<p>There are some great schools like Miss Porters or Emma Willard for girls and St. Albans for boys. But going to an all girls school doesn't interest me at all. I've read how some people LOVE the experience. </p>
<p>Why do you want to go to an all girls or all boys school? </p>
<p>For those of you who are already in, could you tell us what you like about it or how you think the experience is better?</p>
<p>When addressing the school, the headmaster or whomever doesn't have to be politically correct all the time for fear of offending one sex or the other. They know their audience.<br>
Boys and girls learn differently.
Less distractions from the opposite sex, not that one still doesn't focus on them, means more time to focus on sports and academics. It eliminates the social unease many feel during adolescence.
Some HS students learn better when they aren't effected/affected by the opposite sex being around.</p>
<p>I went to all male schools through high school.</p>
<p>A great book on this topic is "All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why it Matters" by Karen Stabiner. It explores the historical roots and changing role of all girls schools.
I have two friends who went to very competitive all girls high schools...one blames her school for her eating issues and physical insecurities, the other credits her school with giving her the confidence to become a partner at a major LA law firm.</p>
<p>Well personally for me, I'm applying to an all girls school because I like the 'freedom' of it I guess I would say. You don't have to worry about being emberrased around boys and stuff like that. I mean don't get me wrong, I like boys. I like having them around becuase they can make things a lot more fun but I just think that in an all girls school I would be able to learn and try more things with out worrying about boys seeing me screw up or something. Plus I would be way more willing to talk in class and all. </p>
<p>And if I got in I would still get to see boys. I'm sure all girls/boys boarding schools have a lot more dances and mixer type things than normal h.s. and i;m not sure but maybe even other coed b.s.</p>
<p>I have a good girl friend at MPS right now and she loves it. Keep in mind that shes not the type of girl that would get bullied or anything, so she doesnt care about the *****yness girls can have sometimes. And she also says that, on weekends they see guys all the time from the boys school (avons old farms). And it gets pretty crazy...So the last thing I would worry about is the opposite sex.</p>
<p>She told me to apply to that Avon school or w.e...but I can't do all boys school.</p>
<p>leapingdoughnuts, what school are you applying to?</p>
<p>I’m applying to Chatham Hall. You?</p>
<p>Ooh, I’m applying to Emma Willard School.
I don’t know, for some reason, I am just inlove with that school.</p>
<p>the architecture of the buildings is just fantastic and amazing!
It really is like a real-life Hogwarts.hahaha<33</p>
<p>and i love my harry potter characters…or settings…</p>
<p>I read somewhere that girls learn better with girls only, yet guys learn better in a co-ed environment. That’s why I’m applying to only girls schools.</p>
<p>Oh yes! I’ve heard that too 
And I feel like I can be myself with just girls around. And you can talk about everything, even the really personal things…like PMS!hahahaha =]]</p>
<p>also, you don’t have to dress up every morning, or spend half an hour putting on make-up (not that i do, i never wear make-up.haha) just so you can impress the boys. :D</p>
<p>I also read that on average, it take a female over 100 hours per year to get ready if they attend a co-ed school.</p>
<p>asiankid29, I think that if you went to an all girls school you’d still have to dress nicely/put on make-up every morning because girls are pretty catty and judgmental even when guys are not around.</p>
<p>^ Not true. well, it’s true that girls are still catty and judgemental even when guys aren’t around, but it’s also true that there are plenty of girls that don’t give a **** about putting on makeup and getting all dressed up in the morning. The majority of people I knew rolled out of bed 15 minutes before the end of breakfast check-in. The only time most people I knew really cared about make-up/looking nice was on open house days.</p>
<p>i agree w. big red. girls are catty and judgemental even w/out guys around</p>
<p>i am a girl and i didn’t apply to an all girls school because i always seem to be better friends with boys then girls. i think i like that guys wont get all *****y on you. but i am still friends with girls</p>
<p>same here. Guys can just be themselves. They don’t have to like impress you all the time. I mean, you NEED girlfriends, but guy friends are great. I don’t think I could go to an all-girls.</p>
<p>As a parent, I think guy/girl friendships are very important to development and serve a very useful role. Many guys benefit from friendships with girls because they can be more sensitive and talk more openly about things they might not want to share with their guy friends. Girls can benefit from riendships with guys because they often have less competition and comparison than friendships with other girls. Granted, these can be stereotypes but I know my children benefit from close friendships with members of the opposite sex. Especially in a boarding setting, where students are away from their siblings most of the year, I hear kids refer to their relationships with opposite sex friends as having the best benefits of sibling-like relationship.</p>
<p>Oh yes. Well, some all-girls schools, like Emma Willard, have great connections with all-boys schools. And when you move to a non-co-ed school, it doesn’t mean you’re not going to have any guy friends anymore, it just means that your going to have less interaction with them. :]</p>
<p>i do love emma willard, and i want to get in so badly!</p>
<p>btw, well, i always dress up. i just like to look all ‘cute’ and ‘fashionable’.hahaha :] for some reason, i have never thought about dressing up just to impress guys or to ‘fit it’.</p>
<p>and, and, i don’t wear make-up :D</p>
<p>For every all girls schools, there’s an all boys school right near by…:)</p>
<p>hahaha.ur right walden4000.
so, it’s actually not that dreadful or boring.hahaha :]]</p>