Thanks for your suggestions. For me, my super safety is Indiana Academy, my states public gifted boarding school.
I attend a high ranked and very competitive high school. Would my current high schools curriculum be somewhat on par with the BS academics. I realize that BS curriculum is going a lot more rigorous.
15 as a junior is still very young, especially in a boarding environment.
how high ranked? is it like stuyvesant in nyc? BS curriculum will be way more rigorous than pretty much every public school.
Honestly even if youāre fine on the academic front Iād still think about repeating for social reasons! Of course, itās a personal decision, but give it some thought.
Also, a fellow Hoosier? Nice to see people from Indiana applying for boarding school. If you ever have any questions, feel free to reach out. Iām a rising senior at Choate.
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Junior year is probably the most competitive, the hardest, the most stressfulā¦etc in your life. It could affect your college results but Iām assuming thatās not one of your worries. If you donāt want to repeat, then Iād recommend starting college early (Mary Baldwin PEG, etc)
I donāt think Iām ready for that.
Also I have seen a lot of suggestions about repeating grades. Does this affect college admissions. Also, is it even worse to apply to BS as a senior vs junior?
No. Repeating a year is common.
Few, if any, take seniors. The exception being those schools that take PGs, who have already graduated HS and are basically a repeat senior.
most schools donāt even allow you to apply for senior year. for college admissions, it would probably help since thatās a whole year for extracurriculars and contributing to your application.
If you want apply for junior year, but I would expect better results of you repeated.
I might considerer it.
This is probably my last question. Is the rigor at less known boarding school like Concord Academy on par with the rigor at a top rated GLADCHEMMS. And will a less known boarding school make it harder to get accepted to a top rated university.
The rigor is similar at the āhidden gems.ā So generally speaking, yes.
It will not make it harder to get into a top rated university.
Are āhidden gemsā a little less competitive?
Yeah Iāll probably apply to a lot of āhidden gemsā as I have the best chance with them
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@skyofstars , really look at fit. The difference between schools is generally not in the quality of academics as it is in culture or vibe. Some schools are more structured, more formal, more conservative, more artsy, more sporty, more traditional ā than others. One really good thing that came out of the pandemic is that many schools now have some great content available on their websites to help prospective students who canāt visit get a feel for who they are. Take advantage of that. You will have the best odds at a school that sees you are right for them. Do the research to find a place where you can genuinely be the right fit.
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Thanks the suggestion. Itās really helpful
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They tend to be very collaborative, but if you are looking for competition you can find it.
Note that you only get some opinions from parents/students here. To get a whole picture, you could check out some statistic numbers like average SAT/ACT/AP scores, college acceptance lists. One cannot look at these numbers only but they are one side of the story.
While good advice, I feel the need to point out once again that colleges accept applicants, not boarding schools. CA can develop a student into a viable college candidate, but other schools will as well. A strong applicant will not be rejected solely because they attended CA instead of PEA.
And I will further point out that college acceptance lists do not tell the whole picture, as they are not broken down into important buckets like recruited athletes, legacies, and faculty brats, which may be more prevalent at some schools vs others.
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