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Public School Budget Cuts Open Boarding School Window of Opportunity
Many readers may not know that during the late spring, I unplug much of my time from AdmissionsQuest and move back to the school-side of the admission process. For a month-and-a-half each April and May, I travel the country meeting prospective families interested in Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School. I just finished my 14th year [...]
Read MoreIt’s Never Too Late to Apply to Boarding School
Our new free ebook, Applying to Private School After the Deadline, is now available! You think you’re too late to apply to a boarding school in July. You’re wrong. You can still apply. Applying late, or, coming to the admission process late, doesn’t mean “don’t apply.” It simply requires some different thinking and processes a [...]
Read MoreConnections and Relationships: Boarding Schools Have Them, Colleges Want to Return to Them
Three stories came together this morning to remind me and drive home the point that- in so many situations- working, living and learning- it’s about people and relationships. And, boarding schools ‘do’ people and relationships better in an educational setting than just about any other form of school. Let me lay out the three. I’ll [...]
Read MoreSo Exactly Why Do Boarding School Admission Officers Travel the World?
International trips are a piece of the boarding school admission world. International students are an integral part of the American boarding school fabric but, exactly how, and why, international students and families seek, connect, and choose boarding schools remains a little foggy. Stacie Grant, Director of Development at San Domenico School (CA) is blogging while [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Questions for First Time Parents
Parents interested in boarding school for their child often have many questions especially if this is their first experience with boarding schools. Baylor, a leading boarding school Chattanooga, answers some of the questions first time parents may have.
Read MoreParents and Schools Working to Maintain Private School Opportunities
Diana Costello has written a snapshot of the school and family sides of the private school admission process in the lower Hudson River Valley for the Journal News and LoHud.com (“Parents still paying up for private schools“). She chronicles the thinking and decisions of families as administrators work to keep their schools full and parents [...]
Read MoreRoss 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 [...]
Read MoreThe Public Versus Private Equation: Families Work to Reach Decisions
I read a couple of articles over the past few days that, combined, provide a good pictures of the thinking, priorities and sacrifices that families are grappling with in their ‘public or private’ school decisions. With a generally more conservative outlook about future earnings and home equity gone as a banking option families are struggling [...]
Read MoreCommunity Consequences as Parents and Students Shift from Private to Public Schools
Rinker Buck of the Hartford Courant wrote an interesting piece this week, “Enrollment Shift Could Burden Farmington Valley Towns” in which he lays out the linkages between public and private school enrollment in private school dense areas. Looking at Hartford and its surrounding area, its private school density and the changing fortunes of private school [...]
Read MoreBlue Ridge Schools Publishes Affordability Plan
Blue Ridge School recently added its Affordability Plan to the school’s web site laying out their commitment to affordability. It includes both philosophical and concrete examples of the school’s approaches and commitment. Among other items in the Affordability Plan, Blue Ridge has increased its financial aid budget by 30% over the past two years and, [...]
Read MoreOur 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 [...]
Read MoreWaiting 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 [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Fit: It’s Complicated Matching Student & School
Editor’s Note: A recent exchange between onBoarding Schools contributor Leo G. Marshall, Director of Admission, The Webb Schools and a reader requires its own space. Daphne, reading Leo’s post (In Defense of Childhood), wrote expressing concern that perhaps she had not structured her child’s time or pushed and programed her child harder. Achievement, it seemed [...]
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