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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

  • Deerfield</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>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)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>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 *Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)
  • Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
*Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor *Portsmouth Abby</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby *Cate </p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School<br>
    *Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair* Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s *Westover</p>

<p>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-
*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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E ECs</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics
  • Thacher *Brooks </p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School
    *Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) *Westover</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Fives * Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher <em>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</em> Exeter (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher *Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr **)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair *Milton *Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor *Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair *Westover *Brooks</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

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

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Peddie</p>

<p>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 *Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) </p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) *Peddie</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH
  • St. Paul’s School</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) Williston * Portsmouth Abby * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

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

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School *Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School *Westover</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS”

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate *</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S</p>

<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>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter *Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K HHI:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s ($80K)</p>

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

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% * Cate 42% * Milton 39% *</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception)
  • Deerfield * Choate (they make exceptions)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

  • Deerfield</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>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 (generally 2x/week) *Brooks (twice a week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>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 *Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)
  • Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
*Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor *Portsmouth Abby</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby *Cate </p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair
    *Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>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</p>

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<p>what’s an 'on campus canteen?"</p>

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<p>^ Celeryshtick, it’s a place where kids can buy a burger or similar fare and hang with friends. Someplace social to grab a bite and be social besides the dining room, that is open when the dining room is not. I’m sure many schools offer this sort of thing, but it is probably called by different names.</p>

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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES:

  • Deerfield</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing )

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>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 (generally 2x/week) *Brooks (twice a week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>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 *Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year)
  • Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
*Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor *Portsmouth Abby</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby *Cate </p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair
    *Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>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</p>

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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby * Cate </p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E ECs</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks </p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abby * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) </p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abby * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS”

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate </p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby * Cate </p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby * Cate </p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>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</p>
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<p>I am not the swiftest computer geek-- so here is some more info if someone wants to add to the list :slight_smile: </p>

<p>St George’s has a term at sea. Exeter has a variety international programs including a term in Rome for Classics students, It participates in both the Mountain School, a Caribbean school and a Washington intern project for a term. Walnut Hill has (required) arts concentrations as does Interlochen. Exeter has a fencing program (that may change into a varsity sport–under consideration). Andover also has a fencing program --but not varsity, BUA and Commonwealth have varsity fencing.</p>

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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abby * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abby * Cate </p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E ECs</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks </p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abby * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference)</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal)</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abby * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abby * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus)</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate </p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate </p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E ECs</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks </p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) *Dana Hall (on campus barns)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal)</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus)</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate </p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, Fall & Spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate </p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal </p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate </p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal </p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord * Choate</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate</p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)
    ISLAND SCHOOL:
  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E ECs</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks</p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney *Loomis</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) *Dana Hall (on campus barns) *Loomis (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) *Portsmouth Abbey *Loomis</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney *Loomis</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>RIVALRIES

  • Andover-Exeter * Choate-Deerfield</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal)</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord *Loomis (2)</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus)</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord * Choate</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate</p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>ISLAND SCHOOL:

  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E ECs</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks</p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney *Loomis</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) *Dana Hall (on campus barns) *Loomis (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) *Portsmouth Abbey *Loomis</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>RIVALRIES

  • Andover-Exeter * Choate-Deerfield</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal) *Choate</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord *Loomis (2)</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus)</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord * Choate</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate</p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>ISLAND SCHOOL:

  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E E C s</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks</p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney *Loomis</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) *Dana Hall (on campus barns) *Loomis (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) *Portsmouth Abbey *Loomis</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>RIVALRIES

  • Andover-Exeter * Choate-Deerfield * Hotchkiss-Taft</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal) *Choate</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord *Loomis (2)</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus)</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord * Choate</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate</p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School) </p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER at the FOLGER LIBRARY:

  • Episcopal</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis *Concord (in language/humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure)</p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>ISLAND SCHOOL:

  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover *Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)</p>

<p>FILMMAKING

  • Concord *Loomis</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E E C s</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks</p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney *Loomis</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) *Dana Hall (on campus barns) *Loomis (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) *Portsmouth Abbey *Loomis</p>

<p>GRAPHIC DESIGN
*Concord</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS WORK PROGRAMS
*Concord</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)
    *Concord: Junior retreat</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate School (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>RIVALRIES

