What happened to Taft, Hill and Loomis Chaffee?

Prep School Admissions
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<p>What happened to Taft, Hill and Loomis Chaffee? They were in the original 1966 TSAO, but somehow in the 8 school association, they got kicked out and North Mount Hermon was added. Did this peer group self select the top 8? Are these 3 now considered second tier?</p>

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<p>TSAO = a resource sharing organization among peer organizations (mutually beneficial association)</p>

<p>TSAO ≠ first tier</p>

<p>Membership changes in the TSAO ≠ sea changes in quality or nature of any current or former member.</p>

<p>Membership changes in the TSAO ≠ barely perceptible shifts in the quality or nature of any current or former member.</p>

<p>There are some prestigious schools that are TSAO members. That doesn’t mean all members are on a par with each other. They just believe that they have common interests and will benefit from sharing resources in the admission process. Equating TSAO members as first tier is like thinking that all schools that belong to TABS are on the same tier.</p>

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<p>Deerfield Academy, Groton School, The Hotchkiss School, The Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, St. Paul’s School, and The Taft School are the 8 schools included in the recently launched common application process. I think they are supposed to be in the same tier - except I would replace Taft with Choate, but they must have other considerations in forming such an “alliance”.</p>

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<p>Choate has its own application process, which is mostly done online and includes some kind of “multiple intelligences” survey- I don’t remember the details. That’s probably why they don’t want to be part of a common app. There was an article recently in the paper about the new “8 schools” group- the one that Taft, Loomis and Hill were dropped from, and Northfield Mount Hermon joined. The headmasters, athletic directors, technology directors etc. meet regularly to discuss issues and collaborate. One of the groups met recently at Choate. Someone could probably find the article in the Choate News if they searched. It gave a pretty good description of the purpose of the “8 Schools Association.”</p>

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<p>[Eight</a> Schools Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Schools_Association]Eight”>Eight Schools Association - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>This provides some background. </p>

<p>(Wikipedia!!!)</p>

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<p>Don’t feel NMH belongs more than Taft though</p>

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<p>The ESA, includes Choate, not Taft. The first President of the ESA was from Choate, followed by Lawrenceville.</p>