<p>Just add some info to some schools you know:
Here's a preliminary list: (feel free to add on)
Exeter:
Andover:
St. Pauls:
Lawrenceville:
Deerfield:
Hotchkiss:
Groton:
Milton:
Cate:
Thacher:
St. Andrews:
Loomis:</p>
<p>What do you want to know? This is very general.</p>
<p>anything.
I’m not asking for specifics. I just want some general facts about the school that makes the school UNIQUE. (like unique dorms, amazing academics, good food, etc.)</p>
<p>Someone link him to the exceptional/unique offerings thread. </p>
<p>What’s that?</p>
<p>Exeter: huge & famous
Andover: huge & famous
St. Pauls: 100% boarding; read Seamus Khan’s book; no swimming
Lawrenceville: top mid-atlantic school; house system
Deerfield: preppy to infinity; gorgeous pool; mostly singles
Hotchkiss: artsy and in the middle of nowhere; incredible 10 lane pool
Groton: small, elite & most difficult to get into; no swimming
Milton: 50% day students; Boston
Cate: gorgeous campus location facing the ocean
Thacher: horses; no swimming
St. Andrews: 100% boarding; tight-knit; Dead Poets Society; no swimming
Loomis: friendly, laid-back; convenient location nxt to BDL airport</p>
<p>stargirl is referring to this thread:
<a href=“2013 List of Exceptional & Unique Offerings at some BS - Prep School Admissions - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/1547703-2013-list-of-exceptional-unique-offerings-at-some-bs.html</a></p>
<p>Exeter: huge & famous; 450+ courses; small town but only an hour away from Boston; 100% Harkness; famous library
Andover: huge & famous; larger town than Exeter
St. Paul’s: 100% boarding; read Seamus Khan’s book; no swimming; cold (1 hour makes a difference); Humanities program; beautiful campus
Lawrenceville: top mid-atlantic school; house system; somewhat underrated due to location; 100% Harkness; Princeton feeder
Deerfield: preppy to infinity; gorgeous pool; mostly singles; strict dress code
Hotchkiss: artsy and in the middle of nowhere; incredible 10 lane pool; Humanities program
Groton: small, elite & most difficult to get into; no swimming
Milton: 50% day students; Boston
Cate: gorgeous campus location facing the ocean; most rooms have balconies
Thacher: horses; no swimming
St. Andrew’s: 100% boarding; tight-knit; Dead Poets Society; no swimming; small; Delaware
Loomis: friendly, laid-back; convenient location next to BDL airport; organized campus layout</p>
<p>Lawrenceville is not 100% Harkness.</p>
<p>Lots of schools use harkness to some extent. It’s not unique. </p>
<p>Dictionary definition of unique: being the only one of its kind. I think that Exeter being 100% Harkness is unique.</p>
<p>I meant harkness is not unique</p>
<p>Omg thanks guys!!!</p>
<p>But I never said Harkness was unique…</p>
<p>I think Harkness is really cool. I find it much more appealing than having a teacher blab in front of the class.
(Just a side note…)</p>
<p>Exeter: huge & famous; 450+ courses; small town but only an hour away from Boston; 100% Harkness; famous library; largest endowment of any private boarding school (over 1 billion)
Andover: huge & famous; larger town than Exeter, basically a more laid back Exeter (though not all Harkness); feeder to Harvard nowadays (used to be primarily Yale); rival to Exeter (grr)
St. Paul’s: 100% boarding; read Seamus Khan’s book; no swimming; cold (1 hour makes a difference); Humanities program; beautiful campus
Lawrenceville: top mid-atlantic school; house system; somewhat underrated due to location; 100% Harkness; Princeton feeder, five minutes away from Princeton (the city) so a great weekend life
Deerfield: preppy to infinity; gorgeous pool; mostly singles; strict dress code
Hotchkiss: artsy and in the middle of nowhere; incredible 10 lane pool; Humanities program
Groton: small, elite & most difficult to get into; no swimming
Milton: 50% day students; Boston
Cate: gorgeous campus location facing the ocean; most rooms are singles and have balconies; super laid back; very outdoorsy
Thacher: horses; no swimming
St. Andrew’s: 100% boarding; tight-knit; Dead Poets Society; no swimming; small; Delaware
Loomis: friendly, laid-back; convenient location next to BDL airport; organized campus layout
Taft: preppy; interconnected campus; incredible food; very traditional
Choate: open campus</p>
<p>i added Choate and Taft because they should definitely be schools of interest if you haven’t already thought of them.</p>
<p>St. Andrew’s does have a swim team.</p>
<p>As Stargirl suggests, Mathman, please look up older threads. Pretty much every question you have started a thread for has been covered here in recent years OR could be answered by visiting school websites.</p>
<p>Exeter: huge & famous; 450+ courses; small town but only an hour away from Boston; 100% Harkness; famous library; largest endowment of any private boarding school (over 1 billion)
Andover: huge & famous; larger town than Exeter, basically a more laid back Exeter (though not all Harkness); feeder to Harvard nowadays (used to be primarily Yale); rival to Exeter (grr)
St. Paul’s: 100% boarding; read Seamus Khan’s book; no swimming; cold (1 hour makes a difference); Humanities program; beautiful campus
Lawrenceville: top mid-atlantic school; house system; somewhat underrated due to location; 100% Harkness; Princeton feeder, five minutes away from Princeton (the city) so a great weekend life
Deerfield: preppy to infinity; gorgeous pool; mostly singles; strict dress code
Hotchkiss: artsy and in the middle of nowhere; incredible 10 lane pool; Humanities program
Groton: small, elite & most difficult to get into; no swimming
Milton: 50% day students; Boston
Cate: gorgeous campus location facing the ocean; most rooms are singles and have balconies; super laid back; very outdoorsy
Thacher: horses; no swimming
St. Andrew’s: 100% boarding; tight-knit; Dead Poets Society; no swimming; small; Delaware
Loomis: friendly, laid-back; convenient location next to BDL airport; organized campus layout
Taft: preppy; interconnected campus; incredible food; very traditional
Choate: open campus; large and famous; has students, has dorms, has dining hall, has classrooms, has playing fields, has faculty.</p>
<p>Really, mathman, start with boardingschoolreview.com and use the search tool here and then come back as ask specific questions about specific schools. Each school in the list above has been discussed to death. There is nothing interesting going on here.</p>
<p>Ok
@choatiemom: one wuestion, though: What do u mean by “open campus” for Chaote?
I thought you’d know since your son goes there… Lol!</p>
<p>I didn’t add that, boardingjunkie did. I have no idea what s/he means.</p>