<p>Well, I didnt do so well my first two years of high school and im also looking to get into a college for sports so im starting to seriously look at a lot of schools to PG at. I have a few questions though, hopefully some people can help me out. </p>
<p>How much will pging effect my chances to get into a more competitive school if they see improvement in every year jr-pg year?</p>
<p>How can I find out what schools are most/least competitive to PG at? I have no idea what boarding schools are easy and hard to get into.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot</p>
<p>I dont know much about PG's other then the fact it means post-graduate. lol
But I can reccomend a school.
The Kent School offers PG year and is a great school, I have heard a lot about scouting at Kent, and students who do PG there are usually recruited by top universities.
For a complete list of school that offer PG year you can go here.</p>
<p>Post-Graduate</a> Boarding Schools - Boarding School Review</p>
<p>Look for schools that you might like. Narrow the list down and look at their statistics for acceptances. Then you should be able to determine which ones could be easier/harder to get into.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Dan,</p>
<p>I think you can narrow your field down a bit by looking at who is doing well year in and year out in a sport and looking at their roster. You can tell that teams that are senior loaded (they don't identify PGs as other than senior) are schools you want to consider as a PG.</p>
<p>BTW, this only applies to Fall and Winter sports. If you are a spring sport (baseball), I've been told that considering the timing of the season you won't get a decision in time for admissions. You need to play at a prep as a senior + PG if you are in a spring sport.</p>
<p>NMH has a pg year places many of their pg athletes at top schools. What sport are you hoping to continue in college?</p>
<p>im looking to play lacrosse, thanks for the help so far guys please keep it coming</p>
<p>Attending a post-graduate program and maintaing steady grades is likely to improve your chances of getting into a more competitive college. :) Good luck!</p>
<p>Not sure I am clear about which years you are considering, but if it's an option for you (financially and otherwise) you might consider repeating your junior year and thus spending two years at whatever school you choose. This has the same effect as PG'ing but gives you two years of improved grades, high end sports, etc. Lawrenceville had a very highly ranked lacrosse team this year (5th nationally, I believe) and may be a little bit easier to get into as a PG (they don't take only sports-oriented PGs, unlike Deerfield and Hotchkiss, for example; those those are two of the other big PG schools with great lacrosse--especially Deerfield.)</p>
<p>Thanks a lot, my school i'm at right now is consistently top 25 in the nation for lacrosse, private and i love it there, so id like to graduate from it if it made sense to. I know of a few people who chose that method and loved it though.</p>
<p>does anyone else have any input or experience pging?</p>
<p>Actually, for a spring sport athlete, the player most often already has been identified as having the skills required to play in XYZ program. The PG year is designed to either improve one's academic standing, improve one's test scores, allow a year of maturing or all three. Coaches know that admissions decisions will predate the athletic season. </p>
<p>If you are coming from a top program and want to continue playing high level lacrosse then your options are somewhat limited. The big northern NE schools (Andover, Exeter) and a few of the smaller ones (Holderness comes to mind). Keep in mind that none of the ISL schools accept PG's (St. Georges, Middlesex, Governor's Academy, St. Mark's etc.)</p>
<p>Almost all of the West I schools take PG's and the lacrosse is excellent.
Avon Old Farms, Trinity-Pawling, Salisbury are all boys schools with enrollments of 300-400; Hotchkiss, Taft, Northfield Mt. Hermon, Kent, Deerfield, Loomis Chafee, Choate are larger (600 odd) co-ed schools.</p>
<p>Good DII programs are Canterbury, Gunnery, Millbrook and Berkshire, but there is typically a big gap between I and II both in skill levels and matriculation.</p>
<p>Lawrenceville and Peddie in NJ have good programs, esp. L'Ville.</p>
<p>Over the last 10 years, Taft, Deerfield, Salisbury and L'Ville have produced top 25 teams...</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Friends of ours have a son who did a PG year (lacrosse) at Hotchkiss. They said it was the greatest experience, and he had no trouble fitting in with school during his extra year, and it enabled him to enter a more competitive university than he would have otherwise. He said the only downfall is that he wished he had been able to have another year at prep school. Good luck!!</p>
<p>thanks a lot guys, great info. anyone else?</p>