<p>I think she means .. more boarders, the better?</p>
<p>Most/some boarders like (sorry, generalizing here) high boarder percentages, rather than a 50:50, such as at Milton/Concord. I guess I'm like, wondering if half the school is gone on the weekends (empty campus? not much to do?) and if the boarding "community" is as evident as places like.. SPS. Perhaps you could explain the situation at Milton?</p>
<p>I heard that Milton almost feels like public school with the 50:50, small campus and K-8. (Miltongirl12, do you feel that way?). I don't know if that's good or bad though... because Public school is what I'm used to, but its probably not the same sense of community and "togetherness" at maybe 100% boarding SPS.</p>
<p>I completely disagree. Though I have not attended a school with a higher percentage of boarding students, and cannot attest to the level of 'community' at those schools, Milton is an extremely close knit school.</p>
<p>The upper-schoolers (grades 9-12) are almost never in contact with the middle and lower schoolers (grades K-8); their campus is almost completely seperate from ours. Alex, what public school have you ever heard of with a 50% boarding community? Plus, Milton is a fairly large school, and although the percentage of boarders is 50%, we have just about 340 boarders living on campus. There is virtually no segregation between boarders and day students, for day students participate in the same activities as boarders, and are often on campus until 7:00 at night. Day students often spend the weekend on campus, as do boarders spend the weekend at day students homes.</p>
<p>In addition, Milton has a gorgeous, fairly large campus.</p>
<p>So... If I make good day friends I can just hang out with them on the weekends. Of course Boston is super amazing so I'll have plenty to do on weekends... :) </p>
<p>Me and my parents are going through to see which courses to take... I/we have a few questions. I am a year younger so Ms. Cassis told me that repeating 9th grade would be a good idea. As such, I have already taken Honors English 9 (Class IV English), can I go on to the Class III english? Will I have to take Health over again? (ughh)... Also, Is Exposition just some remedial course for people who are not strong in reading/writing?</p>
<p>Math seems to be the presumed weakness at Milton, or so I hear. Can you attest to this, I will be taking Calc and that presents three options (Further Topics, BC, AB) I currently plan on doing Further topics, though if it is way too hard I plan on going for BC.</p>
<p>Also, how often do we get to go to Boston. Is it really so close that we can just go every day and study in out favorite cafe, etc.? I have also always thought that the 5050 BoarderDay ratio actually helps the community. So far as that the day people know the place well (I am sure some boarders, such as myself, know the area somewhat well, also), we go to their houses, etc. </p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Yeah, you can hang out at day students houses, or go into Boston, or just chill in your dorm.. There are always activities on campus, so there's really never a lack of things to do.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you will have to take Class IV English if you are a Class IV student. Although you were in an honors course at your old school, Milton handles English in a unique discussion based setting that you'll find definitely differs from your current English course. Yes, you'll have to retake Health as well, but to be honest, it's one of my favorite classes. The class is discussion based (as most courses are at Milton) and takes place on couches with a small group. Learning in a relaxed atmosphere makes it much easier to enjoy and absorb the knowledge we learn in Health. You'll probably enjoy youself. And yes, Expo is a course for people who want to improve their writing style and reading comprehension. The handful of kids I know who take it, really reap in the benefits that this course has to offer.</p>
<p>Milton really has no weakness when it comes to academics. I'm not the person to ask about advanced math courses, but I suggest you reference your course catalogue and see what makes the most sense. I know for a fact that in order to bypass any math course, you must first test out of it.</p>
<p>How often do we get to go into Boston? Weekends and Wednesdays are the only days you can leave campus (unless you have some sort of thing worked out with the school). I don't know the exact rules, but you generally go into Boston with other people, not by yourself, but it depends on what your parent or guardian tells the dorm that they're comfortable with.</p>
<p>Yes, the ratio of boarders to day students truly does help the community. I never understand why people on CC consider it Milton's 'weakness'.</p>