<p>Ok, this is not a "will you be accepted" thread. Based on my personality, interests, etc. I was wondering if anyone could recommend any good boarding schools for me. </p>
<p>I am "disabled". I can hear, but I can't talk. This does not hinder me in anyway, except for discrimination. I was not allowed to partpicate in the judging of the junior science fair, since I couldn't talk. It is customary at my school for the 7 winners of the upper grade science fair to judge the lower grades, but I was barred from this because of my disabilty. (People seem to think I'm slow, ha ha). I am very literate (Have read most of the great classics- Wuthering Heights, the Odyessy, etc.) I really enjoy learning, and I am not challenged enough in my current school. People call me witty and funny. I am interested in a co-ed or all girls school. I play tennis, and I play the piano. I am a sudoku master, and in my free time I can be found bicycling, reading, laughing with my friends, or dropping bags of grapes from tops of stairwells. (Do not ask.)</p>
<p>Sorry if I'm being too vague. Feel free to ask me questions! Once again, this is a thread for schools based on personality- not grades or SSAT scores.</p>
<p>Hm.... small schools. Emma Williard is good. It is small, right? Groton is small but I've heard the kids there are snobby. That's its reputation. Middlesex is pretty small. Do you think you like all-girls or co-ed better? Miss Porter's is another great school.</p>
<p>OTOH...large schools are more likely to have resources to make accommodations and they're more likely to have dealt with the issues before and they have depth in their people resources to find good matches, from roommates to mentors to advocates.</p>
<p>I suspect this will actually be a balancing act. A quest to find a close-knit/welcoming/supportive community at a school that has significant resources (from facilities to people).</p>
<p>SPS? Small (~500) with resources. Sounds like it would be a nice match. Hmm.. Thacher (not Cate.. too snobby) might be nice.. it has like 250 students.. very close-knit community. Mercersburg, maybe? Emma Willard, Miss Porter's..</p>
<p>I would say SPS is a great fit for you (your reading, the small community, the resources). I do not know about match, though.. the top schools are a reach for everyone.</p>
<p>I would also suggest Westminster. It is a relatively small school with a close-knit community. A great school and not impossible to get into. Heard they have great facilities also. Maybe Tabor could be another great fit. That being said, I would say all the schools mentioned in this board are all great schools and they could all, or almost, offer you the support you need and deserve. Visit the schools and you'll know which one fits you best.</p>
<p>i dont know why you think Cate would be too snobby blair, actually i think that it would be a good school for liza. The facilities aren't bad and the weather and region is great. Most people that go there says it forms a really tight community.</p>
<p>Well, preptobismol, I live a few miles from Cate. Yes, the weather is nice. The facilities aren't bad. (Though they absolutely pale in comparison to any of the other schools on that list; Cate's grounds are a bit less nice than my public middle school's grounds.) But I and many others from the Santa Barbara area will attest that the culture is not the most nurturing or intellectual place.</p>
<p>Thacher is Cate's rival, and it's a smaller school (like I said, 250), yet has still made a name for itself in the world of prep schools. The headmaster's selling point is, "we're not like those elitist New England prep schools." (Actually, although not elitist, it was founded as a Yale feeer by a Yale alum who wanted to school boys in the natural environment, instead of traveling back to Connecticut and founding a school there.) The kids are muchhhh more laid back and unpretentious. Just a really cool school with a lot of nice, smart people. I would not say the same for Cate.</p>
<p>Take a look at St. Andrew's-Sewanee (sasweb.org). It's very small -- just 200 students in the Upper School. It has a very strong emphasis on writing and on creativity (with a huge clay and art program), so there would be plenty of ways to express yourself non-verbally. The school is very interested in the needs of individual students and will bend over backwards to accommodate individual needs. The kids are also very supportive of one another.</p>