@itcannotbetrue Thanks! Your answers were extremely helpful!
Is the student body diverse?
I would say the student body is very diverse. We have people from all over the country and world on this campus. We have people who do science research, expert musicians and artists, fantastic writers, recruitable athletes, etc. The only way in which we are not diverse, I would argue, is on the political spectrum. Just like colleges these days, almost everyone is some degree of liberal, with the majority being socialists. Unless you’re a flaming conservative though, you’ll fit in just fine. There are a lot of wealthy people here too, but almost 1/3 of the student body is on financial aid, so it’s not everyone. You don’t really notice socio-economic boundaries until people start talking about their plans for breaks or, to some degree, college.
Thanks now for a more specific question, is it racially diverse or if not,if your a urm do you stick out like a sore thumb?
Sorry if question offends.
@CottenCandyTrill when I visited it was definitely racially diverse, and nobody really stuck out. Everybody was talking together and I would safely say that everybody was really integrated, no matter their race.
^^^Not to contradict anyone, when my two students were there (class of 2014 and class of 2016), unfortunately, the students seem to migrate into 2 groups, white students and “all other.” My own students came from a racially mixed household, so gravitated to the “all other,” group. It always seemed like a missed opportunity to me for the white students, who appeared (not all, of course) to stay in all white social groups across the campus. You go to BS to learn in a diverse environment, but when you get there, you stay with what you know? Seems contra-intuitive to why you put yourself into a diverse learning environment, only to NOT make use of it. My kids came from a white, upper middle class town, where they were the only minorities, so wanted a diverse student body.
I have a ton of questions about classes:
- You take 5 courses a term, right? Or just 5 courses a day?
- Do EN375&HI750HO count as one or two courses?
- For the science research program are you expected to have completed biology by your junior year?
Thanks so much
In addition, while looking at the four year schedule I found that there was little wiggle room for electives let alone all your subjects. I want to take english, math, and science at all times so will I have to choose between an art, history, or a language?
@applejuice007 I’m not totally sure about how it will work, but there’s a new schedule for next year. The classes will be longer and I believe that you can have a maximum of 4 a day: according to my student tour person, people would have mostly three or two a day…
@nico.campbell, yeah I saw that too which kinda worries me b/c it would be hard to fit all your classes in I think.
@applejuice007 oh trust me it’s good I have the same schedule at my school. We have three one and a half hour classes a day… the day goes by wayyyy faster than it did before we had the schedule change.
Hi. Choate has always been my first choice school and I have been waitlisted at Choate this year. Do you know if Choate is going to their waitlist this year for international students?
Can anyone tell me if Choate is going to their waitlist?
@Bantisse Choate did go to their waitlist I believe. Two users said that they were pulled off, one day student for 9th and boarding for 10th.
@applejuice007 Will they offer WL to international students?
Idk and if it doesn’t work out there’s always next yr! Good luck!
When do course selections and placement tests come out?
@applejuice007 soon, I hope! Placement tests should come out within the next month or so I think… maybe late June at the latest.
omg i thought course selections were in the beginning of the year! thank god i don’t have to wait that long :))