<p>With Academics, keeping up extra-curriculars, sports, which school is the hardest</p>
<p>Not to be too flip and sarcastic - but all of them.<br>
They all have EC/athletic requirements, they all have AP and Honors courses, all have rigiourous homework expectations - from the “Top Tier” to the ones no ones heard of.<br>
Some have the “reputation” of being more “intense” or more a a pressure cooker than others. But that doesnt’ mean necessarily that they are “harder.” Some students thrive in that type of environment. Some have no required study hall, some have 2 required each day. In both cases, that would make it harder for some students, and “easier” for others.<br>
It’s all about the fit. They are all hard.</p>
<p>do you know which schools do have a required study time?</p>
<p>Most that we visited did. Of the schools generally talked about here, Deerfield does. St. Paul’s does not.
For the remaining of these, there are some variations of exceptions for upper classmen but they all do have a required studyhall:
Salisbury, Avon Old Farms, NMH, Cushing, Trinity-Pawling, Kimball-Union, Canterbury, Loomis, Suffield, Westminster, Proctor.</p>
<p>Obviously these are just the ones I know about. I’m sure others can add to the list. It’s probably shorter to list the ones that do not have a required study hall.</p>
<p>At sps study hall is not required if you keep your grades up. When the grades slip chances are your advisor will put you in study hall a couple nights a week.</p>
<p>anyone know anything about Andover, Exeter and Lawrenceville?</p>
<p>At Andover, you have to be in a place of study (library, science building, dorm, etc.) between 8 and 10 on nights before classes unless you are a senior. Whether you actually use that time to study is up to you.</p>
<p>holderness also has a set study time each day.</p>
<p>Middlesex has study hours from 7 to 9pm. Many students study beyond that using small lights after hours.</p>
<p>Westover also has mandatory study hours</p>
<p>They are not all the same-- I have friend who transferred to St. Paul’s from another good boarding school. She says students work harder and have a lot more pressure at St. Paul’s. There a lot of good schools but there is a surprising amount of variety in the campuses’ atmospheres.</p>
<p>St. Paul’s also does not limit students to only doing a sport, or only taking part in a play, etc. As a result I think many people are prone to overloading themselves with too many extracurriculars making it hard to find enough time to fit in everything. However, advisors can intervene and students also learn on their own that they can’t do everything.</p>
<p>pesud08 - that’s what I was saying - the atmoshere is different everywhere. However, all the schools do in fact offer “hard” classes (AP/Honors, etc.). And “hard” is different for different students. Some kids thrive on the St. Paul’s atmosphere and are able to “do it all.” That would have been me. My husband, not so much.<br>
I think it is a question that can’t really be universally answered. “Hard” is different for everyone.</p>
<p>The hardest school?</p>
<p>Easy.</p>
<p>It’s this one (or ones that are just like it): [This</a> Is The Hardest School To Do Well At - Videoclip](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2luAeK0Tuu8]This”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2luAeK0Tuu8)</p>
<p>Yeah, I think the “hardest” school is very dependent on the person.
Someone who is very motivated and taking all honors/AP classes can in fact be taking more difficult courses than someone taking all standard courses at a “harder” school.</p>
<p>Also schools with more freedom could be “harder” for people who don’t have much personal motivation whereas schools with too much structure could be “hard” for people who have their own ways of working.</p>
<p>I believe the trick is to find a school that is adequately challenging for you in YOU in all the right ways.</p>
<p>i think mostly are boarding schools are hard</p>