<p>Boarding School Review charges schools a fee for even a basic listing, and participating schools can pick and choose which information to include and don’t have to update anything if they don’t want to. BSR is just one advertising venue for schools, it doesn’t reflect one way or another on Taft because they choose not to participate.</p>
<p>If you’re considering Taft and need more information, I would suggest contacting the admissions department directly. But I thought I’d post some of Taft’s info from the Handbook of Private Schools here – we don’t charge schools a fee for listing, and we update each of our 1700 school profiles every year from questionnaires filled out by schools and extensive research conducted by our editors. We don’t publish listings on the web right now, but plan to in the future. The complete Taft listing is too long to post here, so I picked out some info that might be valuable:</p>
<p>TAFT SCHOOL - Bdg & Day, Coed Gr 9-PG</p>
<p>William R. MacMullen, Head of School. BA, Yale Univ, MA, Middlebury College.
Peter A. Frew, Director of Admissions</p>
<p>577 students. 306 boys (246 boarding, 60 day), 271 girls (221 boarding, 50 day). 16 postgraduates. White 76%, Latino 2%, Black 6%, Asian 11%, Other 5%. Average class size: 12. Student-faculty ratio: 6:1.
90 teaching faculty. Male 57 (39 full-time, 18 part-time). Female 33 (26 full-time, 7 part-time). White 91%, Latino 3%, Black 3%, Asian 3%. 72% with advanced degrees. 35 living in dorms.</p>
<p>Admitted 196 students (164 boarding, 32 day). Accepted: 22%. Yield: 50%. Avg incoming SSAT: 82%. App deadline: January. App fee: $50</p>
<p>Tuition '08-'09: Boarding $41,300 (+$2000 other expenses). Day $30,700 (+$1800). Financial Aid: $5,617,300 granted to 190 students.</p>
<p>Class of 2008: 163 graduates, 163 attending college: Cornell 8, George Washington 6, U of Pennsylvania 5, Trinity College (CT) 5, Wake Forest 5, Amherst 4.
Avg combined SAT: 1921. CR 636, Math 644, Writing 641. Mid-50% SAT: CR 590-700, Math 570-690, Writing 590-700. 40% of alumni donated.</p>
<p>Endowment: $187,572,000. Plant value: $164,411,000</p>
<p>AP courses: English, Chinese, French, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, Spanish Literature, Calculus AB + BC, Statistics, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics B + C, European History, World History, Comparative Government & Politics, Economics, Psychology, US Government & Politics, Art History, Studio Art, Music Theory. AP tests taken in '08: 510 (89% scored 3 or higher). </p>
<p>Other courses: Poetry, Chinese & Japanese Literature, Russian Literature, Screenwriting, Southern Literature, Linear Algebra & Multivariable Calculus, Robotics, Anatomy, Astronomy, Forensic Science, Oceanography, Zoology, Engineering & Architecture, Roman History, World War II, South African Democracy, Social Psychology, Comparative Religion, Philosophy, Buddhism, Ceramics, Film, Photography, Sculpture, Video, Acting, Dance, Finance, Marketing. Laptop computers required for all students.</p>
<p>Sports: Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Skiing, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling. Extracurriculars: A capella, Dance, Drama, Model UN, Student Council, Republican Club, Amnesty Int’l, Peer tutoring, Literary magazine, Newspaper, Yearbook, Radio station, Gay-straight Alliance, Multicultural group, Religious group, IM sports, Environmental Club, Foreign language club, Math club, Debate team.</p>