<p>I'm applying late to Boarding School,
and so far, these are the ones that wouldn't put me on a waiting list automatically:
1. Loomis Chaffee
2. Emma Willard
3. Bishop Strachan School (Canada)</p>
<p>Do you know anything about any of these schools, especially Loomis Chaffee? How good are they? I don't know anyone who goes to boarding school, so I need information please! </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I didn't know you could apply this late to boarding school...</p>
<p>I'd say Loomis Chaffee is the best school out of all of them. :)</p>
<p>Loomis Chaffee is a very good school, I would highly recommend it.</p>
<p>I've visited Loomis Chaffee. I really like the campus. The people were unusually friendly.</p>
<p>Loomis is pretty good about rolling admissions. I have a lot of friends there who all seem to like it a lot. What do you like to do? Loomis' sports are very good, and their theatre program is supposed to be excellent, but that's all I know. I don't know much about the other two, sorry.</p>
<p>Don't know much about the Canadian school. Both Loomis and Emma are very good schools. However, as you know they are quite different.......co-ed versus single gender. Is that important to you? They are also quite different in size............ Is that important to you?</p>
<p>Loomis Chaffee grad here.</p>
<p>Great school -- a little different than many boarding schools as LC's mission is to educate the youth of Windsor CT, the state of CT, the USA and the world, in that order. You find many more day students than at some prep schools.</p>
<p>Great sports, great arts programs. Wonderful science center. My child will be applying next fall to enter as a new soph for the class of 2010.</p>
<p>Your 3 schools all seem very different from one another. Where I live, Loomis is the best known. That doesn't mean that it is the best school for you. The school in Toronto is probably well known in parts of Canada. You might want to continue your research and start defining the type of school that appeals to you the most. If you go to <a href="http://www.ssat.org/membersearch.nsf/SCCAFS!OpenFrameSet">http://www.ssat.org/membersearch.nsf/SCCAFS!OpenFrameSet</a> you should find the SCCA list, which includes schools with openings. If you like girls-only boarding schools, take a look at Westover. You can also go to Boardingschoolreview.com, and look for schools with rolling admissions that meet your criteria. As you learned, some schools still have openings even if they do not state that they have rolling admissions. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks. I'm looking at boarding schools because even though I go to one of the best schools in ny, they have a very limited math program and I want to take multivariable which my school doesn't offer. i'm a little worried about leaving all my friends and everything i've ever known, but i'm almost sure I want to go next year. Loomis is attractive because it seems academically very good but at the same time, it doesn't seem to have a cut-throat enviroment that a lot of schools seem to have. If I was applying on time, I would have probably applied to Exeter or St. Pauls, but now, all of those schools are completely filled. I am aware of how difficult it is to get into boarding schools like these, but I am pretty sure that I would get in. I don't want to list all of my achievements like many people on this site, but to put it simply, if I stay at my school, I have a fairly decent chance at Columbia or Penn (partly because so many people from my school go there, and also because of my grades and out of school things, etc.). </p>
<p>I just don't know though, I mean, I know almost nothing about boarding schools other than your typical rumors (boarding school is for kids who get kicked out of private school and the schools are usually nighmarish holes where kids are used as slaves to clean huge old buildings). Of course, I know enough to realize that boarding school cannot possibly be so bad, or else people wouldn't say that they like it. </p>
<p>If you go to boarding school, can you please tell me where you go and what it's like there? And does anyone have any tips for getting into good boarding schools late? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hey,
I go to Emma, and I absolutely love it! There are a lot of amazing traditions and we have a pretty tight-knit community. I know you mentioned that you wanted to study math, and EWS has a pretty good math program, from Algebra 1 up to AP Calculus BC (which I will be taking). I don't know much about the other schools you mentioned, however. If you are applying to be a boarder, I think we may have already filled the positions, but I obviosly wouldn't know for sure. Contact the admissions office as soon as you can to let them know you are interested (if you haven't already).
If you have any other specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them, just send me a PM. Good luck!</p>
<p>If you're already at a great school, it may not be worth it to transfer. Can you self-study calc or take it at a community college?</p>
<p>I have class from 8 to 5 with one 1/2 hour break for lunch.
I then do 2 hours of after school activities 3 times a week, and 1 hour after school twice a week.
So I really couldn't take a community college course, and I don't want to study calc by myself... I'm taking 9 classes at school as it is, not including minors.</p>
<p>Wow... school from 8 to 5?!</p>
<p>I would die.</p>
<p>of course you can apply late to boarding school. that is, if the school offers rolling admission. did you check to see if the schools have them? but even so, it will be extremely difficult to get in. your chances will be lessened. not to discourage you, though.</p>
<p>I checked.
The three schools listed above all have room.
And the schools that I actually want to go to don't.
And I was thinking about it, and maybe there's a reason
why those schools still have space... if they were so good,
they'd be full by now... </p>
<p>just a thought.</p>
<p>It does sound like you go to a fine school already. Have you or your parents talked to the administration to see if they will sponsor an independent study class hour where you (and some other top math students) can work at your own pace with the top math instructor on advanced math topics?</p>
<p>Schools do not like losing their top students and will generally bend over backwards to try to accommodate their needs. You see this at the top tier boarding schools as well. Being able to say that they deliver this type of study option is a good selling point for the school to attract (and keep) the top students.</p>
<p>And if in fact, they cannot deliver such a course, I'm pretty sure they would be able to help get you into a school that can, if you have the other things necessary to succeed (leadership and/or athletic/artistic talents, etc). As much as many of these schools say they are "full", if the headmaster from your current school calls them and says "hey, we can't accommodate this great kid because of our program limitations", I'd bet someone would find a dorm room someplace at one of the top schools out there.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know it sounds crazy and some people may throw rocks for suggesting that, but stranger things happen, and it can't hurt to ask, can it?</p>
<p>Work with your school. They can be a great resource.</p>
<p>hahaha. </p>
<p>my school has a policy: if you apply to another school, you lose the spot at the school you're already in. So if I apply, I'd better know I'm getting in, or I'm going to end up with no school at all. </p>
<p>Also: they aren't letting us take calc, and they're making us take a one semester course in two semesters. I feel dumbed down, as does the rest of the class. But there's less than eight of us, and none of us have any special connections with the school to get them to do anything. They're unlikely to budge. </p>
<p>yeah. my school doesn't work with its students. it works against them. </p>
<p>I wish they were helpful...</p>
<p>Have you talked to your GC about all this?</p>
<p>Can't you drop a morning or afternoon class for calc at a CC?</p>
<p>I'm not sure what school you go to, or where you get your information about your school, but the only reason I could see a school turning out a productive student for applying elsewhere is where financial aid is an issue, where they need to have that money available when the right candidate comes along. And that would only be a cut in FA. </p>
<p>Clearly you no longer want to attend the school where you are at. And I believe all of these schools request a transcript from your current school before you are admitted (not a photocopy of your report card), so the request for transcript will be a dead giveaway of your intention.</p>
<p>So if you don't have faith in either your school's desire to retain you, you had better be ready for a leap of faith, because there are no guarantees on admission anywhere.</p>
<p>Actually, if there's a space open, and you go to interview, take your grade reports with you and any scores from standardized tests. Generally the admissions person will eyeball them and give you an indication of whether or not you are admissible. You'll still have to do a formal application, but you should be able to leave the interview knowing what sort of chances of admission you will have when you do do the formal application.</p>
<p>I am speaking from actual experience at three different schools in terms of late admissions. However, your mileage may vary!</p>