<p>I'm an international student (no FA)
not perfect grades, satisfactory</p>
<p>Is there any school suggestions?
I'd like to go to a school with a strong tennis and basketball team.
A school with rigorous language programme.</p>
<p>I'm definitely applying for Choate and Cushing.
Do I even have a chance for choate? -3-</p>
<p>I NEED OTHER SCHOOL SUGGESTIONS.</p>
<p>There are a lot of great schools. Of course GLADCHEMMS are going to be very competitive. Some suggestions are: Hill,Blair,Berkshire,Loomis,Tabor, St.G,Pomfrett,Westminster,Suffield and NMH. Go to their web pg. and see if they match your needs. (these are mid atlantic/New Eng. schools) I<code>m assuming you</code>re not looking at W. coast schools.</p>
<p>I am only looking at New England boarding schools because i’ll have to travel to NYC a lot. I’m also interested in NMH, but it has the same standard as Cushing, but more courses offered. I went to Cushing for summer school and i really liked the school, and my siblings all went there. Maybe I’m gonna go for Loomis and/or NMH.</p>
<p>If you have to go to NYC a lot you should look at some NJ schools also. Blair, NJ/ Hill,Pa are closer than Cushings. Cushings is a good school and should stay on your list. They have a lot of international students :D</p>
<p>maddog15 is correct. Most New England schools are closer to Boston than New York City. If being close to NYC is important to you, take look at the schools that interest you on google maps. The schools that are close to NYC, have easy access to NYC, and/or have weekend transportation to NYC tend to be in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. You can also go to <a href=“http://www.boardingschools.com%5B/url%5D”>www.boardingschools.com</a> and put in a NYC zipcode like 10022 (NYC) and find schools within a certain radius of NYC.</p>
<p>Choate probably has weekend transportation to NYC. I doubt that Cushing does. Blair is 65 miles from NYC and has a weekend van to a train station that takes students into the city. Once you have a list of schools that interest you, ask them about weekend service to NYC.</p>
<p>I’m sure it’s confusing, but New York is considered to be a Mid-Atlantic state in the northeast. Connecticut is the most southern New England state, and parts of it are close to NYC.</p>
<p>My parents want me to be near NYC or Boston, but NYC would be more important because I have many relatives there. I’m trying to find the schools that suit me the best and that I’ll have some chances of getting in. Choate is known for the sports team and I’m really passionate about sports. Cushing has many asians esp. Koreans and Chinese. NMH sounds like a great school but I think i’ll have to think again. I planned on applying to Andover but I just gave up because of how competitive it is. Choate sounds somewhat more possible for me, but I almost gave put on it too. I love Cushing but the academic cannot be compared to Choate. NMH is way better than Cushing when talking about the academics. I don’t really like the idea how some schools have ESL though.</p>
<p>The Lawrenceville School
Larenceville, NJ</p>
<p>An excellent school, located just over an hour outside of NYC. Definitely check it out.</p>
<p>Its safe to keep Cushings on your list as a safety school. As for location, check out the mid atlantic schools, mainly NJ. Being so far away from home and having the luxury of a few relatives in the NYC area is a plus. Lville is among the GLADCHEMMS. Choate and Loomis seem reasonable as reach schools because of their location from NYC.
You mentioned in your other post that you don’t really have questions for your interviewer. Surely you can come up w/ a few. This is the place you are going to spend the nxt 4 yrs of your life. Since your interviewer is an alum, ask about his/her experiences at the school. Also ask what other schools they considered when applying to the school. Find out why they chose the school you are considering. Not asking any questions will make you look like you are not that interested.</p>
<p>+1 on the “You better have some questions or prepare to be viewed like you are not that interested” advice.</p>
<p>The alumni I’m having an interview with is a Thai scholar. As you might know, the Thai king sends 1-2 Thai students to each participating boarding schools in the US. The Scholars do not have to take interviews, write essays and all those other things to applying. The school they are sent to depend on their english level. If their english skills aren’t good enough for like Andover, Exeter, Choate, then they’d be sent to schools with strong ESL programmes. The king also pays for the tuition fees.</p>
<p>I’ll definitely check lawrenceville out since it’s a great school. But when I think about how competitive those top schools are, I want to give up. I’m taking a chance for Choate because I really want to go to Choate.
My quote is: “You don’t choose the schools you want to go to, but they’re the ones choosing you.”</p>
<p>Blair has 1-2 Thai scholars a year, and they do not have an ESL program. According to my son, they are very impressive students.</p>
<p>Thankyou for the suggestions. I’m really wishing I’d get into Choate, but since my grades are mediocre, I don’t think I have that much chance. Other school suggestions would be really helpful.</p>
<p>Consider Suffield Academy. Not sure why it doesn’t get mentioned more often in these blogs. Nice/new facilities, friendly students.</p>
<p>thanks for ur suggestion. i’ll look up for it. My sisters really encourage me to apply to other top schools like Andover and Exter, but I don’t think I have the chances. Choate is like my DREAM SCHOOL.</p>
<p>I second the Suffield recommendation.
