<p>I'm accepted! I'm also waitlisted at my top 3 choices though... groton, deerfield, and st. paul's....
definitely going back to revisit</p>
<p>What revisit days are you guys planning to go to?</p>
<p>I'm scheduled for the 30th :]</p>
<p>oh. I'm scheduled for the 3rd</p>
<p>I was rejected from Loomis because they couldn't pay my FA. They literally said in the letter (and I'm not even kidding you) "We would have accepted you, you're everything we look for in a candidate... but we simply to not have the finances to have you attend our school." But, I was blessed with other acceptances :) So, it's all good.</p>
<p>I got in. I'll probably be going.
I just want to know, loads of these threads say that loomis is a pretty sporty school, do you think that if your not too good at sport, it won't be that great of a school?</p>
<p>I'm debating against whether or not to play a sport if I attend Loomis. That being said, if I decide NOT to play, I am confident that I'll still love it there :]. So, you'll be fine!!</p>
<p>okay, thanks. :)</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. :)</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted at LC! S is a senior (can't believe he's graduating in a couple of months) -- came in as sophomore day student. </p>
<p>Spring break continues through Monday, 3/23, so campus is pretty empty at the moment. Also, athletics of some variety is required for all students each term -- I believe you can get a waiver one term each year for being in the theater production. There are lots of options if you don't want to go the team sports route -- although that has been a great experience for S. Some sports are much more competitive/intense than others, but the whole team bonding aspect is excellent.</p>
<p>I'll try to help with any other questions, especially from parents.</p>
<p>CBBBLINKER,</p>
<p>My D would come in as sophomore in Sept. How does the school help with selecting courses? Did your S find easy to fit in early on?</p>
<p>mount -- S's situation when he started at LC was unique. We moved to the Hartford area the day before he went to the pre-orientation program! We knew we were moving, but the actual, physical move came down to the last minute. We only moved from another part of CT, so it wasn't incredibly traumatic, but still ... At any rate, he arrived at LC knowing exactly 2 students -- both from his class at his previous private school that ends in 9th grade. (They're at LC as boarders.) Since S arrived at LC without any pre-formed set of friends from either our new town or from a local private school, he started meeting both day and boarding students immediately. The day/boarding mix is an ongoing concern with no easy answers, but any separation fades over time as everyone gets to know each other. Team sports also help break down these barriers -- see my comments above about bonding, etc.</p>
<p>I'll be honest and say I thought the whole course selection process could have been handled better. I consider myself to be a very organized person, able to cope with whatever forms and paperwork come along. Admittedly, my mindset during that time was somewhat overloaded -- I was dealing with packing up our old house, the final work getting that house ready for sale, D's HS graduation and college preparations, AND all the LC paperwork. BUT, I found the whole thing very confusing -- there are term courses, half courses, year courses, required courses that incoming sophomores have to fit in their schedules, etc, etc. Also, there was no real advising on which level of a course to take. Almost on a whim I signed S up for Advanced (Honors) Chemistry, thinking there would be some discussion about that. There wasn't, and it turned out to be too much -- at least with the teacher he had. (He dropped back to regular and did fine.) I'd like to think the whole process has been improved. Now that I've finally gotten it all under control, he's graduating! One piece of advice -- don't be afraid to be your child's advocate. They can be quite conservative on letting students take the advanced level &/or AP's. I understand they don't want to set kids up for failure, but, as an example: last year at this time when we were selecting S's senior courses, the math dept didn't want to give him permission to take AP Calc, based almost entirely on 1 not-so-great test score in Pre-Calc. I persisted and we had to agree that we understood the "risks" of him taking on the AP level course. He's doing extremely well in the course, and his teacher has said repeatedly that he's one of the best students in the class.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>CBBB,</p>
<p>I found your post very helpful. We'll definitely keep this in mind when it comes to course selection.</p>
<p>Take care!</p>
<p>Congrats to all of you who were accepted!
I am currently a junior day student at Loomis.
I highly recommend that you join us on one of our revisit day programs! </p>
<p>Our revisit day programs run on:
-Friday, March 27
-Monday, March 30
-Friday, April 3
-Monday, April 6</p>
<p>Accepted students get to attend classes, eat lunch, and experience life on "the Island" with current Loomis students. Additionally, parents attend various discussion panels and informational sessions. To sign up, call our admissions office at 860-687-6400.</p>
<p>about the athleticness of the students (and yes, i know thats not a word):
a) (I know this was a long time ago) but my dad went to Loomis as was not an athlete in any way, shape, or form. </p>
<p>b) I went to a prospective student meeting and one of the current students that was there to talk about her experience talked about how she is a "music geek" and that she hadn't played on a team sport until she was a junior, and that she had a lot of fun trying out lacrosse (which she had never played before) and said that she was going to play again as a senior. </p>
<p>So pretty much, even if you are not an athlete now, try something out and maybe you will find a new love.</p>
<p>Has anyone gone to a revisit day yet? what did you think about it? (what day did you go)</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Hi (: I went to a LC revisit day… when I’m not so wiped out, I’ll go copy what I thought about it from my journal (I wrote in it an our afterwards, so it’s clear memory).</p>
<p>Is anyone going there for tenth grade?</p>