<p>So, here are the schools I am thinking of applying to:</p>
<p>St. Paul's
Taft
Choate
Loomis Chaffee
Vermont Academy
Cambridge School of Weston
Exeter</p>
<p>What do you personally think of these schools? Have you ever visited? How would you rate them in order from your favorite to least favorite? Do you know which ones are the easiest to get accepted in to?</p>
<p>I think they all look pretty excellent. I definitely have my preferences, but I'd like some input :].</p>
<p>An interesting mix...some small, some large; some high percentage of boarding students, some low. Just curious how you have arrived at this list......</p>
<p>Honestly, I searched for hours, and looked at as many boarding school discussion sights as I could... in the end, though the list is rather disconnected, they all have certain aspects that i strongly identify with. I really feel that I could thrive and contribute to any of these schools. :]. I just wanted to know different opinions from the people here.</p>
<p>If you haven't tried yet, I would recommend searching on each one of those school names on this forum. Every one of them has probably had a recent thread just about that school that is loaded with information. You can also look at those threads to find people who attend those schools and you could try to PM them.</p>
<p>It's hard to answer such a giant question as - what do you think about these 7 schools. :)</p>
<p>All I can offer is that Exeter and SPS are going to be your toughest picks by far. Very selective.</p>
<p>St. Paul's School is the most difficult for admissions. Phillips Exeter Academy--slightly over twice the size of SPS--is the next most difficult. These are widly considered to be two of the best school in the world along with Phillips Academy at Andover and two British schools. Typically, one third of the 150 members of each graduating class of St. Paul's School attends an Ivy League school; and usually about 45 to 50% of each graduating class gets accepted into at least one Ivy even though far fewer than 100% of the class applies to an Ivy. SPS has approx. 540 students in grades 9-12, while Exeter & Andover each have about 1100 students in grades 9-PG.
P.S. Even though SPS may accept a slightly higher percentage of students, it is accepting far fewer in number. SPS is 100% boarding, while Exeter & Andover have approx. 25% day students--for which there is a significantly higher yield than for boarders.</p>
<p>Other than acceptance rates, is there any information that you think may be worthy of sharing, haha?</p>
<p>CSoW is an interesting and funky place - not at all in the standard prep mode, although they do a good job of getting students ready for and into good colleges. Not good for those into the standard sports at highly competitive levels, good for those interested in sports at a more casual level or interesting in trying a new sport. Strong in arts and music, lots of drama. Very small and homey sort of a campus, very close to Boston.</p>
<p>Loomis-Chaffee is known to be a bit more artsy oriented than Andover, Exeter, SPS or Taft. Taft has a lot of tradition. Also Taft does not release its college placement info.</p>
<p>It's sort of hard to "tell you" about a school without any guidelines. If you have any questions about SPS, which I attend, I'd be happy to answer them.</p>
<p>I can tell you that SPS is a great "all-around" school. It has a solid footing in all areas, especially humanities.</p>
<p>Does SPS have a new science center yet?</p>
<p>Hickton45, what do you love most about your school? Would you classify SPS as liberal, or more conservative? How competitive is the student body, and how well does everybody get along? Do you get a lot of freedom, considering the fact that it is a boarding school? :] Thanks for answering!!</p>
<p>There is an entire (and long) thread about SPS. Check it out and probably the best place to ask questions about it, is there. There are quite a few SPS parents, students and grads that are answering there.</p>
<p>Thanks Linda S. I can't believe I even missed it, haha.</p>
<p>About Vermont, Loomis, and Cambridge... they are the lesser known schools of the list, and I'd love to know what people think of their campuses, people, location, extra-curriculars, student-teacher relationships, rules... as much information as you can give me :].</p>
<p>I know a couple of girls at Vermont Academy that are very happy there. I don't really know anything about it other than that they love it there so I'm not really much help, though. :)</p>
<p>arky, anything is help :]. The fact that you didn't say, "All the kids I know there flee every chance they get!!" helps.</p>
<p>Vermont Academy is the one school on your list that doesn't go with the others very well. It doesn't have much cross-over applications with a school like St Paul's. Vermont has a strong learning center and does a fantastic job with kids who aren't doing well in their current environment. They are also willing to take a chance on a kid who may have had some problems. It is a well regarded place, but a very different type of student than goes to the other schools you mentioned. Of course, Vermont does have some good students, I'm just saying that their strengths are in other areas.</p>
<p>Do you know if they have good art programs, and if it's scenic? I mean, it's not that I'm going to choose a school based off of how pretty the surroundings are... but it's certainly a plus :].</p>
<p>Have you considered applying to Kent?</p>
<p>exeter is definitely the toughest to get into. but it doesn't come without it's benefits :)</p>