List of Exceptional & Unique Offerings at some BS

classicalmama · May 16, 2012, 11:24am

I jiggered alooknac’s description of full need just a bit to further clarify it–don’t think I went away from his/her intent. Retaining the comment below as I think it’s a point well taken. We already have economic diversity covered in FA–is this ethnic diversity?

Might I suggest someone work on the “diversity” category? Lawrenceville is 48% what? There’s socioeconomic diversity, racial diversity, country of origin, etc. What are we measuring? Students of color and international students are pretty easily researched via boardingschoolreview.com. Maybe set a cutoff point so we only list the top runners?

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

GMTplus7 · June 21, 2012, 5:23am

I’m bumping this thread for new prospective applicants

STLmom23 · June 21, 2012, 9:09am

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

HarrietMWelsch · June 21, 2012, 9:34am

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

GMTplus7 · October 18, 2012, 9:21am

bumping this thread for new applicants

PieLover · October 18, 2012, 7:00pm

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

azpandaman · October 19, 2012, 6:50pm

Added Paleontology museum seciton to facilities.

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

GMTplus7 · October 24, 2012, 6:31pm

I added a heading for “NO SATURDAY CLASSES”

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

girlgeekmom · October 24, 2012, 8:11pm

I added Emma Willard to “One Sanction Expulsion” and “Science Research Program”

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH *

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

smiley66 · October 25, 2012, 2:05am

Deerfield isn’t a needblind school…

azpandaman · October 25, 2012, 6:22pm

@smiley66, and I quote from the Deerfield website:
“It is important to note that the Admission and Financial Aid Committees make decisions regarding admission to the school and eligibility for financial aid independently. Therefore, all families who are interested in financial aid are encouraged to apply.”

smiley66 · October 25, 2012, 9:51pm

Thanks for letting me knw azpandaman! I’m going to email my interviewer because they said that Deerfield isn’t a need blind school. I need to get my facts right. haha thanks :)

24daffodils · December 10, 2012, 8:55pm

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)
Blair (varying number per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield * Blair

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

LarryBird · December 13, 2012, 8:24am

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)
Blair (varying number per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield * Blair

New Hampton School
A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

ChoatieMom · December 13, 2012, 9:57am

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Pauls * Deerfield * St. Andrews (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)
Blair (varying number per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield * Blair

New Hampton School
A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130 schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint Johns (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King’s-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:

Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School

NAO Robotics:

Thacher

ZOO:

Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *

FIVES:

Fives * Groton

FARMING:

Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

New Hampton School

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:

Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School

FIBER ARTS:

Concord * Miss Porter’s

HORSEBACK RIDING:

Thacher Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen Exeter (club-local barn nearby)

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:

Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

Thacher

ARCHERY:

Choate
Exeter (club)

SURFING:

Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr **)

KAYAKING:

Episcopal * Blair

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor

YOGA

Blair

F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
Deerfield - almost entirely singles
Thacher - all the new dorms
Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:

Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:

Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM

Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

ALPINE TOWER:

New Hampton School

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Blair

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:

Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal) * Blair

LAKE ON CAMPUS:

Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrews (DE) * St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:

Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
St. Paul’s School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK

Andover * St.Pauls (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby * New Hampton School

PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM
*The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)

ROWING TANKS:

Brooks * Blair

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School *Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School

SQUASH COURTS

Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrews (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby * Blair

TRADING CENTER (financial):

Wilbraham & Monson Academy

ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

Blair * Choate *

A D M I S S I O N S

<ul>
<li>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:</li>
<li>Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have “limited funds” available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.</li>
</ul>

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if youre accepted your need will automatically be met. That is full need category. Andover is both.

Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:

Groton * Exeter * St. Pauls ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:

Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY

Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)

MontMom · January 21, 2013, 10:27am

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Pauls * Deerfield * St. Andrews (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)
Blair (varying number per week)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield * Blair

New Hampton School
A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
*Westover

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair* Westover

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130 schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls *Westover

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint Johns (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Académie Ste. Cécile *Ashbury College *Branksome Hall *Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf *Dwight International School *King’s-Edgehill *Luther College HS *Ridley College *Rothesay Netherwood *Upper Canada College *UWC-Canada

U N I Q U E ECs

FIRST Robotics Team:

Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics:
Thacher

ZOO:

Millbrook

BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School
*Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *Westover

INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

Westover

FIVES:

Fives * Groton

FARMING:

Westtown * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Kent * South Kent * Loomis * NMH * Putney * Olney Friends School * Buxton

1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

New Hampton School

WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)

DIGITAL ARTS:

Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School

FIBER ARTS:

Concord * Miss Porter’s

HORSEBACK RIDING:

Thacher Portsmouth Abby *Culver *Foxcroft *Madeira *Williston *Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. Thacher is the only one where taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen Exeter (club-local barn nearby)

