<p>Wow, I dont think I will be excepted at that many :D</p>
<p>Filling out applications is a time-consuming process. I think it's fine to start with 10 or so schools. After you tour them, you might drop a few and add one based your criteria adjustments. After the tours, my son and I put the schools he selected in 3 priority levels. He worked on applications for priority 1 first and then moved on to priority 2 next. In the end, he dropped the priority 3 schools. Anyway, that was our approach. </p>
<p>You have time now. I don't think you need to remove any schools yet. If you have your heart set on boarding school, it would be wise to find a few schools that you can love but are not as competitive as the very top schools. For many people, finding these schools is more work than composing a list of the most competitive schools that appeal to you.</p>
<p>I have been looking at some less prestigous schools and I really like Grier, Hebron,Peddie and Miss Porters so those are all possibilities. I love the priority system. I beleive I shall use that.</p>
<p>I'm probably in the minority, and also old-school, but I don't think it's necessary to fill out that many apps. I would think you could select a reach, a few matches, and a safety - 5 or 6 at the most. You can tour around now and see whether you like the schools enough to even want to apply. My older son visited every boarding school in the New England (or so it seemed!) and was easily able to narrow it down to three schools to apply to. (Actually he knew exactly which school he wanted just from the visit; I'm the one who made him pick a couple of others). My younger son loved his brother's school so much - and we were so happy with it - that he just applied to the one school.
Also, have you considered applying as a second-year ninth grader? I think that's pretty common at bs. People here could tell you if it increases your chances or not.</p>
<p>I have no idea if applying as a repeat (which I did, but for junior year) will increase yourchances or not. Even 5 or 6 schools is a lot. I applied at three schools; L'Ville and Choate as my two first choices and Berkshire as my safety school. I got in all of them and I chose L'Ville with the full grant. </p>
<p>Let's say you apply and you don't need financial aid (applying with financial aid is more complicated), I'd tell you to choose one safety school where you are confident you'll be accepted. If you don't get accepted at your safety school, forget about boarding school. Then, you should choose two good schools where you should be accepted, but you're not that confient about it. For example: Tabor, NMH, Berkshire, Salisbury, Canterbury, etc. Finally, pick two elite prep schools, not more. If you don't get in two elite schools, you will not get in a third elite school. Here are the elite 8 : Lawrenceville, Choate, Exeter, Hotchkiss, Andover, St-Paul's, Milton, Deerfield. </p>
<p>So, search on the internet and make your choices. Then you visit these 5 schools and decide which one you want to apply at. Try to choose schools that are different; schools that have the same kind of "people" on campus tend to accept the same kind of students. Again, you don't get into one, you will probably not be accepted at the other one. </p>
<p>If you are applying and you need full financial aid, send me a personal message so that I can help you.</p>
<p>Thank you so much!! People on this board are so extremely helpful:) Anymore suggestions?</p>
<p>What schools would someone suggest as a safety school?</p>
<p>loomis (kinda, not really)
concord, peddie, NMH, Tabor,
salisbury, TP, Avon (these if u r a guy and want to go to all boys')....... Westover (If you are a girl)</p>
<p>Bearcats, none of those schools are safeties, especially Loomis, Concord, and Peddie. We don't even know her stats yet.</p>
<p>abercrombielov93, your safety schools depend on your SSAT scores, EC's, grades, recs, if you're applying for financial aid, etc.</p>
<p>ya maybe i underestimated loomis concord and peddie...but hey...we chant "safety school" when we play loomis!!!!</p>
<p>but i m pretty sure
NMH, Tabor,
salisbury, TP, Avon (these if u r a guy and want to go to all boys')....... Westover (If you are a girl)
these all accept more than 50% of the applicants!</p>
<p>Well, loomis is a safety school for people at Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>Well, my safety school was Berkshire. It is pretty easy to get in and if you need financial aid, they are very generous. I think that Tabor is really underrated for the quality academics they offer. NMH is definately a safety school. Others include : Holderness, Kent, South Kent, Kimball Union, Lawrence, Pomfret, etc. But, the problem with these schools is that they do not offer a lot of financial aid. If you are not capable of entering one of the elite 8, you should look at Tabor, Salisbury and Westminster. They accept around 40% or more of the applications and they all offer on average more than 20000 $ of financial aid.</p>
<p>Redpride 11...
Yes...that homewrk rule "exists" but it's pretty much B.S. It's impossible for them to enforce the rule. I can guarantee you that. Teachers will judge how much homework they are giving based on how long it takes them. And trust me...you teacher with a doctorate will be able to do more college-level chem in an hour than the average student.
Basically, lots of work...but you learn to B.S. and get through it.</p>
<p>okay i will look at those schools do u think those are okay for my stats prepstudent1</p>
<p>Could Blair Academy possibly be a safety?</p>
<p>It depends on your stats, but the acceptance rate is 56% and the average SSAT score is 65%.</p>
<p>if we don't know your stats or if you need financial aid, the schools we're suggesting are probably way off.</p>
<p>i'd just like to say that your username isn't really an attractive label for someone applying to a top boarding school. </p>
<p>"abercrombielov"? you're kind of suggesting that you're all about crappy designer brand and about looking preppy and rich. that's not really what any of those schools are looking for in an applicant.</p>
<p>i could be mistaken and i hate to stereotype, but if that's the way you want to be, you should go to a private, materialistic school and hang out and try to be as close to barbie as possible...</p>
<p>lol it's just a username. Abercrombie doesn't suggest preppy or rich to me, just wannabe.</p>
<p>but I'm not saying you're trying to act rich or preppy or anything, because I don't know you, but that's just what the people who wear Abercrombie are around here</p>