<p>Can anyone explain me about Miss Hall's???</p>
<p>It seems to be a wonderful school that is my first choice, but I get worried sometimes.</p>
<p>D visited and liked it. I thought the school was a little too small (about 150 girls?) and I wonder whether it's just to insular (the the dorms and most academic classes are in just one building). Porters - - larger schooll, closer to urban area (Hartford vs Pittsfield) and other schools - - seemed more robust.</p>
<p>What worried you? What did you want explained? You might get more responses if you start a thread with a specific inquiry regarding MHS.</p>
<p>lesmizzie, hey I'm applying to a few girls schools and chose them for their riding programs. Foxcroft is in Middleburg VA (can you say family money) and sends hunters to ocala in winter and eventers to england. Garrison Forest is near Baltimore and is really beautiful. The riding program is very good and I have a friend there that is doing prelim. Also applying to Oldfields but haven't visited and don't have a very good feel of it yet. PM me if you want. Anyone else know anything about these schools?</p>
<p>I go to an east coast girl's day school. it's great. the girls here have so much respect for themselves and are so well rounded. I have a friend who is highly ranked as a national ballroom dancer (number three in the country I think) and another who is nationally ranked in horse riding. When you go to dances it's apparent which students are from my school. we are on the wsj list for college admission. also unlike most schools the concept of honor is so high here. if something gets stolen it's a huge deal because that never happens, students can leave their ipods and cameras on a lounge sofa without thinking that it won't be there when they get back. also if someone cheats on a test it's a huge deal, I have a friend who doesn't blink when he talks about cheating and I'm thinking that I would never do that. and it also seems that there is so much less drama, a lot of disputes happen because of boys and because no one knows the same guys it's not a problem. also it is not religious, so most students are very open and accepting to other ideas.</p>
<p>the reason I am applying out is pretty much the size. last year's seniors were less than 60. since it is such a small school there are not as many courses offered.</p>
<p>I would really suggest girls going to a school like mine if they enjoy a small community and don't want to take courses that are too "out of the box"</p>
<p>Haha. Does going to an all-girls school hinder romances? I guess its an obvious anwser but I want a 1st hand opinion.
...and I'm on the swim team...if that helps?</p>
<p>it seems harder for lifers to meet boys. if you come in for middle/ upper school you know people from your town, otherwise you don't. </p>
<p>boys at dances are creepy also, but some are nice enough</p>
<p>but it doesn't seem like anyone really cares, people rarely talk about boys unless someone got in a fight with their boyfriend (that happened to my roommate at a hotel and she didn't get off the phone until 2 causing my exhaustion the next day) or it's semi season</p>
<p>I go to Miss Porter's School - It's in Farmington, CT, and if anyone has questions/interest, feel free to message me!</p>
<p>thanks foolishpressure.
It's nothing that's on my mind right now.
I love the fact that Miss Hall's is so small!
I always went to a big school.
Even my private school was so big. It had like 200 students per grade and it was elementary school!
I don't care if the school is so small.
The academics and the life there seems so great and the opportunity is just.. You know.</p>
<p>I also ADORE the fact that in a girl's school, you are FREE FROM BOYS!
At last! Freedom...
I hate the awkwardness between boys and girls.
Even if we know each other, we make fun of each other, we are in cliches of boys and girls.
IN a girls' school, although there are cliches, it's one unity..
At least it's what the others tell me.</p>
<p>So. foolishpressure, why didn't your daughter apply to MHS??
YOu know. Just wondering.</p>
<p>to hank93, i have a good friend who lives in middleburg and her sister goes to foxcroft, and i also have a close friend who rides at garrison. both of these schools have premier riding programs and beautiful campuses. however, there is not much of a boarding community at all at either place. foxcroft has a bit more of a boarding experience that garrison, where there are basically NO boarders. everyone is a day student except for international kids. i feel like if you are really looking for a <em>boarding</em> school, these are maybe not the best places. if the riding program is what's important to you, though, those are definitely the schools.</p>
<p>OOH, inspiration08, can you tell me more about madeira???
