<p>Like I had said above, I believe it's the "whole picture" that matters. My first daughter already applied to college and experienced the "hollistic process of college admission," but boarding school admission seems much more hollistic than colleges. </p>
<p>I've had three children who went through this, and I still cannot quite nail it down. My son who got into Exeter and Deerfield were rejected from Middlesex and Milton. However, Exeter didn't accept his twin sister who is now at Hotchkiss. See, it's all over the place. </p>
<p>Boarding school admission weighs in lots of favors. Legacies, siblings, parent's jobs, etc. Interviews are probably very important. I'd imagine that parents interviews would shed a lot of light to what kind of kid he is or where he comes from. I can also guess that athletics are probably the most important. They need to build teams that can win lots of awards and attract alumni donations!</p>
<p>Ya. Just not nearly as much as the athletes from waht my interviewers have pretty much inferred. All my interviews turn into talks about sports...it gets annoying because you prepare so much good stuff to say about other stuff. But athletics will always be apart. I think theres a place for a smart, artsy, passionate kid. </p>
<p>The thing is the athlete can also easily be smart, artsy, and passionate. Don't be to quick to stereotype lol.</p>
<p>OH! I wasn't implying that being smart, passionate and artsy and being good at sports were mutually exclusive at all. I didn't write that either. My statement presupposes that the admitted students are all smart, passionate, artsy but that they also have good gross motor skills.</p>
<p>O ok lol sorry, I read it really quickly at night and thought you were inferring that athletes couldn't have those qualities other qualities. Sorry bout that.</p>