Should Parents or Students Make the Decision?

NEKreader
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:01:14 +0000

I don’t know how you judge more impressive. Based on boarding school review the two schools have about the same SAT scores. Taft is certainly bigger, so I would expect more extensive course offerings, but they are certainly both good schools. I don’t know how your parents are determining which rowing program is stronger, but the St. Marks School girls first 4 beat Taft in the Founders Day regatta and NEIRAs last year. In both cases they made the Grand Final and Taft only made the petits. For the boys, St. Mark’s was third at NEIRAs, IIRC, and Taft didn’t make either final. I know there is a freshman from St. Mark’s on the Princeton women’s crew this year, but I don’t know anything about other colleges. Ultimately, you and your parents have to decide, and I believe people do better where they are happiest, but I would question the premise that Taft has a stronger rowing program.