<p>For those of you who have been through both processes, which application procedure is most grueling, college or prep school?</p>
<p>College, and it is not even close.</p>
<p>Discuss…</p>
<p>College… Never been through it, but i’m not through BS. from what my older friends say, however, they have screwed themselves over many more times then I have during the college process.</p>
<p>For us, I think prep school was , in some ways, worse. We were looking only at day schools, highly academic but without a strong sports requirement/culture in the Boston area, so the number of schools we could even consider was small. For college, there are lots more choices.</p>
<p>What made me think of this question is that there will come a time when I’ll have one applying for college one year, then the next year , when I’m getting the oldest off to college, I’ll have another applying to college and the youngest applying to prep school at the same time.</p>
<p>I was thinking that maybe when the kids are in prep school, the college placement office would take up a lot of the things that parents of public school kids would have to deal with. Oh well. I’ll just have to brace myself for seeing one off, applying one to college and applying one to BS all in the same year. Why didn’t I think of this when I was having babies??? (That’s a joke, by the way) I guess I should just start saving up for botox injections to mend the permanently furrowed brow that is sure to result.</p>
<p>nemom, </p>
<p>Just curious where did your kid end up. I’m guessing either Commonwealth, BUA or Concord Academy. I ask because we went through the same thing with one of ours (who refused to play any sport that involved a ball) a couple of years ago.:)</p>
<p>Speaking as a student, I think college admissions were a lot worse. The average kid will apply to almost twice as many colleges than prep schools. I also felt that there were more essays per application. The essays also counted for a lot more since many colleges don’t interview. College admissions were much more stats based, making it even harder if you’re not a top student. </p>
<p>It was hard applying to college from a prep school because of my peers. I knew my classmates would be accepted to my reach schools that I’d be rejected from. With prep school admissions, if you don’t get in you usually go the public school just like all your friends. When you apply to college, your fallback is community college that none of your friends are going to.</p>
<p>prpdd - mine ended up at BUA and is now fencing. That along with weekend hiking is sufficient for good health and fun too. How about yours?</p>
<p>nemom and others!
I am new to the forums. I live in Southern NH and have a son applying for 9th grade who would like to be a day student. Strong academics (As), likes computer science (already taken C#, C++ ect) goal is to become an eagle scout, plays piano, but not that into sports. He did play a recreational league ice hockey until this year- now no organized sports. I would love a list of schools to look into that might meet these criteria.</p>
<p>Thanks all!</p>
<p>No college results yet. but so far for our family the process has been less gruelling for college than for prep school. Every senior we know is applying to college, they’re all going through it, and somehow that is easier. We also see so many more good fits for college than we did for our kids for high school, so that takes some pressure off. If the applicant thinks only a few ivies are acceptable schools, that is a different story.</p>
<p>PA-C , surf on over to <a href=“http://www.aisne.org%5B/url%5D”>www.aisne.org</a> to get started - you can find nearly all the schools listed there. Go to any private school fairs you can as well. A lot will depend on how far and what direction you can drive. BUA, for example, is very good for smart kids who aren’t big on sports, but it is in downtown Boston.</p>