My D applied to PG Programs at LVille, Deerfield, PA, PE, Hotchkiss, Choate. She’s going nuts in the running-up to M10. Anyone have any idea what to expect?
3.6 GPA at top independent day school (last 3 semesters weighted 4.1) after slow start in high school.
Committed to NESCAC school (and will defer) after athletic recruiting/early read process.
Lots of community service with emphasis on fundraising.
Hard to know. There aren’t a lot of PG spots and demand might be higher this year due to Covid and its impact on kids.
Most kids in PG programs will have similar stats. It’s really going to come down to who applies.
Just out of curiosity, why is she doing a PG year if she is already committed to a college? I might be clueless, so forgive me. When I was younger, doing a PG year gave you an extra year to work on GPA and stats for college admission or was for sports recruiting.
KateKara:
She had back surgery in December and will miss her spring sport this season. Her and college coach agreed this would be a good option for her. Just don’t know how hard getting into these programs are for PG applicants.
Got it-good luck to her! Hopefully the college commitment will help!
Interesting thread. Hopefully, OP will give us updates on the outcomes.
In my experience, most PGs participate in their sport/sports during the PG year.
I think the fact she is already committed to college will help. However I am unclear if she is planning to play her sport during PG year. Is she missing this spring (senior year of HS) or the PG year? If she plans to play next year hopefully you have the coach pulling for her in admissions. If not, it is more of a crapshoot. But assuming you are full pay I’d guess your DD gets an offer somewhere. My kid is at one of your schools and the vast majority of PG applicants are boys, which ought to make it a bit easier for a girl applicant.
Thanks for the insight 417WHB. She’ll play next Spring at BS. She’ll probably also play soccer in the fall (she’s good enough to play high school but not in college). All the BS coaches are pulling for her but not sure how much of a difference it makes. I’ve heard being a female PG makes the admissions game a bit easier but its hard to find reliable information. And while we are full pay I didn’t know that made much difference.
I think having coaches pull for you AND being full pay can help a lot. I think you should have an option…Good luck!
Many PGs come in with the pull of the BS coaches who often have made some connection to the college coach who recommended the PG year. That sounds like you, so my hunch is that you’ll get good news on M10.
Many, if not most, of our school’s PGs have already comitted to a college. They use the extra year to shore up grades, study skills, etc. And they bring skill and maturity to the teams they join and the school community. It is a win-win. Good luck to her!
Just to close out the thread. D was admitted to Exeter, Hill, Hotchkiss and Lawrenceville. Waitlisted at Andover, Choate. Rejected at Deerfield. Thanks much for the insights. No idea where she’ll end up.
Congrats!
Congratulations !!!
Among PEA (Exeter), Lawrenceville, Hotchkiss, & the Hill School, it might be helpful to determine which school has the most PGs as the more PGs, the more likely that there will be a few courses designed primarily for PGs.
Also, commonsense suggests that being among a good number of other PGs might make your daughter more comfortable at her new school.
Which schools have the most established PG program?
I have no idea as this was a first time process for us. We simply conducted research on the internet and I talked to the admissions offices of the 10 or so schools we considered. Ultimately, location and athletics whittled our list down to six and our D was accepted at 3.
All of the OP’s listed schools have established PG programs, but the number of PGs will vary by school & by school size.
Andover (PA), Exeter (PEA), Deerfield & Lawrenceville should be considered. Hotchkiss is a smaller school in terms of enrolled students compared to these 4 schools. Choate Rosemary Hall also should have a well established PG program & has a larger number of students than Hotchkiss.
There are many other schools–such as Kent–with significant number of PGs enrolled. I limited my comments to the schools mentioned by the OP in this thread.
Agree with Publisher. At the three schools where our D was admitted we have been able to infer the following based on virtual revisits:
Exeter: 20-30 PGS
Hotchkiss: 15-20 PGs
Lville: 15-25 PGs
Moat of the PGs who were on the PG forum were also on the Athletic forum so no surprise there. Schools appear to go to great lengths to integrate PGs and seem to want them to provide leadership to the other students. Our D is excited.
Can you speak to any of these school’s PG programs?
Taft, Mercersburg, Blair, Peddie, NMH and Williston
We considered Taft and Peddie bit our D decided against applying there.