What do you think makes your school unique relative to other boarding schools?
(Brooks School alumni, Class of 2006)

"This may sound utopian to some, but I wholeheartedly believe that what makes Brooks so special is the quality of the people who go there. I am not just talking about the students' and teachers' personal achievements, although they are certainly noteworthy. I mean to emphasize the type of community Brooks fosters; you cannot leave Brooks without being a better person. Everyone is friendly and genuinely concerned for the welfare of the rest of the community. There was never a day that I was not thankful for the support system I had while at Brooks, and I find that my friends from Brooks are still there for me now that I am in college. Brooks was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I owe it to the wonderful people who impacted my life while I was there."

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What do you think makes your school unique relative to other boarding schools?
(St. Andrew's-Sewanee School alumni, Class of 2008)

"I was a four-year boarding student at SAS and I can't easily express how grateful I am for what I learned and how much I grew during my time there. I will certainly say that the teachers make the SAS experience; they are sincerely supportive, intelligent, and dedicated to the life of the community. Many of them remain good friends of mine. The emphasis that is placed on discussion, writing, and experiential education is phenomenal. Whatever your interests are, you can find a way to explore them at SAS. "

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What do you think makes your school unique relative to other boarding schools?
(St. Paul's School alumni, Class of 2002)

"One of the most memorable and unique aspects of SPS is the boarding atmosphere. Everyone lives on campus in school housing, even students who hail from the local town. Teachers live on campus as well, many of them in luxurious apartments attached to the dormitories. The proximity of all members of the school community creates a close knit, family atmosphere. Students know each other by name, and chances are, if you pass someone on the path on the way to class, you know their name, and you've had a class together, played on the same athletic team, or participated in the same extracurricular activities. Twice a week, the entire campus gathers for a family style meal -- called seated meal -- where students, faculty and administration dine together. Every school morning, the entire school community convenes in a short, non-denominational church service, where we pray for people on their birthday, and hear prayers pertaining to different events in our community and around the world. When I first arrived at the school as a very young freshman, it was this close-knit feeling that made the transition to living independently at a boarding school so much easier. During my four years at SPS, it truly became my home away from home: I formed several very close, lasting friendships, not only with fellow students, but also with teachers, and even the Bishop (headmaster) of the school. The friendships formed and the communal living atmosphere helped shape the person I am and to ready me for college and the world beyond. Academically, one of the most unique aspects of SPS is the humanities program, in which History and English were combined into one class. This class teaches impeccable writing skills, as well as critical thinking and debate skills through analysis of history, literature, theater, and artwork. In this unique class, history did not happen in a bubble, nor was great literature written in a vacuum. Historical events are studied through contemporary literature and artwork, and the literature is understood within the context of the historical setting. That is to say, instead of studying ancient Greek and Roman history in one class, then reading the Odyssey and the Illiad in another class, the two facets of humanities (History and English) are combined, so that the students understand the context in which these epics were written and the ways in which the literature reflects the attitudes, customs, and current events of the time period. I found that this approach helped me to understand both subjects much better, and to appreciate the field of humanities much more. As someone pursuing an eventual career in medicine, my interest in the humanities, stemming from my humanities classes at SPS, prompted me to choose a liberal arts college, where I am still taking classes of interest in the departments of English and History."

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What do you think makes your school unique relative to other boarding schools?
(The Loomis Chaffee School alumni, Class of 2008)

"Loomis requires students to take a certain number of classes in the philosophy department in order to graduate, an aspect unique to this school and a feature that provides for an interesting assortment of classes ranging from Social Psychology to Freud and Jung. The Work-Job program, in which all students must help in beautifying or facilitating certain functions of the school, stands as an additional unique Loomis aspect, and is a program that spurs the LC sense of community and work-ethic. "

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What do you think makes your school unique relative to other boarding schools?
(Pomfret School alumni, Class of 2010)

"The sense of community is unique to Pomfret, although I hear many other prep school kids talking about it, I think Pomfret has a unique sense of what it means to attend the school. I was deciding between Pomfret, Middlesex, and Westminster, visited all of them, and found Pomfret to have "it.""

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