  • Andover-Exeter * Choate-Deerfield * Hotchkiss-Taft *Concord-Pingree</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal) (walden pond and swimming pool) *Choate</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord *Loomis (2)</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus)</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord * Choate</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing)

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>TUESDAY TALK (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent</p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”)</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate</p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School) </p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:

  • Episcopal * Cate(trimester)</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis *Concord (in language/humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers) </p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>ISLAND SCHOOL:

  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover *Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)</p>

<p>FILMMAKING:

  • Concord *Loomis *Cate</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E E C s</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks</p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney *Loomis</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) *Dana Hall (on campus barns) *Loomis (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) *Portsmouth Abbey *Loomis *Cate</p>

<p>GRAPHIC DESIGN
*Concord</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS WORK PROGRAMS
*Concord</p>

<p>ROUNDSQUARE SCHOOL (worldwide association of schools that allows students to travel between schools, tour foreign countries, involve themselves in community service.)
*Cate</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)
    *Concord: Junior retreat</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School * Cate</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate *Cate</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>RIVALRIES

  • Andover-Exeter * Choate-Deerfield * Hotchkiss-Taft *Concord-Pingree
    *Cate-Thacher</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar) * Cate (used to watch ocean sunset)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal) (walden pond and swimming pool) *Choate</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord *Loomis (2)</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus) * Cate</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>T R A D I T I O N S / R U L E S</p>

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord * Choate</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>“NEW GIRL”/“OLD GIRL” PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter’s) - RING CEREMONY

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>TUESDAY TALK (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent</p>

<p>THE PORTER PLAN

  • Miss Porter’s - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching. </p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”)</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate</p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School) </p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:

  • Episcopal * Cate(trimester)</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis *Concord (in language/humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers) </p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>ISLAND SCHOOL:

  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover *Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)</p>

<p>FILMMAKING:

  • Concord *Loomis *Cate</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E E C s</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks</p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover *Loomis</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate * Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>WOODWORKING
*Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney *Loomis</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s + Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) *Dana Hall (on campus barns) *Loomis (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) *Portsmouth Abbey *Loomis *Cate</p>

<p>GRAPHIC DESIGN
*Concord</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS WORK PROGRAMS
*Concord</p>

<p>ROUNDSQUARE SCHOOL (worldwide association of schools that allows students to travel between schools, tour foreign countries, involve themselves in community service.)
*Cate</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)
    *Concord: Junior retreat</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School * Cate</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney *Loomis *Choate * Andover *</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord *Loomis *Choate *Cate *Miss Porter’s * Andover</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord *Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>RIVALRIES

  • Andover-Exeter * Choate-Deerfield * Hotchkiss-Taft *Concord-Pingree
    *Cate-Thacher</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton- II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover- Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses
  • Miss Porter’s - converted historic homes</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar) * Cate (used to watch ocean sunset)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal) (walden pond and swimming pool) *Choate</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH* St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord *Loomis (2)</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St.Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH*Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ART MUSEUM

  • Andover - Addison Gallery of American Art</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus) * Cate</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color
    *NMH 25%+ International students</p>

<br>

<br>

<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>
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<p>I tidied things up a bit, added a little, and deleted On Campus Work Programs (Concord) because as far as I can tell it just refers to campus “work jobs” which many or most schools have. To whoever posted it, if it means something more substantial, like a formal on-campus internship, please be more specific when you repost.</p>

<p>I also deleted the Rivalries section as they also are neither unique nor exceptional. If people have an interest in knowing rivalries, that would be a separate thread for someone to start. Might be fun during this slow time on cc.</p>

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

<p>NO SATURDAY CLASSES (Many!):

  • Deerfield * Concord * Choate</p>

<p>NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton</p>

<p>GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St Paul’s</p>

<p>HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord</p>

<p>“NEW GIRL”/“OLD GIRL” PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter’s) - RING CEREMONY

  • Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>TUESDAY TALK (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate</p>

<p>SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark’s * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring)</p>

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

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)</p>

<p>100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • 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 * St. 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</p>

<p>80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent</p>

<p>THE PORTER PLAN

  • Miss Porter’s - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching. </p>

