Boarding School Financial AId
Boarding School Affordability and Financial Aid in the News
Troy Onink author of the “College Crossroads” blog at Forbes.com posted a conversation (Affordability of Independent Day and Boarding Schools) with Mark Mitchell, Vice President for School Information Services at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). In his NAIS capacities Mitchell heads School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS). Many readers are familiar [...]
Read MoreThree Under 23K: Subiaco Academy, St. Bernard Prep, Houghton Academy
Talking about boarding school bargains is something of an oxymoron. How can a $23,000, or less, annual tuition for a high school education be construed as a bargain? Easily, in light of the fact that traditional boarding school tuition runs about $42,500. Easily, in light of the lasting affects that a sound boarding school education [...]
Read MoreIB Boarding Schools Offer Scholarships To Exceptional Students
We count several IB boarding schools among our AdmissionsQuestPro schools and we’ve covered the IB adoption at New Hampton School. Two of our member schools recently announced scholarship programs for talented IB students (IB Scholarships for Boarding Schools). At Annie Wright School (Tacoma, WA), where all students take IB courses: “…Extremely bright students can take [...]
Read MoreTEAK Fellowship: Opportunities for Talented New York City Students
You gotta love learning about great program that you didn’t know anything about. This week, for me, it’s the Teak Fellowship. “The TEAK Fellowship helps talented New York City students from low-income families gain admission to and succeed at top high schools and colleges.” More than academics, Teak provides support and learning exposure opportunities to [...]
Read More5 Reasons for Attending Boarding School
Boarding schools offer educational and personal growth opportunities that most public schools simply can’t match. From academic and athletic scholarships to developing friendships that last a lifetime, boarding schools provide an avenue for enrichment. Below are 5 reasons why parents should consider boarding school for their child. 5. Exceptional Resources Boarding schools typically have resources [...]
Read MoreHow Do I Afford Boarding School for my Child?
When deciding whether or not to send a child to boarding school, most parents’ biggest concern is the cost of tuition. Typically boarding schools cost in the range of $35,000 – $50,000 annually. There are a number of options when looking to pay for boarding school for your child. Paying out of pocket isn’t an [...]
Read MoreState of Private School Enrollment: Connecticut Schools Fall 2010
The opening of school brings a spate of what I call state of the community articles in generally smaller local papers. When you’re in New England, or any other area with a boarding school and/or private day schools, these articles often mix a little boarding school angle with their mostly day school slant. We highlighted [...]
Read MoreConnecticut Private Schools Find Tuition a Family Priority in Tight Times
In “Paying for Private,” over at Connecticut Business News Journal, Connecticut boarding school and private day school administrators talk about the ways that they, and their constituent families are weathering the economic downturn. No secrets and nothing earth shattering in the piece- mostly it’s an interesting read to hear administrators’ words and voices. Schools find [...]
Read MoreCanada’s St. Michaels University School Alumnus Funds Financial Aid
An example for all alumni, St. Michaels University School (Victoria BC, Canada) Alumnus Hugh McGillivray has thus far donated $1.4-million and: “hopes to fund as many as 100 scholarships within 10 years. He’s also trying to raise money to build a $50-million endowment at the school.” (Boarding School Grad Gives Back to His Alma Mater, [...]
Read MoreLoomis Chaffee Moves $3.3 million Closer to Fulfillment of $10 million Financial Aid Initiative
Yesterday Loomis Chaffee School announced a $3.3 million anonymous financial aid gift. The gift completes one-third of a $10 million push to increase financial aid and ensure that “a Loomis Chaffee education remains accessible to academically talented students from around the world, regardless of their family’s ability to pay tuition. ” ($3.3 Million Financial Aid [...]
Read MoreA Circle of (College Financial Aid) Hell?
Round about the end of January, I went around muttering about the tenth circle of hell, the one that Dante left out of his Inferno, the one reserved for those parents and students who need to fill out college financial aid forms. “I’m in financial aid hell,” I wailed in a desperate email to a [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Waiting List & Financial Aid Questions
“We’ve been wait listed; is there anything we can/should do? And, did I mention that we also need financial aid?” We’ve been individually replying to variations of these two questions several times a day for the last few weeks. However, I suspect that readers from whom we haven’t heard might benefit from having our suggestions [...]
Read MorePrep 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 [...]
Read MoreInsight Into the Current State of Boarding and Private School Finances
Concord Monitor writer Karen Langley published a piece in last Sunday’s paper (Private Schools Weather Downturn: Many approaches taken to cut costs) covering the state of enrollment and finances of New Hampshire private schools. She touches on the obvious- financial aid requests are up for all schools, endowment growth and income are down. Of note, [...]
Read MoreThe Current State of Private School Financial Aid from the Research Triangle
In a “Record numbers seek financial aid from private schools,” WRAL contributor Jane Paige touches on FA themes that we’ve been reading about and covering over the past year and a half. FA applications are up; school resources are stretched. Paige does two things that make the article worthy of a quick read. She gets [...]
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