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Portsmouth Abbey is in Portsmouth, RI. Bing Crosby’s sons attended. It literally overlooks the Atlantic, though I think St. George’s still has it beat in every way. However, even though I consider it a C+ among BSs, its religious and spiritual bent may be the right context for a particular student and family.
Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA? fine school which doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
@pirlotottiitaly: Aren’t you at Kent already?
I wish. It did not work out financially @ChoatieMom
Oh, I’m sorry @pirlotottiitaly. It may be hard to find a school with available FA for this coming school year. Do you have a local fallback? What do your parents say?
The Hill School has rolling admissions and a fairly large endowment…
I do have my local public school @ChoatieMom and my parents said that I could try applying to schools over the summer because junior year is important and I worked really hard last year. I will look into The Hill School @Center thank you for letting me know!
@preppedparent I think we might have to agree to disagree on Portsmouth Abbey. Yes, there is a religious component to the curriculum, but there is no proselytizing involved, nor is it overdone. We found the academics challenging and, perhaps most important, the community to be supportive in every way possible. The kids look out for one another and are oftentimes sad to leave. That doesn’t say “C+” to me. The college matriculation list contains all the usual suspects found for any Top 30-50 boarding school (http://www.portsmouthabbey.org/page.cfm?p=975). Keep in mind that this list is just matriculations - I know of several Ivy admissions, in this year alone, which were not the final choice for the student.
Obviously it depends on what one looks for in a school. For our family, it was a perfect fit. I don’t usually compare the Abbey and St. George’s since, although they were founded by the same man, they have a very different feeling and culture. Both are fine schools. Incidentally, this is a great example as to why “fit” can be an important factor in the decision process. That factoring will also be important come college application time down the road!
@pirlotottiitaly I encourage you to check out the Portsmouth Abbey web site in detail to see if it fits your own specific wants/needs.
We looked at both Lawrence (didn’t apply) and The Gunnery (accepted; not attending). Lawrence has some interesting programs and good sports; we just didn’t pursue it too far for various reasons, including the high day student ratio. The Gunnery is a lovely school – very strong community and incredibly warm faculty. It’s very small but seems to have a diverse student body. The kids seem to be successful in terms of college admissions, and the sports teams seem quite successful. There was a lot to like there, it just wasn’t DS’s choice. Good luck to you, wherever you end up!
A friend’s child had a great experience at Portsmouth Abbey. The family is from a different faith tradition. I don’t know the child well, but he loved the school and ended up at any Ivy.
Well I have known Portsmouth Abbey over several decades. My family and I attended Mass there in the 70’s and I’ve gotten to know it well over time. I also have cousins who sent their children there. I’d still pick St. George’s over PA, but agree “to each his own.”
Both schools are somewhat local to me and last cycle daughter applied to St. George’s (accepted but did not attend) and did not apply to Portsmouth. Agreed its all about fit.
The OP asked about Northwoods. Well known hockey programs. Check out their sports commitment results, We also had a friend who went there for another sport. The access to training facilities is amazing. You get to skate at the OTC. You get to meet really talented athletes and students who come there with passion. Walked to town when there for a training program. Everyone we met from the school was very nice and friendly, The school is beautiful but smaller than some of the schools you hear about. Spectacular setting. Lake Placid is friendly and fun town-- just kind of isolated for some people unless you are into sports IMHO. My DD spent time up there & didn’t apply because she thought it would be isolating unless she was totally committed to her sport. But, I would go there if I could ;)!
Re: The Hill School – Late applications are considered on a space available basis, but we received an email awhile ago that they are fully enrolled for next year. I’m not really sure I would call that rolling admission, as they have the same deadline and M10 date as most other schools. Maybe I’m missing something, though.
The Hill School is no longer accepting @gusmom2000
Try Dublin School - they have just a few spots left for girls as of 2 weeks ago. Very close happy atmosphere and lovely school - good in sports but also strong in arts. The SSAT search tool lets you target schools with openings by grade and seems fairly up to date, you can try that and then call your favorites to see if any FA is still available as some schools who have spaces will not have any FA to offer for next year. As of a month ago, Millbrook, another great school, also had spots but not many.
Just fyi a lot of schools with rolling admissions also follow the same admissions calendars as the non-rolling schools. The only difference is they are more open to late applicants vs non rolling schools who rely more on their wait lists to fill any openings (and late applicants do sometimes jump over wait-listed kids too)
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We visited hoosac and vermont academy with my son (was accepted at both, but only offered aid at hoosac). VA has a much nicer campus, and seems to offer more extracurriculars, sports, etc. Hoosac is a very very small school, dress is formal, but atmosphere was casual and laid back.
Storm King is in our neighborhood - strong arts, seems like a nice community but I don’t have any personal experience with the school - lovely area though! Oakwood Friends is another BS (quaker, artsy, small, relaxed) in our area and we were impressed with the courses offered there and the faculty we met at a recent open house.