<p>I know it's one the best out there, but I'd like to hear some more specifics from people who are associated or had experience with the school. How is it compared with the HADES, in terms of academics, extracuricular opportunities, teachers, students, sports/arts programs, school spirits, you name it. Note that this is not an attempt to prove Milton is beter or worse than HADES but rather taking HADES as a benchmark to evaluate the school's strengths and weaknesses. Any insights?</p>
<p>Guess no one associated with Milton is currently on CC or care to speak. Anyone at all is applying to Milton?</p>
<p>I don’t have any direct personal experience with Milton, but I do know the new headmaster and I can say that he is an outstanding individual, leader and educator. He’s a huge asset to the school.</p>
<p>Actually, it’s very much like the HADES schools. it’s ranked in the top 8 best.
I’m applying there, and the tour was fabulous.</p>
<p>Milton is an outstanding school. One aspect that differentiates Milton from other top boarding schools is that Milton only has a 50% boarding population, potentially reducing the quality of weekend life for boarders. This took it out of the running for us.</p>
<p>With an upper school student population of 670, there are 300+ boarding students. Then there maybe some “local boarders”, who would be able to go home for the weekend. Does the campus feel “deserted” during weekends? (Is it worse than the smaller schools with 200/300+ students in total?) Considering its prestige, I guess that is the reason why it didn’t make to this 2001 US News article ([The</a> Coed Way - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/010514/archive_001042.htm]The”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/articles/010514/archive_001042.htm)).</p>
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Some people love it, others hate it (I guess). The flip side of the dilemma, a valid one at that, is that the ability to befriend so many day students in such a vibrant city will give you a different outlook on the experience. </p>
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I would not worry all too much about this. There are far better newspapers, such as the WSJ, which have many publications naming Milton.</p>
<p>PV, I very much appreciate your comments and ability to see potential positives and other angles to this. Well done. Depending upon the school and location, you may well find those advantages to outweigh the disadvantages. Boston is a terrific city to explore on weekends, no doubt. The former cow paths, now small city streets, lend to exploration on foot.</p>
<p>My comments about day student percentage are biased based on my own boarding experience and recollection of weekend vibe, or lack of, on campus.</p>
<p>The social lives of my two Milton day student daughters revolved around school. They stayed in the evening and went back on the weekends and generally envied the boarders. From what I have observed the 50/50 day/boarder distribution is enriching to both.</p>
<p>My son is at a school with a fairly significant local border population and he is consider a “local” since he is within 100 miles from home. The thing to remember about this population is that although they may have the ability to go home on weekends, many, if not most, choose to remain on campus. </p>
<p>We narrowed our acceptances last March and Milton was one of our final two. In the end, we chose another school because we were completely aligned with the school’s values and culture, more so that any BS we came across. I still think, as I believed last year, that Milton is a outstanding school.</p>
<p>Milton is our favorite. My son is applying for day. Everyone we talked to LOVES the school, they are all local of course. One education consultant whose daughter went to Milton, simply said to me:“what are you waiting for?”. I notice that their schedule is not quite as a typical boarding school, for example, shorter Thanksgiving break, no sat class, etc. Can’t wait to see their brand new science center.</p>
<p>Rigorous academics, stella college matriculation (and I don’t think it’s just because it’s close to Harvard), and great location - definately one of the top schools. BUT, I read from another thread that it has a reputation of party school. Know anything about that?</p>