Miss Porter's School - Review #1

Miss Porter school was in all girls school and it was located in Farmington, Connecticut with lots of activities within walking distance, to do, including a pizza place, a Starbucks, and many other local places like a mall and shopping

That happened to me at boarding school was making the friends that I did and connections that I built. These are people who will be at my wedding and there for me for the rest of my life. I also made great connections with certain professors that I will never forget and will always be thankful for. I was given certain opportunities I would not have gotten if I went to another school, and I’m so grateful for the Maturity. I gained well attending to school and also the communication skills that I gathered.

When I first arrived to my boarding school, I was a freshman and it was Covid. Miss Porter dealt with this experience, very poorly, and children were quarantined in dorms and doing classes on zoom and many felt isolated. I’m sure things would be very different and my experience would’ve been different if they had dealt with this differently and just kept us home, or figured out another route. For kids going to boarding school, it’s definitely worth it in an incredible experience. I’m not sure that I would say it’s better than any other school such as public school or day school, because you can have a great experience wherever you go. But if you want to live with your friends and have an academically rigorous experience that teaches you how to go through life as a strong, independent woman, Miss Porter is definitely for you.

I liked the social aspect of my school the best

my final word of wisdom is to be careful what you say and with what you do. Miss Porters taught me how to consciously make good decisions and treat people with kindness. Anything you put out into the world it will come back to you, so be the best version of yourself you can be so you don’t have to learn the lesson to be a good person later down the line. Boarding schools do not often give second or third chances so just do your best. Additionally, I would tell incoming students to be aware that you’re going to be challenged and make mistakes. Be prepared for that, and be prepared to be ridiculously humbled, but keep your head up!

I liked that teachers always wanted to help their students and made time in their schedule no matter what to give students the extra tutoring they need. I always felt academically supported. I also liked majority of the professors. It was also super competitive, which was both a pro and a con about the school.

We had mandatory participation and there was a good amount of sports to choose from because it was mandatory so they gave a lot of options. It was as competitive as you wanted it to be you could take it as serious as you wanted it, and our soccer team was great. Games are super fun and school spirit is definitely there.

There were a lot of theater and musical classes available for students although I didn’t participate in it much. A lot of kids really liked the theater program though. School was committed to the arts in many different ways and our program was awesome.

There were a lot of extracurriculars, including various clubs and more. You could engage as much as little as you wanted in this and that’s what was nice about it. Lots of academic clubs and other things such as PE club or cards club.

Dorm life was great to live with your friends and dorm. Sizes were amazing. Very spacious and you provided with a lot of the essentials, including desks, drawers, closets, and more. Most of Walk-in. At times, people would get place in extremely small rooms if they had no more room for doubles, this happened to a few of my friends. They were stuck small room. Triples were normally huge along with quads. Dorms were not accessible to handicap people. They did not have elevators.

The quality and diversity of the food was subpar. Often times things wouldn’t be tasty or cooked as well as it could be, but for the most part, there’s a great diversity of food and we have something called. Sit down dinners. The entire community gets together, and we all share a culturally significant meal with many different things to try. I appreciated that most about the school. They cared a lot about culture and diversity and making sure everyone feels important.

Town life was great, there was a Starbucks, pizza place restaurant all in walking distance.

Social life at the school was great. Although all girls bring some drama into situations, I am so happy with the friends that I made and connections I’ve built for life.