Greystone Academy - feedback needed

[Navy Seal Mom]

So we are at the point that prep school is moving up the list. Currently a hold at USMMA, no ROTC scholarship, no from USNA. DS has a dream and there HAS to be another path. Does anyone have info about Greystone Academy in TX. They have an 88% success rate of getting an appointment (so says the website) Any feedback on the best prep school is appreciated!!

[Lee2015]

I live just down the road from Greystone Academy. I've had to opportunity to hear the "head guy" (founder)--not sure of his title--speak at different events and listened to his presentation for the academy. Very impressive. My impression is nothing but positive. My oldest was going to attend if her appointment hadn't come through to USMA. It seems to me that they really give outstanding personalized attention to each "cadet" that attends. A detailed plan is established at the onset that focuses on that cadets weaknesses in order to develope their resume for reapplying to an academy. It's worth a visit for sure.

[Luigi59]

Originally Posted by Navy Seal Mom

So we are at the point that prep school is moving up the list. Currently a hold at USMMA, no ROTC scholarship, no from USNA. DS has a dream and there HAS to be another path. Does anyone have info about Greystone Academy in TX. They have an 88% success rate of getting an appointment (so says the website) Any feedback on the best prep school is appreciated!!

Don't believe everything you read about them, especially they stuff they publish themselves.

I would recommend you search and read as much as you can about Greystone before you commit to that expensive prep option.

[Lee2015]

I would recommend you search and read as much as you can about Greystone before you commit to that expensive prep option.

I agree---very expensive, and there is always more than one way to skin a cat!

[buff81]

I would ask them how many of their unsponsored students have received appointments THIS year for each academy that you are interested in.

This year is SO different than in year's past with several academies reducing their class size. Don't rely on past statistical data. I'm talking about going as unsponsored - which I assume your DS would be going as since you have not mentioned any scholarship.
IMPO - unless sponsored - you are just as well off going to a college, enrolling in ROTC and reapplying from there..

Sponsored - CP schools are a great way to spend the next year while reapplying.
Unsponsored - spend your money at State U.

[Pima]

I agree with Luigi and the others.

I always say the Devil is in the details. When you start pulling out stats and percentages, read the fine print matters.

88% of what? 88% of those that receive noms? How many get noms? 88% if they carry a cgpa higher than X.YZ? What is the avg cgpa?

In other words if 100 apply and only 10 get noms, 88% of those get apptmts., you are talking really about 9% of the class, not 88%.

Same with the cgpa issue, if the 88% comes from a pool of 3.75 cgpa, and the avg cadet/mid has a 3.2, chances drop dramatically, and that 88% takes on a new meaning.

Now if 100% of the class has noms, and cgpa is not a factor, plus 88% of them still get appointments it is a horse of another color!

Investigate the details of that 88%. Cliche, but true. If it is too good to be true, it usually isn't! Not saying anything negative or it isn't true, just saying use the time to ask the right question.

[NMMI PREP DIRECTOR]

+1 to BUFF81, Pima, and Lugi

A Self Prep's ACT/SAT scores, GPA, and other individual factors (even home of record) are more important than which college/prep school they attend.

Past rates are not good indicators. Ours will be "terrible" this year compared to last year, and that year was worse than the one previous.

What is important is to pick a school where your DS will be challenged, encouraged, and feel like they "belong". Even more important is that, regardless of an appointment or not, they are prepared to go to the next level - where ever that may be.

[Luigi59]

Originally Posted by horse.hater

As far as attending Greystone, it has been the best decision I have ever made.

Here, academics are pushed very hard (our class average GPA this year was a 3.77 out of a 4.0). Without the time management skills that I have learned my past year, I would have been nowhere near my gpa of a 3.77 at a state college. What is truly impressive of our class gpa is the fact that all the courses (18 credit hours first semester, 17 second semester) we take are at Schreiner University, a 4 year institution. Greystone is the only prep school in the country that is located/affiliated with a 4 year university.

Now as far as statistics go, 100% of all Greystone students have earned a nomination to a service academy. 88% of all Greystone prep graduates receive an appointment. Where ever you look, no other school in the country has a success rate like that. That is because the people who come from this program are scholars, athletes, and honorable leaders.

I sincerely recommend Greystone to any academy hopeful.

-Gerrit

Sounds like a script from the admissions department.

[usna1985]

Folks,

This site and forum exists to educate people about the SAs as well as prep schools. However, we are not here to promote one school over another. There is a fine, but clear line between providing information in response to requests and blatantly pitching a school. Posts crossing that line will be edited/deleted and the posters will receive infractions.

USNA1985

[momcolo]

Originally Posted by Luigi59

Sounds like a script from the admissions department.

I agree with Luigi... but I'm not sure if it is a script from the Admissions Department of USMMA, USMA, USNA, or USAFA.