<p>CFS, George and Hill are very different schools. CFS is for under-privileged kids and I believe all the boys are on scholarship. Hill is very traditional. George is a Quaker School where the students call teachers by their first names. All three are fine schools in their own right, but I cannot imagine any student applying to all three. Merecersburg is somewhere between Hill and George and it is also a fine school.</p>
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<p>SAT range (25th-75th percentile) 1720 - 1960 -
Offers Post-Grad Year No No
Average Percentile SSAT 67% -
Acceptance Rate 56% 60%
Profile last updated: 11/17/2006</p>
<p>What does acceptance rate mean here ? </p>
<p>Average Percentile SSAT is 67% in the SSAT report, it predicts SAT score around 1200-1400. But after the a few year in Westtown.
SAT range (25th-75th percentile) 1720 - 1960</p>
<p>Do you think I interpret the data right ? Thanks.</p>
<p>Westtown is a very nice Friends school. I think there have been postings from an admissions counselor on cc.</p>
<p>SAT scores are confusing now because they added a new component on writing. The maximum score used to be 1600 (2 tests 800 max each). Now the maximum score is 2400 (3 tests 800 max each). An average score used to be around 1000; now it is around 1500 (3 tests @500 each). </p>
<p>The SAT scores above reflect the new test. For a quick comparison to the old scores, divide by 3 and multiply by 2 -- 1147-1307 -- certainly within your son's range. </p>
<p>A 56% acceptance rate means that 56% of applicants were accepted. In other words, if 100 people applied, 56 were accepted. I think 60% is the average acceptance rate for boarding schools.</p>
<p>Good luck with your search! Another poster alerted you to the fact that you will have to move fast to participate in the regular admissions cycle which ends soon (In general, various dates in Jan.).</p>
<p>Right now we are applying Episcopal High School and Westtown. I think I will need to find one more school for my son to apply .</p>
<p>can u get in Episcopal with a 83% SSAT</p>
<p>Sure. According to Boarding School Review, the average SSAT percentile for kids accepted at EHS is 80%. Good luck, golfkid.</p>
<p>Three of the richest and most successful hhedge fund managers in the world all went to Episcopal, what are the odds of that?</p>
<p>Episcopal seems great! Any info on these schools. Dorms, faculty, etc.</p>
<p>I’m a big fan of Episcopal. It’s in the size range I like the best–110-120 kids per grade. Every teacher knows almost all the kids on campus and from what I’ve observed, student/faculty relationships are relaxed and friendly. Most of the faculty have been teaching a while–there are one or two just out of college, but it really isn’t the norm, because the faculty has an high percentage of advanced degrees. Freshmen live in dorms reserved for their grade and gender (most rooms are doubles) and all other students live in separate gender dorms mixed by grades. The school has a very big endowment for its size, and most of the buildings are new and in good shape. Plus, they seem to really take advantage of Washington DC with field trips every Wednesday and lots of weekend activities in the city. I only really know about it from the faculty side of things, but my friends who teach there absolutely love it, and when I visited I was impressed with the place. I’m a new Englander at heart, but I thought the campus was really pretty. One problem is their website, which does not paint an accurate picture of what the school is like (certainly not compared to other schools I’ve visited. Millbrook School was exactly like its website. I thought EHS was much cooler in person, but maybe that’s just me.)</p>
<p>i applied and i loved the school. got waitlisted thoo D:</p>
<p>My wife and I have been impressed by the Saint James School, in Hagerstown Md.</p>
<p>Isn’t this supposed to be a thread for Episcopal? Why are most of the posts about other schools? lol. Poor school, can’t get love on its own thread. I’m really interested in it. Anyone have more info on it?</p>
<p>@BronxKid: what did you love about it exactly?</p>
<p>Dear Rizzledrizzle,
Our daughter looked at Episcopal but ended up at St. Andrew’s in Delaware. We were impressed with Episcopal but it ended up not to being the right place for her. Episcopal is 100% boarding and if you like that aspect of the school you might want to also want to consider St. Andrew’s. It’s a little smaller but absolutely phenomenal. At least visit their website and watch some of their school videos. It’s only about 2 -2 1/2 hours from Episcopal so easy to visit both back to back.</p>
<p>My daughter will be applying to Episcopal. I can really envision her there. She will definitely like living in Alexandria and having constant access to D.C. The campus is beautiful, and we like the “southern” atmosphere.</p>
<p>My son is also very interested in Episcopal and I really like it as well. We are visiting next month. I was told by someone that there were a lot of “local” boarders and that many kids left on the weekend. I was wondering if this is accurate at all?</p>
<p>fishinlady, my daughter and I visited Episcopal earlier in the month and really liked it. There are a lot of "local’s that attend. Not sure what the percent that leave on the weekend but I did ask what students do on the weekend and was told they do have planned activities for the students if they wish to participate such as visit a museum or attend a theme park, etc. Enjoy your visit.</p>
<p>Since I’ve sort of adopted EHS on this board on behalf of a couple I’m friends with who teach there, here’s what they had to say about the weekend issue:</p>
<p>“although there are a certain number of kids who come from within an hour’s radius of the school, it’s still 100% boarding, and even if every single local kid left every weekend (which they don’t by a long shot), the campus would still be more full than a school with a healthy percentage of day students. But really, kids don’t abandon on the weekends–Sunday brunch is legendary with its made-to-order omelet or crepe stations. In addition to official weekend trips to the movies, shopping in Georgetown, sports events, laser tag, amusement parks, theater trips, kids are allowed to go into DC (convenient on the Metro). There are also on-campus events each weekend, and a school DJ that sponsors a dance every weekend in the student center. Lots of kids use the weekend to catch up on sleep, and boys sometimes take advantage of the weekend as the only time they are allowed to play video games, but that doesn’t mean that the campus is deserted.” </p>
<p>Hope that answer helps. I loved the place when I visited my friends. Glad to see some others are discovering it as well. I keep thinking that in these days of increasingly competitive New England boarding school admissions, Episcopal is on the cusp of being discovered by more NE folk. It’s a good school where being from MA would actually count as “geographic diversity…”</p>
<p>My daughter is a student at EHS. My concern when applying to schools was students clearing out for the weekend. I have a friend whose son left Middlesex because of this. In general EHS does a great job keeping these kids busy with sports and activities on the weekend. Furthermore, many of the parents are on the same page as I am and feel frequent trips home defeat the purpose of going away to school. On a different note you should really considered the proximity to DC when looking at EHS. This is not only an advantage for the student but also for the school to attract a top-notch faculty. This school is not in the middle of nowhere. My daughter is a 10-minute cab ride from Reagan National. She can cab it into Georgetown on a Saturday or take a bus to Old Town Alexandria. There is also a strip mall across the street with a Starbucks, Rite Aid and McDonalds. I think the urban atmosphere helps keep these kids busy and engaged on weekend.</p>