Also Thai Scholars rock! Brooks takes them and they were always super impressive.
One in my d’s class is now at Stanford.</p>
<p>@imemymine,
Here’s a list of schools I’m applying to: (All in New England and relatively close to NYC)</p>
<p>Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter NH)
St. Paul’s School (Concord NH)
Groton School (Groton MA)
Phillips Academy Andover (Andover MA)
Deerfield Academy (Deerfield MA)
Middlesex School (Concord MA)</p>
<p>Here are some schools in Massachusetts that I’m not applying to,but I would recommend:</p>
<p>St. Mark’s School (Southborough MA)
Northfield Mount Hermon (Mount Hermon MA)
Tabor Academy (Marion MA)
Milton Academy (Milton MA)
Berkshire School (Sheffield MA)
Concord Academy (Concord MA)</p>
<p>Schools in New Hampshire I’m not applying to, but recommend:</p>
<p>Holderness School (Plymouth NH)
Kimbal Union Academy (Meriden NH)
The White Mountain School (Bethlehem NH) A friend of mine is applying here! It looks pretty cool actually.</p>
<p>Schools in New Jersey I’m not applying to, but would recommend:</p>
<p>Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville NJ)
Blair Academy (Blairstown NJ)
Peddie School (Highstown NJ)
The Hun School of Princeton (Princeton NJ)</p>
<p>Schools in Conecticut I’m not applying to, but would recommend:</p>
<p>Kent School (Kent CT)
Taft School (Watertown CT)
Hotckiss School (Lakeville CT)
Loomis Chaffee School (Windsor CT)
Miss Porter’s School (Farmington CT) All girls school</p>
<p>Schools in Rhode Island I’m not applying to, but would recommend:</p>
<p>St. George’s School (Newport RI)
Portsmouth Abbey School (Portsmouth RI)</p>
<p>Not all the schools I’ve recommended would be right for everyone. For example, I did not feel that Milton Academy (a school I originally strongly considered applying to) was a good fit for me. I didn’t get a good feeling during my tour. But that’s just my individual reaction to that school. You might fall in love with Milton Academy. I’d check out as many of these schools as you have the patience for. But if you look at any of the schools on this lists, I’d look at the ones that I’m applying to. All of them are academically top notch. A great resource when applying to boarding schools is this website:
[Boarding</a> School Review - College-Prep & Jr. Boarding Schools](<a href=“http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/]Boarding”>http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/)</p>
<p>It has helped me a lot in finding schools. But you don’t have much time to research. I’d start filling out apps. It’s what I’m gonna be doing over Christmas break. Good luck in the application process and I hope you’ll be my future classmate! :)</p>
<p>ifax, I would strongly suggest that you add some of the schools in that second category back to your list if you really have your heart set on going to BS. Five of the six schools that you are applying to routinely deny or waitlist over 80% of their applicants. I mean, Exeter and Andover each mail out over 2000 rejection letters every year. Middlesex is also highly selective. </p>
<p>Why are you only applying to nearly impossible to get into schools? I will assume that you like your local day school option better than the school to which you are NOT applying. </p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong…I’m not saying that you in particular won’t get in to one of these schools. What I am saying is that 20% times 5 does not equal 100% chance of being admitted. They turn away so many great kids every year and it usually has nothing to so with them not being qualified. Sometimes, it comes down to luck. Just be prepared for the possibility of not getting in; because statistically, it’s much more likely to not get in than to get in. Again, nothing about you in particular makes me say that. It’s just how the numbers pan out.</p>
<p>It always makes me nervous when kids only apply to the top schools, especially when you need FA. I mean, jeez! I have enough worrying about my own kids to do without worrying about all of you guys!</p>
<p>Thankyou for your suggestions.
I have a list of schools I’m definitely applying for: (listing from my top choice)
Choate Rosemary Hall
Peddie School
The Loomis Chaffee School
Cushing Academy</p>
<p>Choate will be very difficult for me to get in, since my grades aren’t good. I hope i’ll get high 80s on the ssat. I’m very confident about Cushing though.</p>
<p>@netoburrito,
First the reason I’m not adding to many other schools to that list is that I can’t apply outside of MA or NH. And second, my parents are only letting me apply to schools which are top tier. If they’re going to send me away, they’re not sending me away to Kent. (Not saying Kent isn’t a good school, I really liked Kent) They said that they would only consent to sending me to boarding school unless it can give me a MUCH bigger opportunity than my local high school/the many good day schools nearby. I expect that I won’t get in everywhere, and I might even have to apply again for tenth grade. But I’m prepared to do that.</p>
<p>Lol @ifax, do you not consider Choate a good school?</p>