cushing. cushing is also, overall, a good school so i’d recommend contacting them and applying if your son is looking for a school to work on grades and compete at a high level in high school athletics. their football program plays in an extremely tough league that includes schools such as deerfield, choate rosemary, phillips exeter, phillips andover, worcester academy, northfield mount hermon, etc. idk which school your son attends in the evergreen league but most of the schools in cushings league are bigger and more well known for their outstanding academic programs.</p>
<p>I agree with what chrisk said. I would go ahead and try cushings, and even if it doens’t work out I would try post graduate years and some of the big schools like Andover or anywhere that offers post graduate.</p>
<p>yes everyone listen to mpicz.
he would know. he knows everything.
he is one of the finest on CC.
i swear.</p>
<p>awwww mpicz, why did you delete your comment after this (^) ???
i was feeling really proud of having made you say “…lol”
i made you laugh!</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>mpicz, are you a girl or a boy? are you hot?</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>i am a real fan of you. you stick up for yourself so tenaciously on online internet forums, checking in so diligently to see if someone has replied to your comment in any offensive way and never afraid to inveigh against anyone openly if her opinion does not acquiesce with yours. i truly admire your indefatigability.</p>
<p>LOL AHAHAHAHA, posss.
Indeed, poss791, indeed.
What is so ironic about it is that the kid doesn’t actually attend any of these schools he argues so heatedly about. We’ve been here for 4 years, and there’s at least a certain validity to what we have to say, stuff that can actually help prospective applicants. I don’t know why he sticks up so hard.</p>
<p>Folks…enough, please. This bickering is really not necessary.</p>
<p>So back to the Max Prep link on the earlier page… I was really surprised to see Salisbury Academy ranked as high as it was. Anyone know if this is usually the case. Also, I was surprised that AOF wasn’t in the top 25. When they create these lists do they look at the difficulty of the league or just wins? Thanks for your help. Starting to plan for next year’s applications.</p>
<p>Salisbury SCHOOL, has won four NE titles in the last 15 years (playing in eight) including a Class A win vs. Andover three seasons ago. They consistantly send players on to college (everywhere from Princeton, Trinity, Hamilton etc to U.Missouri). Their new football facility (turf with lights) is arguably the best venue in NE. The Erickson League is easily the best in NE Prep Football.</p>
<p>Actually, made a typo. I would have expected Salisbury to do well. I was surprised at Suffield Academy. At this point I am planning on bringing my son to visit TP, AOE, Salisbury, and Blair. I am trying to find schools with decent football programs that are coed and don’t have Sat classes. (Not at the academic competetiveness of Deerfield and Hotchkiss)</p>
<p>Any other advice would be appreciated!!! He also plays basketball and lacrosse but football is the passion.</p>
<p>Well salisbury is all boys by the way.</p>
<p>I do realize that 3 of these schools are all guys. That is the reason that I’m looking for some coed ideas.</p>
<p>T-P, Salisbury and Avon Old Farms are all boys, with a dress code and classes every Saturday. Each school plays serious basketball (especially Salisbury and T-P), and all three have very, very good lacrosse programs (numerous players to D-I and even MLL).
Blair (co-ed) has a great football tradition, has sent several players to the NBA, and s*&ks at lacrosse.</p>
<p>Incidentally, good luck finding a school w/o Sat classes. Deerfield is one that comes to mind.</p>
<p>I could swear my tour guide at Deerfield said their were Sat. classes, or atleast half day sat classes or bi-weekly or something.</p>