Like, the typical day there, the students, the teachers, cliches, academics????</p>
<p>typical day (i'll do for a freshman, not a senior, haha): school bells ring at 7 am. girls get up before and after that, though, depending on if you shower in the morning or go for a run or whatever. i personally get up at 7 10, because that is when my best friend (a day student) comes into my room to tell me what the weather is like. i get ready pretty quickly, and then we go to the dining hall for breakfast. EVERY STUDENT is required to check in at breakfast by 7 45. do not test the limits and sleep through breakfast check in. it is bad. bad bad bad. haha anyway, class starts at 7 50. every day, the first class of the morning is what's called a "long period" (at the end of the year, you will make t shirts that pronounce "i survived long period <em>insert patience-wearing class here</em>"). the schedule looks like this: A B C D E F G. monday is in that order, but it rotates every other day of the week. there is really no sense or logic to the rotation, it just scrambles the letters around. C D E are always in that order, in the middle. you'll either have lunch D or E period. each class is 45 minutes, except for long periods which are 1 hr 10 min. aside from first period, which is long every day (but always a different class) there is one other class that is long period. sometimes, this class will be lunch or your free period, which rocks. also, there are "conference periods" every day, which is 25 minutes before C period and before E period to meet with teachers (or finish your homework, or eat something, or take a power nap...we like power naps). also one day a week you have assembly (thursday this year, but it changes from year to year). you'll have 5 classes, a free period, and a lunch period. with conferences, your day wont be too strenuous. the day also ends at a different time each day. sometimes 2 45, sometimes as late as 3 30. </p>
<p>okay, after school: you have to participate in an afternoon activity. you have a certain number of activity credits to fill by senior year. you can do a sport, or be in the play, ride, or take dance or yoga or whatever. but 30 minutes after the last class, you have to be somewhere, not just chillin in your room. i do the play in the fall, swimming in the winter, and a rotation of stuff in the spring. that will last until 5 30 or so every day, and then the dining hall opens for dinner at 6. from dinner until 7 30 ish is your time to hang out, relax, watch tv in the student center, whatever. then at 7 45 all upperclassmen have to be checked in at their dorms. freshmen dont, though, because they have to be in proctored study hall in the lecture hall from 8 to 9 30. this is monitered, required time so you won't have any problems getting your work done. (one time, the fire alarm went off and i jumped out a window. mr sharp was not amused. i dont recommend antics in freshman study hall. you will hear other stories about people's freshman study hall times, so even if you hate it, its a bonding experience). at 9 30 you are free! you have 30 minutes to talk to your friends or go to general store and get some junk food. you HAVE to be in your dorm checked in by 10 pm. the 10 pm bell is loooong and if you are somewhere that is not your dorm when it starts ringing, you can probably make it back before the bell stops. again, i dont recommend that, but desperate times, etc. haha. then one night a week you will have a dorm meeting led by your house council to discuss who used bree's body gel AGAIN or you know, other important dorm matters. 10-11 is your time to use finishing homework, showering, hanging out with your dormmates, essentially whatever. 11 pm is LIGHTS OUT for freshmen. yeah, everyone hates it. but you really cant do anything about it. the house adult checks and patrols (and the walls are thin, she CAN hear you typing through the walls.) and you will get in big trouble. so just have your stuff done and go to bed.</p>
<p>this is a LONG post so im going to post it and then continue with some other stuff.</p>
<p>dont worry, all these rules relax as you get older. sophomores have study hall in their rooms, juniors can go to the library or stay in their rooms, and seniors can basically do whatever, including watching tv. seniors have later check in and they can skip breakfast occasionally. things just lighten up as you get to know the school and the faculty. </p>
<p>anyway, wednesdays: wednesdays are not school days. freshman go on field trips and take some random classes, and do innerquest stuff. you can kayak on the potomac, its really awesome. sophomores...well when i was a sophomore i got to work in a hospital with a friend of mine, but i think they changed it? and sophomores dont get to do as much awesome stuff. mostly because we were bad....haha. juniors work on capitol hill for representatives or senators, and that is AMAZING. you'll love it. seniors pick an internship wherever they want in DC which again, is amazing. you might get back at 2 30, 3, or as late as 5 30. regardless, there are no after school activities on wednesdays. </p>
<p>hmm what else? let me know if i managed to leave anything out of my ridiculously long posts.</p>
<p>Oh, how about cliche in school???</p>
<p>like, how do people view "madeira girls"? </p>
<p>athletic, preppy, smart, overachieving- huge rivalry with foxcroft girls. generally thought of as wealthy and attractive, although there is a wide range of people who are from all different backgrounds.</p>
<p>you should watch this: YouTube</a> - National Report Series -- National Business Series</p>
<p>i'm actually in it, and so is my best friend.</p>
<p>Oh, awesome.
Where are you and your best friend in the video?
The video is so informative.
Now I REALLY want to go to Madeira.</p>
<p>And also, are there groups formed in school?
Distinctive ones, really.
Such as "the rich kids who are white" and the "international kids" and the "geeky ones" and all that.</p>
<p>Hey inspiration! Thanks for the insight. I really am mostly in it for the riding so I don't really care what the boarding situation is like. I have a friend that went to GFS and she boarded and loved it. I really wanted to go to Madiera but unfortunately they don't have an eventing program. :( Do you know what kind of academic programs Foxcroft, GFS, and Oldfields have. Also do the schools have personalities or certain reputations. (haha, I know you aren't a huge Foxcroft fan but.....)</p>
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<p>You might want to think about this - if you're living at a school for 4 years, you're going to care what the boarding situation is like because that's going to be your life. Riding is only part of your day, you're not living at the barn (though you'll spend plentyy of time there), you're living up in the dorms and that situation is something that really needs to be thoroughly looked into. I know people who went to a school mainly for the riding program but ended up hating the school and the dorm life...you don't want to be at a place where the only thing you like is the riding.</p>
<p>...just some friendly advice...</p>
<p>iLUVA's- can you tell me a bit about miss porter's, just how you like it and what its like living there and general info. im applying, and it looks like a really nice school. thanks!</p>