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<p>Private school ... what do you like about it and what do you dislike about it?</p>

<p>I'm considering going to an all-girls private school next year. I'd have some classes and social events with guys since the school is affiliated with an all-boys school.</p>

<p>Also, if any of you know, does your private school accept students throughout the year on a rolling basis or is there a strict deadline? I really hope that I can get into one for next year.</p>

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<p>Hahah, that makes sense. I think that the one I want to go to will be kind of like the school in Gossip Girl… it’s full of rich, preppy girls. I’m neither!</p>

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<p>anyone else…? I’d really like to know what going to a private school is like.</p>

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<p>Oh cool lol, I just graduated from an all-boys private school like a month ago.</p>

<p>Likes:

  • Close-knit community. A smaller graduating class means that everyone knows each other, regardless of what academic track they’re on. There’s a lot of camaraderie, at least in our school. This means lots of school spirit, which is always great if you’ve got a winning sports team.
  • School uniforms lol. Makes mornings easier. No one judges.
  • We’re real. Idk if this would apply to an all-girls school, but the fact that our school lacks in the opposite sex means that there’s a lot less relationship drama going on in the hallways, and no one feels the need to put on a facade to impress someone else.
  • The fact that it’s not coed also means that people generally pay more attention to their academics, which is always good.
  • Since we’re all guys, we can get away with a lot more candid talk in the classroom.
  • Guidance counselors are more likely to know your name. That’s a big step up lol.
  • Our teachers, at least, are usually pretty chill. I’m following some of them on twitter lol.
  • Since there are no girls, you’re forced to go out and make friends with everyone else from every other school ever. That could hurt you though if you’re not the outgoing type.</p>

<p>Dislikes

  • No girls. I don’t even remember what coed education is like.
  • Stricter rules. Administration expects you to uphold certain rules, and it gets old fast.
  • Depending on your school, there might not be as many academic options as the local public school. Fewer APs, classrooms, and teachers. You might have to teach yourself some material if you want to pursue other subjects.
  • No girls. This needs to be really fully understood. I have a girlfriend, but still. I wasn’t down with this my freshman year</p>
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<p>Most of the kids I know from outside of my school go to private school. So does my niece, as did her mother. So it’s pretty normal to me, but I realize that, overall, most of the ones here are way less socioeconomically and racially diverse (I know about half of my private school friends through ballet, which is somewhat costly, and the other half pretty much all live in the most expensive suburb and have ridiculous houses).</p>

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<p>Thanks for the great description! I hope it wouldn’t be too hard to make guy friends. I’m kind of shy but realllly outgoing once I get to know someone.</p>

<p>For any girls at private school, is it very cliquey? Would it be difficult to find a group of girls welcoming to me and open to making new friends?</p>

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<p>Millancad- Yeah, that’s what this school would be like, for the most part. About 8% of students have financial aid. It’s in Greenwich, Connecticut if any of you have heard of the town. It’s one of the wealthiest in America :0</p>

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<p>bump, please.</p>

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<p>lol when people say private school…I think of white girls and white people in general. Sometimes I think of preppy Asian girls. :p</p>

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<p>^ I think of a grass field with tall blond guys that do crew or lacrosse, sharp looking Asian girls, the cool scholarship black guy who plays basketball and the confident popular white girl, sitting down.
I’ve been brainwashed or something. By movies and bad books.</p>

<p>I attend private school but have attended a few privates and publics in my life.
Some were okay, the current one is average and… one was pretty bad. The bad one was actually a private school, it was full of ungrateful white kids who drove Mercedes and had their own kitchenettes.</p>

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I adore this description of wealth. I’m stealing it.</p>

<p>ctgirl, all the kids I know from private schools are really nice people, not cliquish like movies would expect you to think. They’re sometimes a little clueless, afraid to go into the city or whatever, but kind and very easy to befriend.</p>

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<p>Good to know - thanks!
Ugh, I hope that there are some schools open for admission so late in the year.</p>

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<p>@millancad, lol okay. well it is true (the kitchenette thing), I went to their houses a lot especially when I was younger. Their siblings all had suites and kitchenettes…</p>

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<p>i used to attend this completely ridiculous private school, where about 80% of the kids
had their own private chauffeurs who opened the doors of the mercedes and bmws for their royal selves day in and day out.
it did give us lowly bus riders a lot more space but…</p>

<p>i really hated it, especially since my family was no where near my peers’ level of wealth.
talk often turned to cars, daddy’s jobs, vacations in saipan, cebu, honolulu, monolulu, richalulu, etc. </p>

<p>strangely enough, our private school was coed (it wasn’t a religious school) so idk about the all girls/ all boys school.
nonetheless, i have pretty painful memories of my private school.</p>

<p>oh, and about the rules thing.
our school was pretty paranoid. i remember having detentions every other day.
believe me when i say, i wasn’t that kind of kid.
i received detentions for forgetting art supplies, neglecting to stay after, and other stupid stuff like that.
i’ve never had a detention in my public school. </p>

<p>but ea. school is different. perhaps you should look more into the atmosphere of your school? </p>

<p>but i really think that a really good public school is as good as, if not better, than a public one.
it’s your call.</p>

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<p>oh, and i should really mentions this:
kids from my old private got into great schools, even though their avg. sat was literally about 200 points lower than that of my public school…
believe me, i know these kids.</p>

<p>this is a huge advantage of private school… isn’t it?</p>