<p>A C A D E M I C S</p>

<p>ARABIC:

  • Deerfield * Loomis * Andover * Exeter * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *</p>

<p>SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton</p>

<p>REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”)</p>

<p>ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate</p>

<p>SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Choate * St. Mark’s * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)</p>

<p>WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover</p>

<p>NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey</p>

<p>ADVANCED MARINE SCIENCE

  • Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate</p>

<p>COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Concord * Loomis * Choate</p>

<p>CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)

  • Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School) </p>

<p>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</p>

<p>SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:

  • Episcopal * Cate (trimester)</p>

<p>HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Lawrenceville * Exeter * St Paul’s * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:

  • Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers) </p>

<p>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)</p>

<p>ISLAND SCHOOL:

  • Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)</p>

<p>BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)</p>

<p>FILMMAKING:

  • Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney</p>

<p>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-
  • 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</p>

<p>U N I Q U E E C s</p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Team:

  • Loomis Chaffee * St. Marks School * St. Paul’s School NAO Robotics * Thacher * Brooks</p>

<p>ENGINEERING CLUB:

  • Concord</p>

<p>ZOO:

  • Millbrook</p>

<p>BELL-RINGING/BELLTOWER:

  • Groton * Kent School * St. Paul’s School * Northfield Mount Hermon (carillon) * Westover * Loomis</p>

<p>INVESTING IN GIRLS (Financial Literacy and Mentoring)

  • Westover</p>

<p>FIVES:

  • Groton</p>

<p>FARMING:

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

<p>1:1 iPAD PROGRAM:

  • New Hampton School * Choate * Miss Porter’s</p>

<p>WOODWORKING

  • Groton * Salisbury (Sail Boat Building) * Proctor (several courses including boatbuilding)</p>

<p>DIGITAL ARTS:

  • Pomfret * Choate (digital photography/film/video) * Concord * New Hampton School * Cate * Putney * Loomis</p>

<p>FIBER ARTS:

  • Concord * Miss Porter’s * Putney</p>

<p>HORSEBACK RIDING:

  • Thacher (taking care of a horse and learning to ride western-style are required of all Freshmen) * Portsmouth Abbey * Culver * Foxcroft * Madeira * Williston * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School. * Putney * Exeter (club-local barn nearby) * Dana Hall (on campus barns) * Loomis (club-local barn nearby)</p>

<p>SOCIETY OF SKEPTICS

  • Blair</p>

<p>MODEL UN

  • Concord (hosts a conference) * Portsmouth Abbey * Loomis * Cate</p>

<p>GRAPHIC DESIGN

  • Concord</p>

<p>ROUNDSQUARE SCHOOL (worldwide association of schools that allows students to travel between schools, tour foreign countries, involve themselves in community service.)

  • Cate</p>

<p>S P O R T S</p>

<p>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 at beginning of school year)
  • 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 Sept.: 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)
  • Concord: Junior retreat</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN CLIMBING:

  • Thacher * Fountain Valley School * Cate</p>

<p>MOUNTAIN BIKING:

  • Cate * Putney</p>

<p>ARCHERY:

  • Choate * Exeter (club)</p>

<p>SURFING:

  • Cate (intramural)</p>

<p>SKI LIFT/HILL ON CAMPUS

  • Proctor Academy * Eaglebrook (Jr BS)</p>

<p>KAYAKING:

  • Episcopal * Blair * Milton * Cate</p>

<p>STRONG FENCING PROGRAMS

  • Culver * Dana Hall * The Masters School * Lawrenceville</p>

<p>OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM

  • NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>YOGA

  • Blair * Westover * Brooks * Putney * Loomis * Choate * Andover *</p>

<p>ULTIMATE FRISBEE

  • Concord * Loomis * Choate * Cate * Miss Porter’s * Andover</p>

<p>SAILING

  • Concord * Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor</p>

<p>F A C I L I T I E S</p>

<p>GREAT/UNIQUE DORMS:

