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<p>Hi my daughter is looking at several boarding schools. Her tops are Phillips andover, phillip exeter, st paul, hotchkiss, deerfield, hun at princeton.</p>

<p>Any suggestions on what school would be the best would be appreciated.</p>

<p>My daughter would be an incoming freshman next school tear. She will have enough credits to be a junior if she wanted to. As a freshman she will be taking Calculus, Ap junior english, us history AP physics. Also did I mention she is 11.</p>

<p>On her SAT's last year she scored better than 60% of high school seniors on the Math portion. She has been inducted into Mensa. We live all the way in Indiana and are on a tight budget so school visits will be a little tough so I am trying to do our homework so we dont have to visit all of the schools. My daughter is Puerto Rican and is the oldest of my 6 kids. So needeless to say our budget is tight but education is clearly a priority and we as a family have worked hard for this.</p>

<p>Any thoughts or ideas, given our situation as to who would be the best school for her. She needs academic challende and a great social environment. A school that ofer need based aid and hopefully merit scholarships. My daughter has almost a 5.0 on a 4.0 scale. She is very energetic, outgoing and considers 13 year old her peers and is very mature for her age.</p>

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<p>Hmmm...
very special indeed...
Is it even possible to receive high school credits in middle school?
I thought that to receive a credit from a class, one had to complete a certain duration of classes and score a proper grade....</p>

<p>But, i may be wrong...</p>

<p>although it wouldn't be my place to say this but...
wouldn't a boarding school filled with students at lease 4 years above her age be difficult and stressful for her? i'm not suggesting the old hierarchy over age than meritocracy by the way...</p>

<p>But i would definitely try for phillips exeter</p>

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<p>The boarding aspect of boarding school would make it hard for an 11 year old to assimilate normally. 24x7 peer socialization, most kids in the middle of or through puberty, weekend activities/dating/friendship - these and many other boarding school characteristics would not make for a very happy experience for an 11 year old. Your child may be/is brilliant, but outside the classroom, she is still just 11.</p>

<p>Unless she is a day student, I think boarding school would be a huge risk.</p>

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<p>is this child alive and functioning?</p>

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<p>Good trolls, bad trolls, you know I've seen 'em all...</p>

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<p>How's her spelling? Punctuation? Yea, I agree with Fif. I don't think this is even a very interesting trolling attempt.</p>

<p>"Also did I mention that she's 11." Personally, my favorite line here.</p>

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<p>Agreed, a classic...</p>

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<p>TIANKAI LIU revisited? Hardly.</p>

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<p>I was punked. How embarrassing.</p>

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<p>Ha, yep trolling. An intersting attempt on here too. Stress out the competition. lol</p>

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<p>I feel dumb asking this, but what exactly is trolling?</p>

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<p>Can't believe I fell for it too...
I didn't see this one coming lol</p>

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<p>hmm 60% on the SAT's is kinda just terrible. so im thinking troll. plus getting 60% on the SAT's CAN'T have gotten her inducted into MENSA. you have to be in the top two percent and 60% is sooooooooooo far away from that.</p>

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<p>ALL Great schools. But, yes do look at St. Paul's.</p>

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<p>Dude...</p>

<p>Nothing wrong with a bias, but you gotta stop this a little bit.</p>

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<p>I smell a roasted troll.
But MENSA really! that was nice.</p>

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<p>well she is in classes in a high school. she is in honors english 10 where the average age of students are 15-16. so it would actually be easier on her as she is the only 11 year old in her class. so next year in 9th grade she will be 12 in classes with 14 years old. so that is only a 2 year difference as compared to a 5-6 year difference. she has been in classes with children 2 years older since 3rd grade</p>

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<p>wow some of these responses were so disturbing. Are you parents or children. well whatever you really are you are acting like immature children. I thought this post was for people to share their experience and get good sound advice. Not for jealous incoherent rants. And as for spelling punctuation at the time I posted I was on my laptop with a bluetooth keyboard so things tend to get garbled from time to time when the batteries are low.</p>

<p>Still what do you mean by trolling. Trolling in my understanding is when you are looking for or in search of something to profit or an opportunity. I was looking for info and advice. Why would I need to troll when my daughter has interviewed with about 7 or 8 schools already. Im not here for self promotion. Just advice from caring parents or actual children who attend boarding school.</p>

<p>I know my daughter is a1 academics. But there are other things to consider such as campus life, religion, social network, and others. I really expected better from the people on here. I thought this sight had intellectual, mature individuals.</p>

