K1 and K2 have some very good choices. Initially we did not want them in school together, now we think it would be great.
St. George’s is the parent first choice. K1 has no kids from his JBS there so it would be a new experience. K2 loves it but wishes the field hockey team had turf to practice on.
Any insight on the place would be great. It seemed warmer than many of the places we visited. It also seemed particularly willing to push the kids from where they are. That is very important to both of us.
What is SGS like socially? We spend summers in New England and the kids camp in ME. We think they will fit it fine.
K2 is on w/l at Deerfield. Nice field hockey coach but she thought the place was cold! K1 is on w/l at Kent. Both are on w/l at St. Andrews but we think New England next to a city would be best and the AD sent us a personal note saying it will not be happening. Both have other admits that we don’t think will work for us.
Our family is in great shape and really feel lucky about the choices the kids have.
If your kids are admitted to St. George’s and all the other “choices” are WL schools, then that’s not a “choice.” Deerfield, for instance, typically puts 700-800 kids on their WL. You should just assume that they won’t get in off a WL and move on. If SG is the only school to which they are admitted and you would actually consider sending them, then SG it is.
There’s no doubt that SG has the prettiest setting of any BS (at least on the East Coast). Socially, I don’t think its terribly different than any other BS. Having looked at SG pretty carefully ourselves and knowing a few kids who go there, I would say that SG is on the preppier end of the BS spectrum. Not that there aren’t kids with diverse or alternative interests there, but it tends a bit more toward the blonde/sailing/lacrosse-playing/Vineyard Vines-wearing crowd. In other words, a bit more of what people traditionally would assume when they think of a New England boarding school.
I thought the fact that the 9th graders all live in one dorm seemed like a plus. And the new science building should be done, so that will be a big improvement. My kids all loved the fact that its totally the norm for teachers to bring their dogs to class with them, and you see dogs lying under the teacher’s desk or out in the hallway during a class. My only real concern was that they’re switching from a semester to a trimester system next year, and I would think that perhaps it might take a little while to work out the kinks of that.