<p>I was just wondering...is anyone's first choice flip-flopping on practically a day to day basis? I feel really bipolar, and one day School A is my top by far, and School B is in second, and the next day it switches. It's sort of frustrating, but I guess there's no point in worrying yet until admission decisions come out. But if I get into both, it would be an incredibly difficult decision with me constantly wondering in the end if I had picked the wrong one. I know now is really not the time to be stressed about it, but I feel so anti-decisive!</p>
<p>Any suggestions/comments/personal thoughts on the matter? Also if you feel comfortable posting your first choice...</p>
<p>I am only applying to 2 schools and I constantly flip choice from top to not. Originally, my stretch school was my first choice (I got accepted there this summer), but now, I’m wholeheartedly set on going to my safety, which i think is a better fit for me. As you said, now is not the time to stress over WHICH school, but getting accepted. Once you get accepted, you will have at least a month to choose which school is right for you. Good luck!</p>
<p>I don’t really have a top choice. If I get accepted, I’ll revisit with an open mind and make a decision. I have top schools in my mind, but not one specific school on top.</p>
<p>My parents are urging me, if I do get accepted, to go to Groton while personally my first choice is Taft…I just hope I get accepted by one and rejected by the other…saves another family dispute.</p>
<p>“certainly” ? that’s not true. academically, maybe. but academics aren’t the <em>only</em> aspect of boarding schools (although to me, it’s the main one)</p>
<p>i wouldn’t like groton because it’s
a) religious (not that there’s anything wrong with that… i’m just. hugely atheist, lol)
b) absolutely tiny</p>
<p>um, yeah. they’re both amazing schools though, i’m sure. i don’t know too much about taft, so i can’t really compare TOO much… :P</p>
<p>Yah… I shouldn’t dis Taft cuz I know very little about it.</p>
<p>At Groton they love religious diversity. They have an awesome biblical studies course that I have heard amazing things about!They have a strong tutorial program where students collaborate with teachers. </p>
<p>There academics are unrivaled, even by Andover and Exeter. Oh… and the classrooms are wicked awesome looking. They have pictures of old headmasters and stuff all over the walls.</p>
<p>No boarding school is strictly religious. “Chapel”, mandatory for all underclassmen, prevalent at Groton and SPS and smaller schools that began with a religious denomination, has now become similar to the morning announcements you might hear in your regular school before classes start. I’ve heard they’re pretty fun.</p>
<p>Groton isn’t absolutely tiny, though I"d get what you mean if you visited Exeter or Andover or SPS. MY school is absolutely tiny. Unless you’re talking in relevance of other boarding schools (and even in that, the only real school I can think of that have a significantly smaller campus is Concord Academy, which is half day anyways) Personally I think it’s a great campus size, beautifully crafted and designed.</p>
<p>Nope. I’ve got choice number one, and then pretty much all the other schools are so amazing and equal that I wouldn’t be disappointed to go to any of them.</p>
<p>When people hear a school in the HADEGS etc. they immediately **** their pants. I don’t give a flying crap about which school looks more royal or is more discussed. Sure Groton might be a mini ivy league and some of my mothers friends and children will suck my toes if I went there, but personally, I like the environment and friendly personality of the students at Taft much more than Groton. </p>
<p>Not saying that Groton is a bad school or anything, just that a school like Taft fits me much better than perhaps Exeter or Andover (neither of which I applied for).</p>