<p>^^ Hotchkiss does have PGs. The others you list are in the Independent School League. ISL schools do not admit PGs and take few if any seniors. The other ISL schools with boarders are Brooks, Lawrence, Governor’s St. George’s and St. Mark’s.</p>
<p>**Cross post with Neatoburrito!</p>
<p>Here it is: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/814330-interesting-question.html?highlight=interesting+question[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/814330-interesting-question.html?highlight=interesting+question</a></p>
<p>Isn’t Middlesex also ISL?</p>
<p>If that question is for me, yup. Middlesex is in the ISL. I didn’t list it because DAndrew already had, along with SPS, Milton and Groton, all ISL schools. The other 7 ISL schools are day schools (I include Nobles in that group since it only has 5 day boarding and only about 10% of the school boards). For more info…</p>
<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_School_League_(Boston_Area[/url])”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_School_League_(Boston_Area)</a></p>
<p>ISL coaches almost always mention PGs when they know a propspective student is also applying to a school with PGs.</p>
<p>There are many repeat students at ISL schools to skirt the PG issue.</p>
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I bet they do. We had a coach - who had not been recruiting my son and had never seen him play - during a literally 2 minute conversation with him, tell my son that he would “probably even play varsity as a 10th grader” at his school because it was not all boys and my son’s other choices were all boys schools and therefore, the competition for varsity was stronger there.<br>
Do you think that school moved up on my son’s list? You bet it did. He didn’t end up going there but I would be willing to bet he would not have played varsity.</p>
<p>It can be a factor. I know a family with a highly qualified kid who’s being recruited by schools with PGs but who’s sticking with the ISL because he plays a one-of position. All it would take is for the school to bring in a PG his junior or senior year and his hopes of being recruited by Ivy programs could go down the drain.</p>
<p>Thank you, neato! Wow, that was huge debate and I thought I’d find something new to say (how clueless I was, but then again I don’t know if there is anything about BS that hasn’t been discussed on this board.) Don’t know whatto say - still overwhelemed and trying to digest what’s said there…</p>
<p>OK, so could any of you who are savvy on this tell me which of the following sports usually have many PG’s and which don’t.</p>
<p>Football
Soccer
Squash
Crew
Track</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Anyone has an answer to my question? Please also let me know if I asked a wrong question.</p>
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Football - YES!
Soccer - YES!
The others I simply don’t know. As someone said, the Naval Academy - through their foundation - places many students as PG’s. For example, NMH has a bunch - I think it’s basketball. Salisbury gets the lacrosse players, Another school gets the crew or swimming (can’t remember).</p>
<p>i do know a couple of kids who PG’d and were track/cross country runners.
Baseball gets PG’s as well.<br>
I think spring sports are likely to get them because of the recruiting.</p>
<p>Thanks, Linda. Just trying to get an idea which one of these sports are PG-intensive ones. Sounds like football and soccer definitely are. Squash and Crew are less so?</p>
<p>Maybe someone else has better knowledge of squash and crew; I just don’t know.</p>
<p>I could imagine Crew being one too. I don’t know if they actively recruit but one year extra rowing Crew can help a lot. Especially if you grow that year.</p>
<p>Miji- when we were considering bs I was concern about my d applying as a new sophomore verses a repeat freshman, we were willing to take either slot. I was told by more most bs’ that they take about 2/3 of their graduating class as freshman and take the other third as sophomores. </p>
<p>Many school go K-9 not K-8 thus not all kids want to transfer before graduation. It worked out well for out situation. </p>
<p>I also heard that the chances are about the same, few spots as a second year, but fewer kids applying also. </p>
<p>The one key idea is that by 2nd year they are trying to “round-out” the class community; if they really need another varsity swimmer, cyclist, students studying chinese , etc. then that is who they will favor. Keep in mind this comes to mind when being waitlisted. Some schools dont rank because when they go to the list, if what they need is a boy from the west, who plays tuba and is a great short stop, a girl from the south, who dances and is a great swimmer will not fit the bill!</p>