<p>So, I have always wanted to go to boarding school. Yes, I know boarding school is not like Zoey 101 or anything, but I think it would be fun and I would get a good education. I normally get good grades, and I am an A or B average with a occasional C+. I love to act and sing, and I play the Piano. I SUCK at all sports, unless you count horse back riding a sport, but I rarely do that, but I enjoy doing it. I am going into 8th grade this year, and want to do boarding school for my high school years. I have been looking at Phillips Andover, Phillips Exeter, The Knox, and The Delphian school. Would I be a good fit for boarding school? Also which school should I go to, if I got accepted?</p>
<p>Have a look at the advanced search function of [Boarding</a> School Review - College-Prep & Jr. Boarding Schools | BoardingSchoolReview.com](<a href=“http://www.boardingschoolreview.com%5DBoarding”>http://www.boardingschoolreview.com). You can input any and all things you want in a school and the site will provide you with a short list to research. I suggest you start there as only YOU know what you are looking for in a school. </p>
<p>Once you have your research done, then come back to CC to ask more specific questions of the community here. You will find that specific questions work better here than general inquiry. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Andover and Exeter have very low admit rates and are very difficult to get into even with perfect grades and varsity sports potential. They’re kind of like the Harvard and Yale of boarding schools. Pretty much everybody wants to go, but only a few get in (Don’t shoot me, fellow CC’ers! Just trying to give the OP some perspective). Not trying to dissuade you from applying if your heart is set on one of them, but just a reminder to keep your expectations realistic and remember that they only take roughly 10-15 out of every 100 applicants, depending on the year. The other 85 to 90 kids out of that group all get rejection letters. I don’t know anything about the other two schools you mentioned. How did you find out about them?</p>
<p>That said, you definitely do not have to be a star athlete or have perfect grades and test scores to get accepted and to succeed in boarding school! If you are a generally good student and know how to manage your time well and you’re mature enough to be away from home without falling apart or getting in trouble and you really want to go, you should go for it.</p>
<p>A school with a strong theater and music program sounds best for you. Are you looking for a conservatory-like experience? Are you really good at one or more of the things you listed? If so, check out Interlochen and Walnut Hill. Some schools will allow you to participate in theater instead of a sport for at least one season. Find out which ones. You mentioned horseback riding; Thacher in California offers a horseback riding program for all incoming freshmen. </p>
<p>I think your best bet is to get on one of those boarding school review sites that lets you sort and compare by offerings and also to check out the Hidden Gems thread on here. Once you narrow down your list to 5-6 schools, you need to set up interviews the year you’re applying and visit as many as possible. All of the websites are going to look amazing. They’re advertisements. The only way to make an educated guess as to which schools will be your best matches is to show up in person, see the campus, and meet the people.</p>
<p>Good luck and please come back and update us on your progress!</p>
<p>I applied to PA (Andover) just because I wanted, but I knew I’d have a rejection letter.</p>
<p>“Andover and Exeter have very low admit rates and are very difficult to get into even with perfect grades and varsity sports potential. They’re kind of like the Harvard and Yale of boarding schools. Pretty much everybody wants to go, but only a few get in” @Coconutcake ^TRUE.</p>
<p>You should take a look at the hidden gem list (Imho), remember that a well know name doesn’t mean it’s a fit for everybody .</p>
<p>If accepted, well attend revisit days, they help a lot, I know of certain student that rejected a HADES school to attend NMH, it’s all about the feel you get from the school, and where do you think you can develop yourself and be happy at the same time :)</p>
<p>Well I for what I read the The Delphian School is more about scientology, and students have said that they had culture shock once graduated from there. Here’s an extract I took from an article about the school (I’ll put the link so you can read the full post)</p>
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<li>Students participate in “training routines”
Beyond their classes, students perform drills called “training routines,” or “TRs.” For example, students are required to sit for two hours staring into another student’s face, or, in an exercise called “bull baiting,” sit without twitching or laughing while being teased, shouted at, and berated by other students. </li>
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<p>For me this school and its of teaching are…well…bizarre. I hope you find the perfect school for you, I’m also looking into schools. There are also schools that are not that known like Exeter or Andover but are great, I’m looking for a BS for next year.</p>
<p><a href=“http://theweek.com/article/index/219762/scientologys-real-world-hogwarts-boarding-school-7-talking-points[/url]”>http://theweek.com/article/index/219762/scientologys-real-world-hogwarts-boarding-school-7-talking-points</a></p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>