<p>I guess I was wrong. I have no reason to inflate or mislead anyone here. what am I gaining. My daughte is celeb status in academia here in the state of Indiana. But she may not be that unique in the boarding school world. Most of the schools we interviewed with said they have atleast 2-3 kids that start their school at age 12. she will be 12 when its time to go to Boarding school.</p>

<p>Say what you want now but I guess we will see who are the wanna be's and who actually get into the schools of their choice om March 10.</p>

<p>Best Wishes</p>

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<p>wow really? she is 11(a normal 5th grader) and she scored better than 60% of high school seniors(ages 17-18). That is top 1% for 11 year olds. It would not be top 1 or 2% if she was a high school senior it would be hmmm top 60%. So a lil bit of common sense goes along way here. Try to use a little bit from time to time.</p>

<p>My daughter on other standardized tests has scored in the top 1% for years so yeah Mensa material all the way. A 155o SAT score is not bad for a senior but is phenomenal for an 11 year old. Which is why she was a finalist in the Midwest academic talent search through Northwestern university and is how 95% of the boarding schools got my daughters contact info. We did not initiate the boarding school search she has been sought out. We are actually happy with her current school. Next school year she will be attending Indiana University full time. She has the potential to complete 4 years of college over the next 4 years of high school if she chooses to stay in this magnet program or she can graduate high school after next year. But either of these options seem to rob her of her social life in high school so this is why we are seriously considering boarding school. she gets rigorous academics combined with a unique social atmosphere of high achieving learners.</p>

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<p>My daughters school has many children taking high school level lasses none though as young as my daughter but still its impressive to see 6-8th graders taking high school classes. She is in a special MAGNET high school grades 6-11 this year. All of the 10tth and 11th graders spend half the day at the university taking college level classes. This school grooms high ability students to take college classes early. Next year will be the first yea they have high school seniors from the current 11th graders(you can only be admitted in 6th or 9th grade in this school) This senior class will be the first kids as a class in the state to have enough college credits to actually matriculate with an associates degree as well as a core 40 honors diploma. </p>

<p>My daughter IS in AP english 10 whether you want to believe it or not. she will get college credit if she scores a 3 or better on the AP exam. In addition to her high school credits earned at her middle school. She has attended SIG at U of Michigan and CTD at northwestern university during the summer where she has earned high school credits. I have no reason to make this up. All these programs exist if you dont believe me check them out. They have great programs for middle school and high schoo children to take high school level classes at home or on their campus during the summer as dorm residents.</p>

<p>Below you will find the info on MENSA. I dont understand how that is so hard to believe when the process is much easier for a child as compared to an adult. I dont know what kind of parents you get on here but I actually have better things to do than to make up all this stuff. They do in fact accept standardized tests and school transcripts here is the info for any parent who is interested in applying:</p>

<p>MENSA</p>

<p>Admission for gifted children
With the help of our Testing & Admissions Department, your daughter or son may quickly become a member by qualifying in one of two ways: taking the Mensa Admission Test or submitting evidence of prior testing.</p>

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<p>Testing procedures for children age 14 and above
American Mensa offers a test battery to all prospective members age 14 and above. If English is not your first language, we also offer a culture-fair test battery. You can arrange to take our test with an American Mensa volunteer proctor in your area by filling out this form. For specific questions regarding our test battery, please contact Testing and Admissions.</p>

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<p>Submitting evidence of prior testing
Mensa accepts more than 200 tests for admission, and many members under the age of 14 apply by submitting evidence of prior testing. Many parents have their children tested by a school or private psychologist, and most public and private schools give tests that we accept for admission, including these common tests:</p>

<p>• Otis Lennon
• Stanford Binet
• Cognitive Abilities Test (COGAT)
• Test of Cognitive Skills (Terra Nova)
• Woodcock-Johnson Test of Cognitive Abilities</p>

<p>Scores on the tests listed above must be at or above the 98th percentile with an index of 132. </p>

<p>• NNAT-Individual Form
• NNAT-Multilevel Form
• WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence™)</p>

<p>Scores on the tests listed above must be at or above the 98th percentile with an index of 130.</p>

<p>Include your membership application when you submit evidence from any of the tests above. The test score must be in one of the following formats:</p>

<p>• Listed on a sealed school transcript.
• An original score report (include a SASE for safe return of the document).
• A notarized copy of your original document</p>

<p>Go to there website and check it out for yourself. I hope this clears things upand I can stop getting called a troll. I have 6 highly gifted kids and I am a resource for any child or parent wanting to know more about what is out there. Ask a question ad I will be happy to help</p>