<p>I'm in a kind of strange situation regarding the schools that I have attended in the last three years (I'm in 8th grade now). In 6th grade I was at a school in the US, but in 7th grade I went to England on sabbatical with my family. Now I'm back in the same school that I attended in 6th grade. So here's my question: Do I need to request a transcript from the school that I attended in England if I am applying to Andover, Exeter, and SPS?</p>
<p>Thanks for all replies</p>
<p>If I were you, I'd call the schools and ask. I doubt many - if any - on this board are in your unique situation.</p>
<p>Yeah, that's probably a good idea.</p>
<p>You should call, but I am nearly certain they will want all your transcripts</p>
<p>Plan on sending all of your transcripts.</p>
<p>Oh, wow, my friend is in the exact same situation. She left after 5th grade and attended boarding school in England for 6th and 7th grade, but is back for 8th.</p>
<p>goodness, boarding school for middle school? (id imagine that high school would be hard enough)</p>
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<p>My friend did get a little depressed in England, so she moved back.</p>
<p>o isee. that reminds me, at one pt i was considering a bunch of uk schools- fettes college and malvern college in particular, but its very different from american schools idk. it seems as though everyone must decide what they want to do when they grow up bythe age of 16 or something... i guess thats sort of why IB is gaining popularity over these.</p>
<p>oh and plus id be able to find fencing everywhere hehe</p>
<p>Alright, thanks. I'll plan on calling tomorrow.</p>
<p>Boarding school in middle school is nothing. In England, it is customary in some families to send children to boarding school at age 7, and there are state (that is our equivalent of public) schools that are boarding. This school is one of them; state, and boarding for ages 7-18. <a href="http://www.raa-school.co.uk/%5B/url%5D">http://www.raa-school.co.uk/</a>. A friend of mine, who is from Newcastle, has an uncle who was sent to boarding school at--I'm not kidding--two years old. Make no mistake, this was not an orphanage or anything. It was boarding school.</p>
<p>sabregiel, you're very lucky if your parents would let you attend boarding school in England. Mine say it's too far away. It's true, though, that once you enter the Sixth Form, you have to take the A-levels that correspond to your future career. I considered Malvern. It looked quite excellent.</p>
<p>lol actually, that was probably why i didnt apply. the whole legal guardian thing, expense, etc. they have the most beautiful looking buildings tho, and many of these schools are incredibly old- idk the kings school ely something like that was founded in liek 1200 or so.
the funny thing about uk schools is that they dont seem to explain things very well. ie all the prospectuses really dont tell you much about the school, just the generic 'we care about ur children, our test scores are good, etc.' thats why i kinda looked specifically for an IB school at first.</p>
<p>Ooo forgot to mention this one really awesome school- millfield. it seems like the UK equivalent of Exeter or something... it refers to itself as "perhaps the best all-round school in the world". lol love the wording.</p>
<p>I really like the English schools, I think they're incredibly fascinating. I would have gone to one if I had been allowed. I also looked at the King's School Ely. There was one school I looked at that was founded in like the 800s A.D. or something. I would agree that English prospectuses tend to be very generic, though I think that about most American schools, too.</p>
<p>yeah, my friend went to boarding school in England, in Berkshire, actually. It's called Downe House School. She was there for a year and a half. She didn't like it that much.</p>
<p>why are people applying to boarding schools if they already went and didn't like them?</p>
<p>...because every school is different. She might not have liked the school she went to before, but you'd be surprised how much a different atmosphere can affect a person's experience.</p>
<p>Boarding schools in England are much different than they are in America.</p>
<p>How so? .</p>