<p>Hello,
Currently I am planning to go to boarding school.
These are my options:
SPS
Kent
Miss.Porter
I have some questions as well.
How mutch homework do you usually have?
What are some pros and cons of boarding schools?</p>
<p>Umm… lots of homework. They’re al good schools…</p>
<p>No offense intended, but I don’t think you’ll get in if you don’t know how to spell ‘much’. The top two are <em>very</em> hard to get into, I’m not too familiar with Miss Porter though, so maybe they’re slightly more lenient.</p>
<p>Pros:
Academics
Independence skills gained
People (life-long friendships)
Experiences; being away from Mom/Dad forces you to come out of your shell.
Time management skills gained</p>
<p>Cons:
Away from Mom/Dad can be bad if you’re forced/not ready
I guess that’s the only con that comes to mind… I’m sure there are more.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>Kent and SPS are SO VERY different. Do some research and check out the SPS thread here and ask some other specifics.</p>
<p>MPS is part of the founder’s league. The same league that choate, hotchkiss, taft, and loomis, kent, and deerfield are all in. Lenient?</p>
<p>It is impossible to respond to your posting unless you specify why you want to go to boarding school in the US in the first place. The essence of selecting a school is “fit”. The real question you should be asking is not “What is the best school”? But, “what is the best school for me”? As to the pros and cons of boarding school, it again depends on what you are comparing them against. If you have a gymnasium or an international school with an IB programme as an alternative, the comparison would look very different than if your alternative were a standard public high school. The work load at any high end boarding school in America , certainly SPS, would be at a level of gymnasium in Europe and the expected standard would be the best you are capable of (rather than the low pass standard in Europe). You would thus likely be working quite a lot harder than you might currently be used to. Hope this helps</p>
<p>BumbleB- Perhaps what mmoynan meant by lenient was that MPS and Kent have average ssat scores in the low 70’s and acceptance rates around 50%, while SPS has 88 ssat and only a 22% acceptance rate, per boardingschoolreview.com. </p>
<p>MMoynan - Some people post here who are not native English speakers. Please consider how cogent your posts would be if you were writing in Dutch or Hungarian, for example. Then, of course, there are always typos and hyperactive laptop keyboards. But if you do suspect ignorance, it’s much more helpful (and classy) to use the offending word in your own post correctly as a covert example of correct usage.</p>
<p>Three very different choices. I went to St. Paul’s. My wife went to Miss Porters. Academically, SPS is the toughest. Kent has a great crew program. Farmington (MP) has riding and is all girls. All good schools however. </p>
<p>For a broad overview, go to [Boarding</a> School Review - College-Prep & Jr. Boarding Schools](<a href=“http://www.boardingschoolreview.com%5DBoarding”>http://www.boardingschoolreview.com) and you can choose the three schools and see average class size, acceptance rates, dress code, and much more. BUT then focus on the issues that concern you and ask more about those. As an example, Kent has the most AP courses, but then St. Paul’s refuses to “teach to AP’s” and does the best in college placement despite that. So…. Some of these issues become very convoluted and you have to make sure you know what you are comparing.</p>
<p>Decide what your strengths are. Look at what the schools are known for and ask more questions here. You might read the students own evaluations on that link also. While most students do/should love the school they are at, you may see themes that come across. I.e. A number of Andover students cite “cut-throat” competition. Good luck, it is like Diogenes’ search.</p>
<p>I konw plntey of interantoinal kdis who spkoe vrey poor eglnish, mcuh lses splel and atetnded mnay of the shcools mentonied here bceause tehy had amibtoin.
By graduation they spoke and spelled the English language better than most Americans.</p>
<p>haha…
Yeah, I read that somewhere that you can spell the middle part of the word wrong, but the brain can still interpret it correctly.</p>
<p>THEY ARE LIGHTYEARS APART. Kent is not the most selective school… Not very hard to get into.</p>