S P O R T S

WILDERNESS CAMPING/ADVENTURES:

Thacher (minimum 2x/year for one week each, entire school) * Putney (entire school, in small groups, go on Long Fall camping/wilderness adventures first thing after orientation) * Colorado Rocky Mountain School (10-day backpacking orientation, then outdoor trips 2X/yr) * Proctor (5 day backpacking orientation)
*Lawrenceville (outdoor/adventure program) * Cate (outings week in September: freshman hike Sequoia National Forest; sophomores backpack into Yosemite; juniors camp at Kern River; seniors can go on Colorado River rafting trip, visit colleges, or lead underclassmen group)

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

Thacher

ARCHERY:

Choate
Exeter (club)

SURFING:

Cate School (intramural)

SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr **)

KAYAKING:

Episcopal * Blair

STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville

OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor

YOGA

Blair *Westover

F A C I L I T I E S

GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
Deerfield - almost entirely singles
Thacher - all the new dorms
Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated
Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

Choate (Environmental Immersion Program) * Proctor (Ecodorm) * Lawrenceville (30 acre solar farm) * NMH (part of Solar Learning Lab Project)

ON-CAMPUS B&B:

Choate * Deerfield

PLANETARIUM:

Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis

CAMPUS WEB CAM

Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)

ALPINE TOWER:

New Hampton School

GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Blair

GREAT SWIMMING POOLS/AQUATIC FACILITIES:

Deerfield * Exeter * Hotchkiss (only 8 lane pools in New England Prep Schools) * Westtown * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Groton ( indoor and outdoor- seasonal) * Blair

LAKE ON CAMPUS:

Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrews (DE) * St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds)

RIVER ON CAMPUS:

Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
St. Paul’s School

On the OCEAN/BAY
Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate

HOCKEY RINK

Andover * St.Pauls (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby * New Hampton School

PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM
*The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)

ROWING TANKS:

Brooks * Blair

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School *Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School *Westover

SQUASH COURTS

Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrews (DE) * St Pauls * Portsmouth Abby * Blair *Westover

TRADING CENTER (financial):

Wilbraham & Monson Academy

ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

Blair * Choate *

A D M I S S I O N S

<ul>
<li>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:</li>
<li>Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (50%) * Thornton Academy * Putney * Berkshire
Note: While many schools have “limited funds” available for international students, Andover seems to be the only school mentioned with any frequency on this site that does not state that the funds for international students are limited.</li>
</ul>

NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admisison decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if youre accepted your need will automatically be met. That is full need category. Andover is both.

Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter, Groton

FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:

Groton * Exeter * St. Pauls ($80K)

FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school will meet full financial need of ALL admitted students]:

Andover * SAS *

DIVERSITY

Lawrenceville 48% * Milton 42% *

CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions

ab5tract · January 26, 2013, 4:04pm

Added in some Brooks love.

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)
Blair (varying number per week) *Brooks (twice a week, Fall and Spring)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield * Blair

New Hampton School

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)
Brooks

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
*Westover

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair* Westover

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls *Westover

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

mom8dad · January 30, 2013, 12:05pm

T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S

NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

Deerfield

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

Groton

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

St Paul’s

SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

Miss Porter’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

St. Paul’s * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (twice per week)
Blair (varying number per week) *Brooks (twice a week, Fall and Spring)

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)

100% BOARDING:

Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy 8St. Andrew’s School, DE * St. John’s Military School * St. Paul’s School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust “z-test-school”.–heyjudecharlotte

80%+ BOARDING:
*Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90% balance of student body made up of residents of Ojai, the town in which Thacher is located) * Deerfield * Blair

New Hampton School

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *

SACRED TEXTS:

Groton

REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)
Brooks

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

Choate

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
*Westover

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

Tabor *Portsmouth Abby

ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

Tabor * Portsmouth Abby

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)

WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

Episcopal

HARKNESS TABLE:

Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair* Westover

MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)

OCEAN CLASSROOM:

Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit) * Lawrenceville (Semester long Island School)

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

St Pauls *Westover

IB:
*Annie Wright *Carlisle *Cheshire (CT) *Dwight School *EF Intl Academy New York *George School *Mercyhurst Prep *Mid-Pacific Institute *Mount Saint Mary Academy *New Hampton School *North Broward Prep *Saint Andrew’s (FL) *Saint John’s (MN) *St. Timothy’s (MD) *Stoneleigh-Burnham *Montessori High School (OH) *UWC-USA *Verde Valley
-Canada-
*Acad

keisha404 · January 30, 2013, 5:49pm

Deerfield doesn’t require a a campus visit. I had an off-campus interview with an alumni who was located near me.

preplovr22 · January 30, 2013, 6:20pm

Both my Deerfield and Choate interviews where located off campus.

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