<p>Hi..</p>
<p>If you have a daughter at an all girls BS could you give me some insight into their school and her experience? I'm only interested in the east coast schools...</p>
<p>Thx</p>
<p>I dont have a daughter at an all girls BS, but I had a daughter in an all girls school in NYC for 13 yrs. From what I have observed, academically all girls BS’s are not as challenging as mixed schools. Most girls want to go to coed boarding, so the applicant pool isnt as qualified. Sorry parents of current all girls BS’s. Its true, though. Also, many of the issues of girls together get magnified when they are living together. If you wanted a Southern school, my opinion vis-a-vis academics would probably be better, since more kids would be going to single sex schools there.
To bring a local example - more single sex schools in NYC are considered more academically challenging than the coed schools, since that has been the “normal” for NYC. Boarding would be the reverse.</p>
<p>There will naturally be some girl issues in any dorm, whether it’s a coed school or all-girls’ I was a dorm parent at a coed school, and I can tell you that the majority of the ‘girl drama’ there always seemed to be boy-related!</p>
<p>mhmm…I’m not looking for a pressure cooker for my daughter. She is currently ins. NYC coed private (progressive) and I’d like the same vibe when it comes to a school. We are applying to both boarding and day here in the city and so far there is only one single sex school here we’re interested in touring…other than that…it’s all coed for us when it comes to day schools. As for boarding…she has met a friend of mine who went to Emma Willard and got very interested when speaking to her…so now she’s interested in touring some all girls schools.</p>
<p>Got it. Although the experience will be different now versus our generations.<br>
Just read your other post and it seems you are limited by the distance to NYC. I’d second Blair, although its not progressive, but more traditional, its definitely kinder gentler and has great educators working there.
As to a nyc progressive, you have my curiosity peaked. The ones I know are an extreme pressure cooker (dalton) and strong pressure cooker (fieldston)
cameo43 - most of the girl drama may be boy related in a coed environment, but there is much more girl drama in an all girls environment.</p>
<p>mhmm we aren’t at any of those. I’m a downtown person and wanted to keep that vibe when it came to school communities. Blair is on my research list and other schools nearby. We don’t need the BS to be progressive but more about a relaxed learning environment and that community is an important part of the experience. I’m not into tiers and never bought into the “tier” system here in NYC. I went for what I thought was a good fit for my child and family for kindergarten. I’m actually going to tour Fieldston in the fall but not Dalton.</p>
<p>Hmm…I’m guessing your current school might have the words “Red” and “Little” in its name?</p>
<p>If so, I think that schools like Putney and NMH might be good to look into? FWIW, we are looking at Emma W. also…coming out of fairly progressive all-girls day school in the Princeton area.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for all of the all-girls schools, but in my experience with several boarding schools (Emma Willard and a couple of coeds) Emma Willard is the most rigorous. In fact, Emma Willard’s SAT scores now fall in the top tier category. Historically, and for less than noble reasons, girls schools were not considered as challenging as boys. I hope those days are over.</p>
<p>SevenDad…close geographically but no cigar 
…Little Red isn’t our school. We will be applying to their High School division called Elizabeth Irwin along with about 3 other day schools here in the city. I’m also looking at NMH, George School and Putney but I’m thinking my daughter wants all girls if she’s going to boarding school. A good friend of mine is an Emma W alum and just loved her time there. I look forward to visiting them. I’ve done a lot of reading today and our All Girls list so far is: Westover, Emma W, Miss Hall’s. I can see my daughter in any of these three all girls BS from what I’ve read.</p>
<p>wcmom1958 Thanks!</p>
<p>check out Grace Church new high school</p>
<p>Also: Dana Hall School. A higher day student population, but the education is good! Lots of sports, convenient to Boston for day trips… etc. I realize it might be farther than you want to look, but it can’t hurt to check it out! :-)</p>
<p>mhmm we went to the new grace church HS open house and it’s not a good match with my daughter and they still seemed unsure about things being a new school. We did tour Trevor and Elizabeth Irwin (LREI). We both loved Trevor Day and surprising both loved Elizabeth Irwin too. Glad I toured both because ppl have had nasty things to say about both but we really liked both. My daughter likes Trevor the best out of both. I will go tour Berkley Carroll in the fall, as well as Packer Collegiate and Fieldston.</p>
<p>Thx london203</p>
<p>I would also consider adding Miss. Porter’s School to your list of near NYC all-girls boarding schools. If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me - that is a school I have a lot of experience with, as both a former student and as the parent of a recent graduate. Good luck with your search!</p>
<p>Berkley Carroll and Packer are very competitive. Fieldston is relaxed in lower school, but the competition heats up in HS. They are in the category of progressive, though.</p>
<p>Trevor is great for learning issues, although the parent body is ultra college competitive.</p>
<p>Not sure what EI is currently, when I went to school, it was very laid back.</p>
<p>mhmm…EI has gone through a a huge change in the last decade. 10 hrs ago they got a new heard of school and he cleaned house. He has completely revamped the staff and curriculum. Like I said, I was pretty shocked that I liked it so much. I sat in on a science and literary discussion and I was not only impressed with the teachers…but in the students. They had such passion with the way they expressed their points of views or argue nets during the discussion. As for Trevor…first off I loved the teachers. You could tell that they loved their job and being there. The kids were attentive, interested and eager. I love that the curriculum especially their science program. The teachers are available anytime and their new high school building on the UES opens for the 2014 school season. I’ve known about Trevor for ages but never knew it to be a learning issues school. They do have in place learning specialists, as do most schools…but I never heard the rumor that it is solely a learning issues school. Not sure if that’s what you meant or that you meant it’s also good for learning issues. As for competitive parents…it’s NYC…they’re all over and don’t bother me because I ignore them. As I ignore those who care about tiers and HYP. Very different people and I keep my distance from them.</p>
<p>Meant 10 yrs ago not 10hrs in previous post</p>
<p>So sorry mom3,
I actually thought that you were interested in receiving information, not in confirming your decisions. Good luck with the process.</p>
<p>NYCmom, curious how hard it is to “keep distance” from those people in NYC, but regardless you should rest assured that you are actually taking a much, much more travelled road if you consider nationwide only a small fraction of population are pursuing any type of private education, let alone HYP. So lighten up. You are not the “maverick” here but the proud 99%.</p>