Boarding School Applications
Prep School Admission & Financial Aid Decisions Arrive in the Next Few Days
In prep school admission and financial aid, it’s good to be ready for anything.
With first round admission and financial aid letters due to arrive to families in the next few days, it’s time think about perspectives, plans, and responses depending on the offers you receive from schools.
It’s always best to have one’s ducks in a [...]
Planning for Your Boarding School Admission Interview
We’ve covered the admissions process over years, suggesting plans, scripting timelines, and providing “how-to’s.”
Stoneleigh-Burnham School published a concise “5 Steps to a Better Interview!” to their blog.
It’s a good, quick planning guide if school interviews are part of your application season.
Although it shares much in common with our writings (Boarding School Interviews), I most like [...]
The Pathway to a US University Can Go Through Canada
A few weeks ago I returned to Canada after spending 2 1/2 weeks in Asia, representing Sedbergh School at boarding school fairs in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Ho Chi Minh City.
This was an excellent opportunity for a school like ours to speak with and recruit some great students from these areas.
Since the fairs were [...]
Family Sacrifice Helps Connecticut Private Schools Weather Recession
The Hartford Courant ran a piece last Thursday (Connecticut’s Private Schools Have Suffered Only A Glancing Blow From Recession) covering the relief that Connecticut schools are finding in many a family’s commitment to their best education options. Yes, enrollment is down a bit. Yes, financial aid requests are up. But, in the [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Visit, Thoughts and Resources
Writing about Matilda Battersby’s article, “How to get past the spin at school open days” in The Independent (Looking Beneath the Gloss of Your Prep School Visit) jogged my brain circuits into remembering that we’ve written articles covering the school visit, interview and a host of other admission topics over the years that families might [...]
Read MoreAn Educational Consultant’s Impressions of St. Paul’s School
I arrived on St. Paul’s School campus to the buzz of “twin day.” Every student was having fun and I saw some very originally dressed twins.
Waiting in the admission office several families had arrived at the same time including a family from Brazil who had a very heavy interview schedule while in the states. [...]
Enjoy & Embrace the Admission Process and its Opportunities
It’s fall, and admission staffs from schools all over the US and Canada are mobilizing their forces to look at the next wave of new students for their schools. Whether it’s at a school fair, a reception, or a chance meeting at a school visit, professionals in the admission industry are excited to meet potential [...]
Read MoreLooking Beneath the Gloss of Your Prep School Visit
Much of what we’ve written over the years to help families approach the admission process focuses on stripping the gloss and making sure that school strengths fit well with student potential. We’ve covered reading between the lines and presentations, the lingo of school catalogs, evaluating your student, what questions to ask of schools and [...]
Read MoreSelecting a Private School: It’s not easy nor should it be
After fielding questions from a caller inquiring about our school (The Webb Schools), it is inevitable that I get:
“So, where can I find your ranking among other boarding schools?”
Happens all the time. Much to their dismay, I have to tell them that there is no such thing and happily so. Yes, there have been multiple [...]
Steady Application Numbers- Increased Aid Applications: Confirmation of what we’ve been hearing
Admission professionals have been telling us the same story throughout the school year. Applications and inquiries are steady. Financial aid requests are up.
Using interviews at a few schools and with the National Association of Independent Schools, the New York Daily News ran a piece (Private schools see more financial aid requests during recession – [...]
Ross School Offers Merit Scholarships
File this under the ‘fantastic opportunity’ category.
Ross School in Bridgehampton, NY “is offering $20,000 annual Merit Scholarships for students in grades 5-11 who demonstrate academic achievement and exceptional promise” in a number of areas.
Have a demonstrated talent for the Arts, Athletics, Community Service, Math, Media, Music (Jazz), Science, or Theater? This may be [...]
Our Boarding School Wait is Over
Although the official notification date is today, March 10, two acceptance letters arrived on the 9th to our great relief. The Director of Admissions for our son’s school called to let us know that our daughter is on the waiting list, which was such a gracious thing to do. At 12:05 this morning we received [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Mom’s Daughter Talks About the Wait
Editor’s Note: We’re excited to feature a post by the Boarding
School Mom’s daughter. She offers her on the ground take on the
boarding school admission process.
The applications are in, and there is little you can do but bite your nails and wait. However, the endless flow of questions is not over. This time instead of what [...]
Waiting for Our Admission Decision
Well, we are counting the hours and wondering how soon letters mailed from various parts of the country on March 10th will arrive in our corner of New England. Our consultant has shared that she is hearing positive comments from her contacts at the schools at which we’ve applied. However our daughter is getting a [...]
Read MoreIt’s March 10th! Time for Decision Day Insights and Resources
Today’s a big day. It’s when boarding school decision & financial aid letters go out and/or arrive. You’ll learn which schools you’ve been invited to attend; which schools where the fit wasn’t quite right; and, perhaps most importantly, the size of the financial aid package.
Weighing the options, you might feel that you now have a [...]
