<p>hi i was wondering about any prep schools that offer financial aid for international students if possible a decent amount. eg over 50%
or merit scholarships
also are there any prep schools that are cheeper than the rest.
i want to attend something traditional/old fashioned and likely strictish with academics.
i'm very big on my sports so a place that preferably has rowing
i don't mind if it's all girls or co-ed
also what year should i likely apply for i'm 16 in july</p>
<p>Both Northfield Mt. Hermon School in Massachusetts and St. Paul's School in New Hampshire do. Good Luck!</p>
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<p>Groton offers tons of aid and has an extremely strong rowing program!
I would reccomend it</p>
<h2>Hi well i thought i would just let you know a bit about me and what to perhaps help me in my choosing of a school.</h2>
<h2>ME</h2>
<p>I'm 16 in July so i need to know what year level it would be advisable for me to go into?
My school year runs from February to November and i'm in my 11th of 13 years in schooling and in my 3rd year of 5 at high school.
I would be an international student but as i come from New Zealand a english speaking country language is no problem- well apart from the few differences in spelling.
I'm someone that likes to get involved and I'm involved in community/volunteer work.</p>
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<p>It can be all girls or co-ed i have no preferences
I would like a school thats traditional and has some history behind it.
Financial aid has to be available in a considerable amount to international students.
Merit scholarships available to international students would be a great possibility but are not compulsory.
I don't want the student body to be overly large.
A high boarding % would be good but not compulsory the same with % of international students.
I want a highly or pretty high academic school with good entrance rates into top colleges.
AP classes should be offered but not compulsory.
I don't mind if there are extra classes on weekends.</p>
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<p>Crew/Rowing is not a must but is definitely something that would be important to me in a school as i am one of the top nationally ranked in my age group.
Football/Soccer is another that is not a must but is something that i like to play.</p>
<p>Well thanks to anyone whom answers this and gives some suggestions i will appreciate your coming comments.</p>
<p>I think you should take a look at Groton. It's crew program is outstanding. It is a school based on tradition that accepts change. Everything that you mention in your post above fits the Groton mold... It is hard to get in as a Junior but that is where you would be. If you don't mind being on the older side I would apply as a Sophmore</p>
<p>Every school has limits to giving out scholarships or financial aids to international students. I live in the U.S and a citizen of U.S but im considered as an international because my parents don't pay taxes here.
Even NMH has said to me that because I'm an international student, it'd be hard to give out FA to me. They will accept you if you are qualified enough but it is extremely hard to get 50% FA to a BS. But in my experience, I have gotten 35% or 20% FA.
It's hard to get a significant FA but it is very much possible.
Good Luck</p>
<p>I got 50% FA to Groton, Andover, Exeter, Choate, Milton, SPS and Hotchkiss so its far from impossible. </p>
<p>But I 'only' got 15% for Taft. I think it depends on how much they want you as I didn't think I did that well in Taft interviews as opposed to the others. Of course the others were all richer (I believe) so not sure whether that was the reason. </p>
<p>But I suggest Groton to you simply because the tour guide at Groton was a rower recruited for Trinity (I think) and he said Groton was a top rowing school that competed in England (where he met some rowers from my old Australian high school: Shore which you probably know nzrower as we frequently win New Zealand's Schoolboys Championships :P)</p>
<p>My son is friend with couple of NMH'ers who are from NZ....don't know about fa, though. They do have a good crew and strong soccer programs. As a matter of fact, both the NZ boys played football (soccer) for NMH and one is on the NZ National Team.</p>
<p>The Kent School in Connecticut has the best boarding school rowing program in the US for both boys and girls. My friend's older sister was on the Kent girl's team that won the Henley a few years ago. She got a rowing scholarship at University of Virginia after that. </p>
<p>I highly recommend loking at Kent School!</p>
<p>If you're really OK with all-girls look at Miss Porter's School (aka Farmington) in Farmington, Connecticut. Large endowment, beautiful campus, excellent academics and college matriculation, and a very solid rowing program.</p>
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<p>I think the general consensus is Kent/Groton/Miss Porter's. </p>
<p>I also turned 16 in July of 2008 (Happy Birthday to both of us :)) and I'm entering as a sophomore (Year 10 for us Oceanians) but from what I was told ages aren't a crucial issue in America. </p>
<p>But in terms of FA a lot of the Tier 1 schools give abundant FA. If you look at all the schools that gave me FA all of them are awesome schools and all of them have a rowing program (I stand to be corrected but thats right I think) so you've already got a lot of options. Trust me, once you apply for more then 5-6 schools it gets tiresome. I applied for 8 and by the end of my trip I was just so apathetic towards school tours etc. </p>
<p>Honestly, I couldn't tell the difference between Andover and Taft for example so I just picked Andover based on what other people said. They all were exactly the same in my eyes so don't worry! These schools are so diverse and established you'll find your niche automatically. </p>
<p>I mean seriously all the schools looked the same to me. Of course I wasn't looking for anything in particular like a rowing program as I am not as gifted as you in one particular area but they seriously all have tremendous facilites, friendly staff/students and impressive stats/grounds etc. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>PS. I found it incredibly funny that you had to say 'I come from New Zealand, a english speaking country'</p>
<p>yeah well NZ is rather small
so where are you from</p>
<p>if u consider all-girl school an option, you have to take a look at Emma Willard. It's a wonderful all-girl school with very generous FA. There's crew and i heard the team is good.</p>
<p>I am from Australia which is as you know very close to New Zealand. </p>
<p>Seriously, everyone on CC ought to know New Zealand right?</p>
<p>lol u r soooo funny shore...likereally if i lived there i would never be on a computer, but u r always on cc.....lol <3</p>
<p>lol yea everyone should know about nz</p>