<p>hi im thinking of applying to schools like taft, deerfield, hotchkiss, hill, salisbury, avon, andover, exeter,choate for a PG year next year. im just wondering if these schools offer full fa or almost full fa to PG's , if you know any other tier 1 or 2 that offer fa let me know thanks.</p>
<p>BUMP…I’m interested in this as well.</p>
<p>BUMP please</p>
<p>keylyme,</p>
<p>I don’t think OP picked up on your sarchasm. </p>
<p>OP,</p>
<p>PG’s getting FA is a very rare thing. Why? Let’s start with why kids do only a PG year. There are 2 basic reasons. The majority are athletes who are trying to get a D1 scholarship. An extra year of physical maturity or perhaps getting NCAA eligible or improving your AI number (for Ivy Recruiting) are the goals. And while these are great goals for the student, they aren’t generally top goals for the boarding school, except for a critical need in an important (to that particular school) sport. This student is a one-dimensional product, as they will be there 1 year and probably contribute significantly in 1 area. Athletes for critical roles (pitchers, QBs, even hockey goalies) do get generous FA, but ones they don’t have to recruit every year are of more interest because besides a sport team, schools are trying to build a continuing community. </p>
<p>This also applies to the second reason for a PG year - the student needs another year before s/he is “ready” (maturity) for the college experience. Some younger for their year students do need that extra year. Prep school is great for that. However, once again this is not necessarily a prime mission of a boarding school. </p>
<p>I’m taking it that OP is both applying to colleges and boarding schools this year. I’m going to bet that the FA offer from a good safety college will be better than what s/he gets from a boarding school, unless s/he is a highly recruited athlete. And if s/he is that highly recruited of an athlete, more than likely s/he will get a good collegiate FA offer or Ivy acceptance (if that is the goal). Granted that doesn’t always happen. The #1 recruited women’s ice hockey player last year is doing a PG year at Berkshire this year (I’m betting on them to win the NEPSAC championship, despite not being a perennial powerhouse purely on her level of skill - she is already better than most D1 college players). She was waiting for an Ivy acceptance with another well know NE private as a backup. Ivy acceptance fell through. Last scholarship at backup school was taken by a Canadian all-star. My bet is that Berkshire is giving her generous FA, despite not being particularly improvished. However, she is an exception.</p>
<p>I hate to be blunt about the situation, but there are some things about the prep school business that is business.</p>
<p>Rare thing is correct. We know of an athlete, already recruited by a top 10 D1 college program, who opted to PG at one of the New England big boarding schools…full pay. Leading that boarding school to almost a NEPSAC championship. The kid was hoping for a better academic D1 school…</p>
<p>cool little story brah but i dont think i said that im trying to become a d1 recruit… im an athelete but i dont plan to play sports if im a pg, and i dont want to be a pg to try to get recruited… i just want to go mainly for academics and social purposes</p>