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Alumni
Review #1, Class of 2002 |
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Enrolled |
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Brown University |
| Home
Town, State (Country) |
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Bradenton,FL |
| Years
Attended Boarding School |
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4 |
| Activities
During Boarding School |
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Soccer (*captain)
Ice Hockey
Tennis (*captain)
Swimming
Dance
Softball
Student Council
Senior Prefect (head of school senior year)
Yearbook (*editor)
Red Key Society (*head) |
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| 1.) What do you think makes your school unique relative
to other boarding schools?
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| St.George's has a unique semester at sea program called Geronimo. 6-8 students go every semester to various locations in the Carribbean (and sometimes Spain/Portugal) to tag turtles and sharks for a research institution. Students take their regular school subjects along with an intensive biology course. Geronimo is a program unlike any other that provides invaluable hands-on experience for students.
The other unique aspect of SG is its location. It is situated atop a beautiful grassy hill that overlooks the ocean in Newport, RI. SG is also only a short walk in the other direction to Newport, a quaint town with lots of opportunities for shopping, dining, and fun!
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| 2.) What was the best thing that happened to you in boarding school? |
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| As I said before, the relationships I made at SG were the best thing that I took from SG. I am still great friends with my close circle of girlfriends. I am still with my boyfriend from SG. I am still in contact with my teachers. But, I also learned tons of things about time management, healthy living, public speaking, group leading, and confidence. As that SG was a preparatory school...one of my best achievements was being accepted early decision to Brown University. Coming from boarding school I was extremely prepared for college life (especially dorm life). |
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| 3.) What would you have done differently during your boarding school experience? |
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| I wouldn't have done anything differently at SG. I came in with a smile and an open mind for new adventures and I left a storng, happy, confident student ready for college. |
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| 4.) What would you never want to change about your school? |
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| The location and the accessiblty of the faculty members. |
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| 5.) What things could be improved about your school? |
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| Queer awareness, and overall diversity integration. |
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| 6.) Do you have any final words of wisdom for visiting or incoming students
to your school? |
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| I loved living in Auchincloss Dorm.
I highly suggest joining the swim team if you like swimming!
Make sure to do Cliffwalk while at SG. |
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What did you like best about your school’s academics? |
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| I really enjoyed the faculty-student relationships that were fostered throughout a students stay at St.George's. I made numerous bonds with teachers whom I still keep in touch with today. I think that the faculty-student relationships were so successful because the teachers were more than teachers. They were our dorm parents and coaches, as well. Seeing the adults of the school in such different lights really helped form strong relationships both in and out of the classroom. It was much easier for me to absorb and learn in my classes since I knew if I couldn't understand something right then I could just visit the teachers house later that night and ask him/her then. |
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What did you like least about the academics in your school? |
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| SG does have some core requirements that you must take before graduating. I had no trouble finishing those in my 4 years but I did become frustrated with the religion requirement. I had problems with one religion teacher, who is no longer there, and because of the religion requirements, I had to take a course with him. In hindsight, I would have preferred studying some other course or perhaps being able to do some type of independent research but I wasn't able to (due to the requirement). |
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What did you like best about your school’s athletics? |
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| I enjoyed that SG encouraged all their students in their first few years at school to be a part of the sports teams. I felt that SG offered a wide variety of sports to choose from (including weight training, dance, musical performance, etc). SG is also part of the ISL, a competitive league of similiar sized boarding schools. The ISL really fostered a healthy sense of competitive spirit between the schools. I also really enjoyed the fact that our teachers were our coaches. As I mentioned that before, having your coach also be your teacher really opens up the degree of which your relationship can expand with that teacher. |
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What did you like least about the athletics in your school? |
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| In all honesty, I really enjoyed my school's athletics. |
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What did you like best about your school’s art program? |
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| SG just recently built a new Art Center which is an absolutely fabulous resource for budding artists. It is equipped with specific rooms for specific types of art. It has a great darkroom, numerous painting studios, drawing rooms, and sculpture studios. SG is becoming increasingly committed to the arts. The Art Center has a beautiful stage which hosts many musicals, plays, poetry readings and dance performances every year. The Art Center also has a gallery which hosts local artists work but also rotates in students work. |
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What did you like least about your school’s art program? |
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| Again, I really found everything I needed with the Art Program. |
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What did you like most about the extracurricular activities offered
at your school? |
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| The best thing about the extracurriculars was the wealth of opportunity to create your own club if SG doesn't have one that you wanted. I also participated in the student leadership aspect of the student body and I found that experience invaluable. Learning how to deal with students and faculty alike was perhaps the best thing I received from SG. |
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| 2.)
What did you like least about the extracurricular activities offered
at your school? |
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| I disliked that while we had a Gay/Straight Alliance it was not supported fully by the administration. In that aspect, SG was pretending to be an accepting environment when really it wasn't quite there yet. |
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What was the best thing about dorm life in your school? |
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| I grew up living with my two brothers. When I came to SG, I had the opportunity to have "sisters". It was just great to become that close to so many girls through community living. I also had the opportunity to be a dorm prefect (like a college RC) and it was really nice to be able to give back to the school by serving as a dorm monitor and "older sister" type figure for the younger girls. |
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What did you like least about dorm life? |
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| I think some of the dorm parents didn't really want to be living in the dorm. I would suggest (and have suggested) that the dorm parents have to go through a more strenuous application process in order to become a dorm parent. |
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What was the best thing about your dining arrangements? |
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| SG always had a great salad bar. I realize now at college that it is incredibly hard to prepare food for so many people. The dining staff was also the nicest group of people out there. They always looked out for the students. The cafeteria was also a beautiful room with huge high ceilings and large wooden tables. There was no assigned seating but people pretty much sat in grades. |
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What did you like least about your dining arrangements? |
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| There wasn't as much variation in meals as I would have liked. I also wish the meat had looked better. |
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| 1.) How welcome did you feel by the other students when you first
arrived at the school? |
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| I had a fabulous first year at SG. I was a day student (meaning I commuted to and from school each day)and I made some really close friends within the day student population and the boarding students population. I never felt excluded and always felt very welcomed. |
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Describe the level of diversity and integration of students in your
school: |
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| SG was a primarily caucasian population. There was some racial diversity but definitely not as much as there should be. I don't think students of the minority felt prejudice at SG but still, it couldn't have been the most comfortable experience. |
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Describe typical fun activities you did on a weekend: |
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| Movies, dinner, walking through the boat yard, bowling, frisbee on the quad, dances, concerts, walking on the beach. |
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What was the town like? |
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| Newport was a short walk away from SG. It provided all the neccesities of boarding school life. Movie theatres, shopping, dining, bowling alleys, etc...From what my friends from other boarding schools say, we have the best location. |
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| 7:00 AM | breakfast | | 8:00 AM | class | | 9:00 AM | class | | 10:00 AM | class | | 11:00 AM | class | | 12:00 AM | lunch | | 1:00 PM | class | | 2:00 PM | class | | 3:30 PM | sports | | 5:45 PM | dinner | | 7:00 PM | extracurricular meetings | | 8:00 PM | study hall | | 10:00 AM | free time in dorm | | 11:00 PM | lights for underclassmen | | 12:00 PM | lights for upperclassmen | |
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| 10:00 AM | wake up and breakfast | | 2:00 PM | leave for sporting event | | 9:00 PM | return from sports and go into town for dinner/movie | | 11:45 PM | back on campus | |
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