<p>I am a girl. I have straight B-'s in school...............maybe a B in latin. I am in two honors classes (English and history). I play hockey and field hockey. Im on a select hockey team and my school's JV boys hockey team. I play fieldhockey on my school's Varsity team...........Im not sure where i should apply........some of my choices are Tabor, Promfret, Choate, and Williston.</p>
<p>Without getting too specific online regarding my D (who will be a Junior next year too), in addition to playing for her prep school team, she also plays for a pre-post team with many of the girls from one of the schools mentioned in your first post.</p>
<p>Are you looking to pre-post next year and have you talked to any of the girls (or their families) about these arrangements?</p>
<p>BTW your school choices above also are a mix of exclusivity from an admissions standpoint with Choate being a big reach and quality of hockey play with Choate Tabor and Pomfret being among the top tier of prep teams and Williston being further down the food chain. </p>
<p>Is there something particular about these schools that you are liking or are they the schools you and your family are familiar with?</p>
<p>What I am trying to drive at here is if you are looking at boarding school for a combined match academically and hockey-wise, it would appear that you don't have a tightly grouped bunch of schools.</p>
<p>If you would like to discuss more offline, you can PM me. Biffgnar has a hockey playing D at Pomfret and is also quite knowledgable about things hockey. I'm sure he would be able to answer many questions too.</p>
<p>I'll be sending you a PM shortly with other information I'd prefer kept offline.</p>
<p>Williston recruits for hockey (one of their strongest girls - - full or near-full tuition sch - - is graduating this year). But if you want more than a hockey prgm. I have add info re: Williston, Pomfret and Choat that, like goalie-d I'd prefer kept offline - - but you can PM me.</p>
<p>all i really want to know is what would be the best school for me to get into.......and if there are any others....i have also found out that i have mostly B's and B+ and a couple B-'s.</p>
<p>I'll give you my standard answer to the question about what is the "best school for you" which is the one where you are the most productive. Some people like being in the very competitive academic environment, while others are more intimidated by that and need a more collaborative setting. Some kids are more confident and productive when they are the big fish in the little pond and others get more out of them by being the smaller fish in the bigger pond. </p>
<p>If you are looking for a "chances" answer as to which is the highest ranked (by exclusivity statistics) school you might get into, there is much more than your grades to ask about. Some of it is the academic rigor of the classes you are taking. Honors classes are not the same everywhere - not all public schools are equal and many privates call everything honors, so there is a lot to sort out there. Plus of course your SSAT scores, teacher recs, and essay all go into the mix. And of course, there is the hockey. I don't know how good your game is (what level of team you play on, etc.), but if you are a kid the coach wants on a team, that can make the difference in admissions, especially considering the level of school you have on you list.</p>
<p>Speaking of prep coaches - Have you contacted any coaches yet to have them watch you in action??? The big holiday tournaments are coming up (RI after Thanksgiving and Polar Bear after Xmas). You should be contacting coaches now and letting them know you are interested and inviting them to watch you at these tourneys (that is how goaliegirl got schools interested in her). The Polar Bear schedule is already out and the RI tourney schedule is rumored to come out tomorrow, so you should be able to get on this if your team is participating at these tourneys (we will be there playing top level 19U).</p>
<p>If you directly ask me your chances with what you've put here, I'd say it depends upon how good your game is, to be blunt. If you are a top recruit, it may be the difference at some of these schools.</p>
<p>D loves Tabor...entered as a junior and just got accepted to Stanford. PM me with Questions.</p>
<p>If you are planning to leave Junior year, I would suggest going someplace that would make it worth your while like Taft, Deerfield, Andover, or Hotchkiss. If your gonna leave all your friends and routine lifestyle and completely turn your life upside down (which is essentially what boarding school will probably do) you should make it worth your while. Your GPA isn't heavily weighed on, I would suggest getting a really good score on the PSAT and getting into some EC's then you should have a pretty good chance</p>
<p>S#1 transferred his junior year to a prep and was a hockey recruit
One of our guiding principles as he decided among the schools that were interested in him and where he was able to gain admission was this---Where would you be happy if you broke your leg and could not play hockey at all?</p>
<p>While sports can be all-consuming--the risk of injury is all too real, so do make sure the school is a good fit overall---academically, socially</p>
<p>All in all, my son's decision to transfer as a junior was very sound and now looking back he is better prepared academically in as a college freshman. He readily admits he would not have been prepared to do the work at his college without 2 years of the rigor of his private school. In addition, as a hockey player prep school prepares one well for the challenge of college hockey be it D1 or D3.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Any school that is the right "fit" for you may be "worth your while." I think Momof2sons question is the perfect one - would you be happy without the sports (or whatever the driving force in chosing that school is)?<br>
Even just 2 years at the school is worth it if it is the right school for you. Don't worry about the "big name."</p>
<p>hi hockeygirl
I transferred as a junior into an ISL school and was only one out of three juniors admitted. It was really hard for me to find schools that would even think of accepting juniors even if they said they did. I'm really happy at my boarding school now so all the mayhem was worth it but unless you have to transfer for a really good reason, I wouldn't do it if you don't have a strong reason for as somebody else posted that boarding school does turn your life upside down. I really wish you the best and hope you succeed somewhere even though i know this year's admissions cycle is gonna be really difficult like at my school. The B-'s will ultimately hurt you depending on where you apply because right now it's so competitive that they're turning down the A average kids as well. I don't mean to be harsh but have you called any of the admissions people at the schools you're applying to and asked if they will actually accept juniors cause i know most of the boarding schools overenrolled last year? Good luck</p>
<p>i found out that i dont have straight b-s. i only have one, in english but its an honors class. the rest are b's or b+'s. also i must change schools if i am to continue hockey at a competitive level. I play for my high school's jv boys team. i am too small to make varsity.</p>