<p>why didn’t you go its amazing</p>
<p>Wait…so Le Rosey does offer scholarships?</p>
<p>Any comments on the Excellence Challenge? Is this a new program as the school is emphasizing academics more? If most students don’t bother applying to the Ivies, then those are students one is not competing against if one is interested in going to an Ivy. Maybe most students are not looking to work so hard in college?</p>
<p>daarling above says there are butlers, but some other current and recent students say there are not. Someone said that they do darn your socks and clean your room but there are no butlers. What is the actual situation?</p>
<p>Someone said there are no scholarships below age 14. Can anyone confirm or deny that? My kid who might be interested is 10 now, and it seems attractive to me because I hope he could learn French well as a second native language, even though he does not speak it now.</p>
<p>Any comments on the Excellence Challenge? Is this a new program as the school is emphasizing academics more? If most students don’t bother applying to the Ivies, then those are students one is not competing against if one is interested in going to an Ivy. Maybe most students are not looking to work so hard in college?</p>
<p>daarling above says there are butlers, but some other current and recent students say there are not. Someone said that they do darn your socks and clean your room but there are no butlers. What is the actual situation?</p>
<p>Someone said there are no scholarships below age 14. Can anyone confirm or deny that? My kid who might be interested is 10 now, and it seems attractive to me because I hope he could learn French well as a second native language, even though he does not speak it now.</p>
<p>to be precise it’s 94,000 CHF, which is now over 100k USD</p>
<p>they do say that they offer some financial aid, but they don’t</p>
<p>also the competition is 15 people per place</p>
<p>i know it because i went there</p>
<p>no.</p>
<p>18M is far below the average net wealth of the parents there</p>
<p>kadoorie, Rothschild, Rockefeller and the long list of royals… look them up and judge for yourself…</p>
<p>Why are all the people who have been to le rosey, from this discussion, new members? </p>
<p>this is some stuff from the le rosey website, you can decide for yourself whether they are snobs:</p>
<p>FACILITIES</p>
<p>Le Rosey main campus (for the boys) and the La Combe campus (for the girls) are situated in Rolle by Lac L</p>
<p>its a very prestigious school so its very tough to get into. i would know from experience. my family is very wealthy so money wasn’t an issue (not to be brag-ish). grades of a’s/a*, fluent in 4 languages including french, mixed western asian race and swiss nationality. 5 years of swimming volleyball and basketball on the school team and was the main role in the school play “beauty and the beast”. i was applied 2 years earlier (applied when i was in grade 8 and was applying for grade 11) i also attended the summer program which is highly recommended. </p>
<p>so yes i don’t know what they are looking for exactly but i hope that answers some questions for you guys out there.</p>
<p>I don’t understand this- how come many posters on this thread only have 1-5 posts?</p>
<p>First, lulu852, welcome to CC and thanks for posting!</p>
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<p>It’s just a reflection of how many participants on this forum have either attended Le Rosey or are interested in doing so. Compared to Exeter and Andover graduates, for example, Le Rosey graduates are few and far between. For most of the families on CC, sending a child to Switzerland and paying that really staggering amount of tuition just isn’t a viable option. So, the most frequent CC participants know very little about Le Rosey and those participants who do know about Le Rosey tend not to be familiar with the other schools and topics most frequently discussed here.</p>
<p>I agree with posters who say Le Rosey isn’t that hard to get into. The IB system anywhere is hard because it is standardized, but I don’t know how many kids at Rosey actually succeed at it. If you can find their matriculation list (it moves around on the site), it really isn’t all that impressive (I mean, you go to Rosey and you end up at Wake Forest? What is that?!). It just seems that, in spite of the money and the programs, the kids in general are quite average – the scions of wealthier people here and there, but certainly not overly gifted in the brilliance department. For that, look to the HADES here in the good ol’ USA!</p>
<p>Le Rosey has a summer program if you want to experience the school without making a really expensive or timely commitment. It is about CHF 10,000 I believe and looks pretty interesting.
