7th graders: Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Just figured it was worth a mention since I've seen a number of 7th graders on the forum recently:</p>

<p>Caroline</a> D. Bradley Scholarship</p>

<p>The scholarship covers boarding school tuition for all four years, and also helps in the school search and selection process. </p>

<p>The application must be submitted in April of your 7th grade year. So, if you're in 7th grade, are going to need full financial aid, are a U.S. citizen living in the United States, and haven't looked into this yet, now is the time!</p>

<p>It's extremely competitive, but they offer as many as 15 new scholarships each year . . . so, if you're eligible, why not give it a try? :)</p>

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<p>I agree, the Bradley is a great 4 year full tuition high school scholarship for any school you choose, and only current 7th graders can apply. It is a good introduction to prep school applications, too. The essays are very similar. If you look at the “readers” for the Bradley (on their website), they include many admissions offices at well known prep schools. </p>

<p>Applying for the Bradley can get you on the prep school radar early. We received some invitations to apply from those schools, although she did not win the Bradley. My daughter did get accepted to the schools that invited, though, so it all worked out pretty well.</p>

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<p>Waiting to see if my 7th grader made the finalist list.</p>

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<p>WHOA–dodgersmom, thank you SO MUCH for posting this! I may owe you for life! You have seriously affected my life SO MUCH just by posting that!</p>

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<p>I can’t believe they provide full financial aid! Amazing!</p>

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<p>I’m a finalist…now for interviews! ;)</p>

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<p>Clicking on the link in the original message, I get a “database error”. When I Google “caroline d. bradley scholarship” the search results say “This site may harm your computer.” Did this happen to anyone else?</p>

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<p>Hello Finalists and parents.
Would you share more information about your experience including SAT score range to be a finalist? Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>I clicked on the link and it opened fine on my computer, looks like the authentic site. Not sure why the poster above had trouble.</p>

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<p>Yeah, apparently the site has a virus but I got an email that they fixed it, although it doesn’t appear to be fixed.
@seattlekal - I am a finalist this year (although I don’t think I got the scholarship as I haven’t gotten a call). My SATs were 690 on math and critical reading and 730 in writing. They said they liked that my application was well-rounded and that I showed a lot of potential. It’s something you can’t really cheat on: if you’re truly a motivated, driven, qualified student, you’ll move on in the competition, but if you aren’t, then they won’t choose you as a finalist or a scholar.</p>

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<p>As for the virus, they fixed it the other night…</p>

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<p>Thank you nerdgrl.</p>

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<p>i’m applying next spring! Lol i know i’m hekka late posting but still :stuck_out_tongue: Anyone else? =(( </p>

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<p>Darn! Wish we had known about this earlier! Are there any other scholarships out there for BS kids? Rising 9th grader?</p>

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<p>I searched all over, back in the day, and was unable to find anything other than this one. The popular view is that public school is good enough, so why pay for prep or boarding school? As long as that’s the accepted view, scholarships for private school are going to be few and far between. Your best bet would be for your student to apply to boarding schools where he or she might be eligible for financial aid.</p>