I am going to apply to this list of boarding schools for 10th grade and need FA/Full ride and so I wanted to know is this list safe enough although it has most selective school let me know if you have any suggestions
Commonwealth school
The Lawrenceville School
Choate Rosemary Hall
Phillip Exeter Academy
Phillip Andover
Deerfield Academy
The Taft School
The peddle school
The Webb school
The Hill School
Loomis Chaffee School
Blair Academy
Concord Academy
Hotchkiss
Berkshire school
Cate school
Some I might not apply to since the list is so big.
Even if you were full pay and utterly perfect in every way that list has too many selective schools. You need a range of schools that fit you well. That range should increase a lot if you need aid. Even more if you need a lot of aid.
If you want to share details about your interest or desires that will help the board make suggestions.
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Hi 
I applied for 11 schools this year but one of them i stopped doing cause i knew it wasnt correct for me i still got waitlisted.
My list was:
Exeter- a
Andover- w
Deerfield-w
Choate-a
Hotchkiss-a
Hill-a
Kent-a
Blair-a
lawerenceville- this is the school i stopped and didnt finish my application for but i still got waitlisted
Middlesex- w
Loomis- a
I think that 5-10 is good number, and i think applying to those schools is absolutely fine. I would apply to less than more because then you can focus on your applications more. If you need any help please reach out.
I’m going to hotchkiss this year and i cant wait. What are your specific interests and i can tell you which of the schools you’ve listed have more of your interests or wants. I would proably cap it off at 8 schools and i dont think you need to worry about selectiveness ( i don’t think this is a word but idc). Apply to one or two schools that arent as selective but the more reach schools you have the better chances and options you have. Anyways please reach out to me i would love to help you!
Is there a way to contact you if you don’t mind
If it were me, I’d shoot to apply to 10-ish schools. Right now the list imo looks like a list of someone at the beginning of the process (a good thing), and when fall rolls around I wouldn’t be surprised if 5 come off and are replaced with 2-3 different ones with higher admit rates.
I don’t know Commonwealth.
My main interest are theatre arts, some sports, mainly I would love a bs like Lawrenceville due to its unique housing way but I’m open to everything if that helps
Commonwealth (in Boston?) is not a boarding school. If you live in the Boston area it is fantastic and a different vibe from the normal Boston prep school.
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OP stated they lived in Georgia in an earlier post. Commonwealth is not a boarding school.
I would eliminate from your list any schools where you may have already been declined this past year, unless any of those schools specifically suggested you re-apply. It is fine to re-apply to schools where you were Waitlisted.
People often reapply to places they were rejected, don’t they? I think it should be fine!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
These words are usually credited to Albert Einstein.
Yes,reapply if the application has changed substantially. But if it is simply another year of experience, expect no different outcome.
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Commonwealth is a day school in Boston. So hopefully sksksksk123 is in the Boston area!
Maybe they have an aunt they think they could live with? (I wouldn’t suggest this.)
I wanted to re apply because I didn’t think I tried hard enough if that makes sense.