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Top academic high schools (boarding) in the south?
Posted on 12/18/15 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 12/18/15 at 7:22 pm
If you were wanting a top college prep from a high school in the south what would you choose?
Does said school have boarding option or just a day school?
Does said school have boarding option or just a day school?
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Posted on 12/18/15 at 7:45 pm to Cheese Grits
The ones in metro ATL (Westminster, Pace, Greater Atlanta Christian, Woodward, Blessed Trinity, etc) are all day schools. Actually not sure of many college prep boarding options in GA
Posted on 12/18/15 at 7:57 pm to tylerdurden24
Tier 1: Woodberry Forest and Episcopal in Virginia
Tier 2: McCallie and Baylor in Chattanooga
Not a lot of boarding schools in the south relative to the Northeast
Tier 2: McCallie and Baylor in Chattanooga
Not a lot of boarding schools in the south relative to the Northeast
Posted on 12/18/15 at 8:27 pm to Big Wooly Mammoth
Is McGill-Toulin a boarding school?
I know St Stanislaus is the "mother" school for it.
I know St Stanislaus is the "mother" school for it.
Posted on 12/18/15 at 8:30 pm to tylerdurden24
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The ones in metro ATL (Westminster, Pace, Greater Atlanta Christian, Woodward, Blessed Trinity, etc) are all day schools. Actually not sure of many college prep boarding options in GA
Rabun gap- nacoochee school, there also several top us preps in the mountains around Asheville.
Posted on 12/18/15 at 9:28 pm to Cheese Grits
St. Joes in Jackson is supposedly a highly thought of school. I had a couple cousins go there so I grew up hearing all about it as well. As far as where I'm from, Birmingam, I would say that either The Altamont School or JCIB. What's weird about JCIB is that it's public school that's part of Shades Valley High School but you have to test into it or something like that. I knew one kid that went there and was taking AP stats and chemistry as a sophomore in high school
Posted on 12/18/15 at 9:56 pm to Cheese Grits
Christ School just outside of Asheville, NC. Good school. I went there.
Just FYI- it's the same prep school that the Plumlees attended.
Just FYI- it's the same prep school that the Plumlees attended.
This post was edited on 12/18/15 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 12/18/15 at 10:07 pm to stickly
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Christ School just outside of Asheville, NC. Good school. I went there. Just FYI- it's the same prep school that the Plumlees attended.
A few cousins of mine went to Asheville school. Another one in the area, there are several, its almost like upstate New York with the schools in the region
This post was edited on 12/18/15 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 12/19/15 at 12:57 am to NYCAuburn
quote:They have a full page ad in Garden & Gun so they must be good
Christ School just outside of Asheville, NC
quote:They're just a private school in Mobile. Probably only the 3rd best private school in the city
McGill Toolen
Posted on 12/19/15 at 1:18 am to Big Wooly Mammoth
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Woodberry Forest and Episcopal in Virginia
These are your best options if you want to stay in the south.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 7:32 am to Cheese Grits
How common is it for a high school student to attend "boarding school?"
I've only known a few people. 2 were boys who were "sent" to "Military school."
A guy I worked with sent his daughters to Maine for HS.
A friend of my daughter goes to boarding school in Asheville, NC.
I never really thought about it or considered it as an option for my kids. Is this something I should have looked into?
I've only known a few people. 2 were boys who were "sent" to "Military school."
A guy I worked with sent his daughters to Maine for HS.
A friend of my daughter goes to boarding school in Asheville, NC.
I never really thought about it or considered it as an option for my kids. Is this something I should have looked into?
Posted on 12/19/15 at 7:46 am to Cheese Grits
Woodberry Forest or Episcopal
Posted on 12/19/15 at 8:12 am to Cheese Grits
Woodward is the best hands down in the South and it boards feeds and all that jazz. Some of the others mentioned are top notch.
They all will break the bank.
They all will break the bank.
This post was edited on 12/19/15 at 8:13 am
Posted on 12/19/15 at 8:49 am to makersmark1
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I never really thought about it or considered it as an option for my kids. Is this something I should have looked into?
Depends on where they want to go to college. Some boarding schools are pipelines into the top academic schools as they are geared more towards college prep and less from general high school education.
My grandfather went to Mobile High because that is what they could afford but his younger brother (born a decade later) was able to go east for high school which got him into MIT for college. Big difference in the opportunities it opened up for him.
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A friend of my daughter goes to boarding school in Asheville, NC.
Where in Ashville?
When a kid tells you they want to go to Columbia or Stanford it may take a bit different tact than trying to get into a nearby state school. East coast has some damn good feeder prep schools but I would much rather find a school in the south to feed from.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 11:26 am to parrothead
JCIB was ranked the #1 high school in America a few years ago.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 11:33 am to Cheese Grits
Boarding schools are for yankee fops.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 11:43 am to GnashRebel
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fops.
I'm a Dapper Dan man, damn't!
Posted on 12/19/15 at 11:53 am to Cheese Grits
McCallie and Baylor in Chattanooga are both great.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 11:58 am to Cheese Grits
Episcopal Collegiate School in LR is a good one fwiw.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 1:43 pm to stickly
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Christ School just outside of Asheville, NC. Good school. I went there.
^this
This post was edited on 12/19/15 at 1:43 pm
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