<p>i am interested in becoming a postgraduate.
is there an age limits or other limits that prevent from going to boarding school?
also i have a link of a forum i started on info about postgrad</p>
<p>anyone who has suggestions will be helpful</p>
<p>I believe one can become a PG as long as one has not attended a college yet, but it may be worth doing some research on the sites of the schools you’re considering.</p>
<p>thanks.
one of the schools i was looking into was Andover.
i remember doing research on PG and you could stay for 2 years.
but i don’t know who would want to do that. lol
i have only done a year of college but i am not consider second year in college.
i didn’t know where was the right place to post this
but the only core class (general ed or liberal arts to not get confuse)
was English and History
oh btw i was looking into Lawrenceville and PG can’t be 19 in September</p>
<p>You will need to check websites, contact schools, and apply to several quite quickly. Posting here does not replace real research and keeping good notes on what you find. </p>
<p>PG applications typically come in later then regular, as students sort out what colleges they did not get into. </p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
<p>Stargurl- even 18 year olds chafe against strict boarding school rules, it would be even harder on a 19 year old. Why don’t you research some boarding school/college hybrids, like possibly United World Colleges? Sorry I don’t kn0w much about them though. How old are you?</p>
<p>I think he’ll be 19 in Sep. By the way, what are the common reasons people look to do PG year? So they can get into a better college is all I can think of, but some on CC say that some of them have already enrolled (?) in collge.</p>
<p>Most of the PGs I know are athletes who need to grow, physically and academically, for one more year before they start college. I’m sure there are other reasons though.</p>
<p>So most of them will work through the collge counseling at the BS in which they are doing PG, just as other graduates from the school? And to put it bluntly, they are there so they have another shot for a better college than otherwise they could make to. right?</p>
<p>Well I guess so, yes, but maybe also so that they will be better prepared for whatever college they go to. For example, one of my son’s friends (super nice kid) was a very talented, skilled, fast hockey player. But, he was young for the grade and had just started his big growth spurt. It probably wouldn’t have been safe for him to play Division 1 hockey for another year. Whether or not you agree with it, all of these New England “ivy league or similar” schools have reserved spots for boys and girls who are great hockey players (and football players, baseball, squash, etc ec) So I guess they might as well get ones that are a year more mature and better prepared academically. Also, it’s not just New England schools. I know some very mediocre academic students who are on athletic scholarships at Stanford right now…</p>
<p>Then from a different perspective - taking PGs is benifitial to BS’s in more than one way. It helps in their interscholastic sports, and it bumps up the matriculation numbers to top collges. Someoen was questioning in another thread whether PG’s were included in the matriculation list published on their websites, I say why not when most of them are a safe bet for ivies?</p>
<p>I’m not sure that a lot of them do go to the ivies. For example, hockey players might prefer to go to Boston College or Boston University or Northeastern. I don’t know a lot about sports (my kids are definitely not recruitable!) but my understanding is that ivy league sports are not as great as serious Division 1 schools. Someone like Goaliedad or Keylime would know a lot more than me.</p>
<p>I would say that the two main reasons for doing a PG year are 1). sports (as mentioned above) and 2). being young for their grade or immature or in need of some structured independence. </p>
<p>There really aren’t many other reasons actually…so if the original poster of this has already been to college, I don’t think the PG experience is quite what you are looking for. Maybe a smaller college, or some other type of change?</p>
<p>toadstool
thanks
i had research for boarding school for 3 years and i was wondering if any policies might have change for 3 years
just a curious question transferring into a boarding school is not like public or private school where you can come in a marking period or the latest a semester, right?</p>
<p>biohelpmom
i am 18
i will into that college</p>
<p>to everyone
i am interested in going for academics to try get into the colleges i want</p>
<p>newyorker22
what kind of experience is PG?</p>
<p>biohelpmom
do you mean where in high school you can take classes in college (like AP or IB classes) but in a way for me to take classes in between college and high school?</p>
<p>Makes no sense for you to do the PG year to get into colleges you want to get into – if you are not an athlete and have already been to college, a school will see a problem with this scenario, since you are used to more independent living, etc. Also, you start applying for colleges based on your previous years grades. Why would being a PG give you a leg up? It seems to me that you should just get better grades in your current college and transfer, or take an academic leave of absence and reapply.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t think the PG year is for you. It is not a magic bullet that will help you to get into a better college. If you are 18 now, that would mean you would be 19 or older when you start which isn’t what they have in mind. I don’t know of any PG program that would take a student who has been enrolled in college. Why don’t you try to get good grades at the college you are attending, and then transfer to a different college?</p>
<p>it was one of the reasons to do a PG
also it was to take SAT prep classes
or have them already taught in class
and take maybe AP classes or something (depending on the school)
experience great education</p>
<p>i had no independent living much
if you mean by no curfew and limited rules that would be no problem to me
i went to catholic school lol
but serious i was a theater major with nothing much i could do but eat, sleep, homework, bathroom, rehearsal (not in same order)</p>
<p>biohelpmom
i looked into united world college
it is a program for high school students where they can take basic classes for their high school diploma and take classes for IB credit for college
they can travel the world and help around the world</p>
<p>nodrama
do you know how it work for those people who enrolled in college?</p>
<p>No ISL Schools offer PG years. But others do. However in your situation. … try to Nail your grades while you are in your current school or a state school and then TRANSFER to another college. Very common practice and it makes sense in our economic times.</p>
<p>transferring to another college might not the only option/answer i realize i have not told my whole situation. when i was in high school, i did not have the opportunities to do much clubs and also figuring out as of what i want to do. as of now if i continue and/or transfer to another college, it will be hard to transfer majors since i am a theater major with class and rehearsing it will be hard to find time. Even to sleep. The problem will be doing plays and do any other activities that i will like to do. So if i get the opportunity to do a PG it will get me chance to do these activities (like sports, clubs or backstage in case you are wondering and my college offers very little things to do) and boast my transcript. it was not just a chance of going to another college. There is so much more.</p>