| School Overview |
| Please
discuss one or two aspects of your school that you feel might make your
school unique relative to other boarding schools. (e.g., a specific method
of teaching at your school, mandatory volunteer work, a unique campus
set-up, etc.) |
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| Activities |
| Please
list the key activities you participated in during boarding school outside
of your academics (e.g., specific sports, musical groups, theatre productions,
student organizations, etc.). Also please indicate any leadership positions
(e.g., team captain, officer positions in clubs, etc.): |
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| As
best you can, please respond thoughtfully and in detail to each question
(one or two full paragraphs; prospective students will look for real insights
that they can only get through you). Recognizing that each school is different, even in little ways, focus on what you think was unique
about your school. Please be specific. |
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| Academics |
| Describe the academics at your school - what did you like most about it? |
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| (Possible issues to mention: the professors, the diversity and depth of classes
available, the workload, competitive environment) |
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| Athletics |
| Describe the athletics program at your school - what did you like most about it? |
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| (Possible
issues to mention: mandatory participation, diversity of sports available, degree of competitiveness
versus other schools, quality of facilities, coaching) |
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| Visual Arts, Music, and Theatre |
| Describe the Visual Arts, Music, and Theatre program - what did you like most about it? |
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| (Possible
issues to mention: quality of facilities and teaching, diversity and depth
of classes available, range of artistic / acting / musical opportunities,
size and cohesion of artistic community, school's commitment to the arts) |
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| Extra-curricular (student organizations and volunteer opportunities) |
| Describe the extracurricular activities at your school- what did you like most about it? |
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| (Possible
issues to mention: diversity of extracurricular opportunities available, specific offerings that might be unique to your school) |
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| Dorm
life |
| Describe dorm life in your school - what did you like most about it? |
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| (Possible
issues to mention: room set-ups, late night food access, room selection process, dorm selection / transfer process) |
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| Dining |
| Describe the dining arrangements at your school - what did you like most about it? |
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| (Possible
issues to mention: cafeteria hours, cafeteria set-up, assigned seating,
quality and diversity of food) |
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| Town life (surrounding school) |
| Describe the school's town and surrounding area - what did you like most about it? |
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| Social life |
| Describe the social life at your school- what did you like most about it? |
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| Reflections |
| What
was the best thing that's happened to you in boarding school? Are there
particular achievements you would like to share? Specific ways you feel
you have changed and grown as a person? |
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What
would you have done differently, if anything, when you first arrived to
your school or during your boarding school experience? Would you have any advice for kids going to boarding school? |
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Overall, what did you like most about your school? |
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Do
you have any final words of wisdom for visiting or incoming students to
your school? Got a favorite snack at the snack bar? A specific place on
campus people should check out? Do you have specific dorm(s) to promote
or recommend? |
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| International student concerns (Optional) |
| What
difficulties, if any, were there for you as an international student?
Was there language support? Was transportation or telephone / computer
access ever a problem? Please describe any success stories or frustrations
regarding being an international student: |
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