<p>I know Harvard Westlake is an elite name/school in my area, but I don’t know if its prestige lives up to its matriculation data…hahah</p>
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<p>A new “overview” video for Stuart Country Day (Princeton, NJ area):</p>
<p>[Stuart</a> Country Day School: Welcome to Our Place - YouTube](<a href=“Stuart Country Day School: Welcome to Our Place - YouTube”>Stuart Country Day School: Welcome to Our Place - YouTube)</p>
<p>Full disclosure: I am the parent of a current Middle School student.</p>
<p>Aubreygal FYI maybe Harvard westlake will be better soon since they are getting the Groton headmaster.</p>
<p>Private Day Schools by us: Greenwich Academy, Brunswick School, Greenwich Country Day School, New Canaan Country Day, St. Luke’s, Hackley (although there is also a little boarding), Masters, Rye Country Day School, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greens Farms</p>
<p>University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Morgan Park Academy
St. Ignatius College Prep School
Latin School of Chicago
British School of Chicago
Francis W. Parker School
Lake Forest Academy (Boarding also)</p>
<p>(Elementary & Middle School: The Avery Coonley School)</p>
<p>Indianapolis:</p>
<p>Park Tudor School (in my opinion this is the best college prep in the area)
University High School
Brebeuf Jesuit
Cathedral High School
International School of Indianapolis
Herron School for the Arts</p>
<p>Notice that there are no mention of great day or boarding schools on Long Island! That is because there are none ( Friends Academy in Locust Valley is a poor excuse for a great school teaching I hear is suboptimal ) ! This is why I found it necessary to send my S to boarding school. ( I myself am the product of public schooling with success however, after being naive and believing in the public school system for my oldest S, most of the public schools on Long Island are over rated and the private schools are not much better)!</p>
<p>I know these:Maumee Valley Country Day School,Harvard-Westlake,Trinity,Roxbury Latin,Horace Mann,etc</p>
<p>@Oura54: I’ve always heard good things about Chaminade, though if you are not into the all-boys Catholic school thing, that might not be an option.</p>
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<p>Yes I too have heard good things about Chaminade. It is approximately 45 min to an hour each way of travel time. I see students who do this sort of travel and I’m always suspect of students ( and parents) who boast great grades, sports, ECs in the face of a minimum of two hrs of travel a day. I mean how many geniuses are there out there? It seems to me that getting such grades with that type of travel ( yes they can do work or sleep while traveling as often stated ( not likely) )is extremely unlikely unless the course work is abridged or there is grade inflation .</p>
<p>For those in the Chicago area, or others who are knowledgeable, How does University of Chicago Laboratory Schools High School compare to Andover, Exeter, Choate, Deerfield, etc?</p>
<p>On Long Island? Where I live, Kellenberg’s literally down the street and Chaminade isn’t too far off either.</p>
<p>Best in the Southern California area is Flintridge Prep, Harvard-Westlake, and Polytechnic.</p>
<p>Providence, Rhode Island:
The Moses Brown School
Wheeler School
Providence Country Day School
Lincoln School (girls)</p>
<p>Could a current parent or student of the Hopkins School in New Haven Ct. provide some insight into the school? Considering this school for my child, but would like to increase my comfort level that the school is not too “intense”.</p>
<p>My research keeps bringing up adjectives such as “gifted” when describing the students, and certainly their SAT averages and matriculation list seems to support that definition. While my child is a very good student in a competitive school, not sure that a high pressure environment would be a good fit. Any insight would be appreciated.</p>
<ol>
<li> Trinity</li>
<li> Horace Mann</li>
<li> Dalton</li>
</ol>
<p>The concern about the intensity at Hopkins is legitimate and it is an open topic at the school. However, I believe that the reason it is discussed so freely is because the school is serious about managing it and seems to do a pretty good job. One school official told us before entering “it is definitely an intense environment but we’ve softened up around the edges since my days here…” I understand that Hopkins must have been a real pressure cooker at one point but if that’s the case today the kids do a great job of hiding it.</p>
<p>Its only my D1’s first year there so we’re only comparing it to her experience in public school (and its only one month in) but she’s definitely challenged with level and volume of work. She’s a committed athlete with lot of traveling in planes / trains / automobiles and very little of that time is wasted. Plenty of people in her class are placed in 1 or 2 grade advanced classes depending upon the subject. It doesn’t seem to carry any stigma either way. Our D is pretty smart and very disciplined. That combo seems to work at Hopkins…</p>
<p>Thanks HPKNSDAD, that was helpful.</p>
<p>Seattle:
University Prep
Open Window
Lakeside School
Overlake
International School (not private, but you have to get accepted then put in a lottery)</p>
Saint Ann’s. That’s where I went before I moved to California