I know a few people through my husband’s work who were at school at Le Rosey, they are Swiss and definitely not poor, but also extremely gracious, polite and intelligent, in defense of the students there. If I had to do it all over again and money was no object, I would love to have a spring campus by the lake and a winter campus on the mountain. Not to mention the opportunity to take my classes in French or English. Also, the limitation on enrollment by any nationality to no more than 10% seems like a great way to ensure geographic diversity.</p>
<p>My daughter graduated from Le Rosey in 2010 and she loved the experience.</p>
<p>It is advertised as a “school for life”; and that it certainly is. My daughter has made a lifetime of invaluable contacts. She also graduated a sophisticated, wordly young lady.</p>
<p>From what I understand, everything changed at Le Rosey when the IB came to town. Remember, while Le Rose teaches the IB, the tests at the end of the 4th year are graded by the IB administration. You have to be sharp to pass the IB. If a school is not academically excellent, the IB administrators will not let the school participate. Many misconceptions of Le Rosey stem from before the adoption of the IB program.</p>
<p>While the school would love all the kids to speak French, the international language of teen-agers is English; a language all the kids at Le Rosey speak.</p>
<p>From my experience, to get an accurate picture of the total cost of your teen attending Le Rosey, one need multiply the stated tuition cost by a factor of one and a half. The “extras” do add up, including trips and the usual scams run by teens on their parents. </p>
<p>My wife and I think our daughter’s time at Le Rosey was the best $500,000 we ever spent. </p>
<p>The idea that the school is for “rich kids” is only partially true. What is true is that it is a school for rich parents. As to whether the kids are rich themselves depends upon how much money their parents lavish upon them. As for my daughter, we kept her on a tight leash money-wise. However, some kids at Le Rosey do have allowances – according to my daughter – that run from Chf. 5,000 a month and up. And “up” can be way up.</p>
<p>As for your chances of getting in, there are several factors that I observed go into the school’s decision:</p>
<p>a) They won’t let more than 10% of the students be from any one country. This is a plus for the American kids and a negative for the Russians.</p>
<p>b) They have a profile of who fits in best. You need fit that to have a chance.</p>
<p>c) They interview the parents about as intensely as the kids. They want parents who will “fit in” and who will not cause problems.</p>
<p>And…here is something no one talks about: There is a second quite “admission process” at the end of the 2nd year. The IB program starts in year 3. If the school does not think you have what it takes to shine on the end of 4th year IB exams, you are not invited back for years 3 and 4. So, getting in does not mean staying in. No one talks about this and I have confirmed that it is very real. It also makes sense – the IB program is very serious and the school needs a high pass rate.</p>
<p>And finally, if you get into Le Rosey, get ready for the experience of a lifetime.</p>
<p>By the way, there are no butlers at Le Rosey. There are people who clean the rooms. The laundry is done for them.</p>
<p>I have to agree with ChernexDad. I’m myself a Rosey grad in early 80s. The school did prepare me well academically back then (one year at top 5 New England Prep and Bachelor and Masters at 2 Ivy League schools) and now. With my son recently enrolled, I went to check out the school’s academic open-house discussion this past Feb. Quite a few this year got accepted early (Early Decisions) at a few Ivy League schools (which shows greater acceptance of IB at US colleges). There has been a renewed effort to upgrade academic program in the last few years. The IB program is well-known for being tough (Grade 11-12) but the pre-IB program (Grade 9-10) has been revamped (more rigorous) to even better prepare students for the 2-year IB. If you barely made it through Grade 9 & 10 then you won’t get a chance at the IB.</p>
<p>Ok. Im a student at Le Rosey and it does not cost 100,000 swiss francs and its also a bilingual program. It has both french and english accommodation, therefore we have a large variety of students from over 57 different countries. Your chance on being accepted in Rosey is your choice. If you find that little extra something within yourself then you can past very single exam here. we have students that don’t have that good grades, but they are amazing musicians, are either talented artists, they can be amazing linguists or complete jocks. and being exclusive is a whole mound of bull. yeah its more exclusive because it does cost a lot, but its to have the best. If you look at the amount of things there are and the privileges you receive, the tight knit community here is breathtaking. its exclusive because you have something with you that makes you more important then the rest, your own unique trait that takes you out of the usual every day pattern. Yes you can get something that is called ‘the Loan’ in your first year, where your parents don’t need to pay the term and year, but they can pay step by step. If you believe that you cannot pay it i have to say that there is no way to come, i know this sounds very mean but its the truth, there are HUNDREDS of waiting lists and people waiting. If you don’t have a strong will and strong mind, there is no chance of surviving. Students, teachers and other people around challenge you every day, however at the same time, they help you pass through the hardship, not only giving you a perfect education, but a valuable experience, Rosey teaches you how to go through life, and its your handbook to creating the best relations and friends. Rosey is a school for life. and in Rosey dreams do not stay dreams they become reality.</p>
<p>Hi mariagaspar22! I really want to go their for high school. My family has money but were no millionaires ect… I was wondering if you think I would have a really hard time fitting in? Thank you!</p>
<p>The college placement record of Le Rosey is fairly second tier for such a first tier school. One wonders why. Of course, a few Ivies here and there, but nothing like the concentration of an Exeter or an Andover.</p>
<p>sorry i meant to say not in my other post</p>
<p>i myself have just finished my first year at Rosey and i think that quoting somebody from whenever is like saying althought apple has changed they still make tiny little boxes with rubbish screens. and also i do know of one scholarship student who got in under a sports scholarship, but saying that we are snobs just puts me on edge.</p>