  • Groton - II and III form with 3/4 walls and shared cubicle.
  • Deerfield - almost entirely singles
  • Thacher - all new dorms
  • Cate - primarily singles, most with balconies, many with ocean views
  • Blair - beautiful, large, recently renovated. Building 2 new dorms by Blair Lake for Fall 2013 (school will remain the same size; 2 older dorms are being converted to other uses)
  • Westover - Victorian Building, huge closets
  • Concord - converted historic houses
  • Miss Porter’s - converted historic homes</p>

<p>ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER:

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

<p>ON-CAMPUS B&B:

  • Choate * Deerfield</p>

<p>PLANETARIUM:

  • Deerfield * Exeter * Loomis</p>

<p>CAMPUS WEB CAM

  • Choate * Kimball Union Academy * Lawrenceville (used to watch sporting events from afar) * Cate (used to watch ocean sunset)</p>

<p>ALPINE TOWER:

  • New Hampton School</p>

<p>GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS:

  • Lawrenceville * St. Marks * NMH * Portsmouth Abbey * Blair * Peddie * Hotchkiss</p>

<p>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 * Peddie * Cate (year-round outdoor) * Concord (outdoor seasonal) (Walden pond and swimming pool) * Choate</p>

<p>LAKE ON CAMPUS:

  • Westtown * Proctor * Brooks * Hotchkiss * St. Andrew’s (DE) * NMH * St Paul’s, Williston (Ponds) * Peddie * Blair * Taft * Choate</p>

<p>RIVER ON CAMPUS:

  • Groton (boathouse on campus also) * Exeter (with boathouse) * Kent * NMH * St. Paul’s School * Concord * Loomis (2)</p>

<p>On the OCEAN/BAY

  • Portsmouth Abbey * St. George School * Tabor * Cate</p>

<p>HOCKEY RINK

  • Andover * St. Paul’s (2) * Deerfield * Millbrook * Groton (2) * Lawrenceville * NMH * Taft * St. Mark’s * Tabor * Middlesex * Choate * Proctor * Hotchkiss (2) * Exeter (2) * Williston * Portsmouth Abbey * New Hampton School * Brooks * Milton * Berkshire</p>

<p>PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM

  • The Webb Schools (only high school in USA with a paleontology museum)</p>

<p>ART MUSEUM

  • Andover - Addison Gallery of American Art</p>

<p>ROWING TANKS:

  • Brooks * Blair</p>

<p>ROCK CLIMBING WALLS:

  • Andover * Proctor * Choate * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Cate * St. Paul’s School * Miss Porter’s * New Hampton School * Westover * Dana Hall</p>

<p>SQUASH COURTS:

  • Loomis * Pomfret * Taft * Brooks * Groton * St. Mark’s * Deerfield * Tabor * Choate * Miss Porter’s * Lawrenceville * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Episcopal * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St Paul’s * Portsmouth Abby * Blair * Westover * Cate * Concord</p>

<p>TRADING CENTER (financial):

  • Wilbraham & Monson Academy</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS ATM

  • NMH * Concord (extended campus) * Cate</p>

<p>ON CAMPUS CANTEEN

  • Blair * Choate</p>

<p>A D M I S S I O N S / F A</p>

<p>FA FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

  • Andover * Emma Willard * Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School * New Hampton School * George School (max of 50% of tuition) * Thornton Academy * Putney (“Typically, maximum grants are 50% of total costs”) * 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.</p>

<p>NEED BLIND ADMISSIONS
NOTE: Need-blind admissions means the admission decision is completely separate from the FA decision. It does NOT mean that if you’re accepted your need will automatically be met. That is “full need” category. Andover and St. Andrew’s (DE) do both.

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Putney * Madeira * Concord * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton * Cate *</p>

<p>FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR <$75K household income:

  • Groton * Exeter * St. Paul’s (<$80K)</p>

<p>FULL NEED AND NEED BLIND [The school does not consider need during admission process and will meet full financial need of all admitted students]:

  • Andover * St. Andrew’s (DE) *</p>

<p>DIVERSITY

  • Lawrenceville 48% [% students of color from boardingschoolreview.com] * Cate 40% students of color * Milton 39% students of color * Andover 41% students of color * NMH 25%+ International students</p>

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<p>CAMPUS VISIT REQUIRED (Many!)

  • Thacher (Intl. applicants can get an exception) * Deerfield (required if you live within 350 miles) * Choate (required to visit & interview when school is in session but off-campus interviews are offered)</p>