Culver or LFA

Prep School Admissions
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<p>hi guys I am a girl in Grade 10 accepted by Culver and LFA
difficult to decide
Culver has lots of graduates into Ivy each yr, but far from my city;and it seperates girls from boys, true?
LFA is also a very nice school</p>

<p>any suggestions? txs!!!!!</p>

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<p>I say LFA
My friend’s sister just graduated there
And she says its great how the community and people are so friendly</p>

<p>Also about ivy
My friend’s sister currently goes 2 an Ivy league dental school (she graduated from LFA)
so don’t worry
But I highly recommend LFA
But the choice is yours so good luck!!</p>

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<p>Ivy matriculation statistics should not determine your choice of school for several reasons.

  1. Matriculation statistics do not tell you “why” the students from a school matriculated. If you read around CC enough you will find that matriculants from many schools tend to be legacy or athletic admits. Unless you fall into one (or both) of those categories, these matrics would be meaningless (or even misleading).
  2. A boarding school does not get you into an Ivy school. It helps to prepare you for an Ivy. You do the work and make yourself into Ivy material. Some schools have opportunities that are a better match to your development interests, which would help you in that journey developing into Ivy material. So the thought that the school has anything to do (outside of matching students to great development opportunities) with getting a kid into a specific school is spurrious.
  3. Your odds of matriculation are actually better at a public (especially an inner city disadvantaged school) because quite frankly, you are competing against your school peers who had the same opportunities you did. So even if 1/4 of the kids from school A got into HYPSM, the majority kids at that school who didn’t get in are probably still better candidates than most Vals at public high schools. </p>

<p>Second issue is that Ivy League is the be-all end-all of education is greatly overrated. It is merely a label that says “I’ve arrived”. If that is what your life is about, then fine, go for it. Doesn’t say much about security, though.</p>

<p>Boys - they are everywhere. At Culver, you will see them during the academic day and at school-wide social events. Sports and dorm life are single-sex. Your free time is not restricted to single-sex. I would assume the same applies at LFA with regards to the academic day, sports, and dorm life. Given that LFA has many Chicago area and day students who disappear on weekends, the weekend social scene may not be as good as Culver where there are few day students and students are from a broader geographical area, limiting the exodus. Culver does go to great length to bring in entertainment for weekends and make Sunday trips to Chicago for events.</p>

<p>If I were you, I might think more about the educational and EC opportunities afforded to you. The social structure at Culver and LFA are very different as well with the “prefect” model at Culver. May or may not be your thing and would be a legit deal maker or breaker.</p>

<p>I’m sure both places can be a lot of fun. My D knows several Culver girls (through hockey) who love it there. I know several of them and can say, they aren’t the typical kids you would think of as donning a kilt and blouse daily. So something must be right there.</p>

<p>My $.02</p>

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<p>I was extremely impressed with Culver when we visited (about 5 years ago now). I thought it had incredible facilities and seemed to foster good values. I am not familiar with LFA, but I don’t think you can go wrong with Culver.</p>

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<p>thanks a million!!!</p>