Yes, but... Most preps don't/can't/won't play at prep school. If it is a junior college your son could potentially use one year of collegiate eligibility. He might also risk an injury that could potentially get him tied up in DoDMERB again.
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Yes, but... Most preps don't/can't/won't play at prep school. If it is a junior college your son could potentially use one year of collegiate eligibility. He might also risk an injury that could potentially get him tied up in DoDMERB again.
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Yes, Marion Military Institute (MMI) in Alabama has DIII sports programs but as an SAP your son most likely won't have time to play on a team. My son is there now and started practicing with the baseball team but his SAP workload was too much to do both and risk his grades slipping. As an SAP you normally have 18 credits plus additional requirements that keep you extremely busy, very little time for anything but studying/homework... My son has Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, English Lit/Composition, Military Science, SAT prep, PT and labs for Chem, Physics and Calc. He is doing well but works hard to keep up and he misses baseball. All that being said, I highly recommend MMI. They do an excellent job turning teens into adults and have very strong academics.
Hey, I have a question regarding CGAS, lets say that I got into the NAPS from the Coast Gaurd. Can I apply for the USNA the next year or I have to attend USCGA next year?
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Aloha: I hope this helps. DS was recommended for USNA Foundation Scholarship. See attached list of foundation schools. Several schools are military type environments. Some are Ivy-boarding prep schools (HS) especially in the PA-NJ areas. Spoke to an Ivy prep admissions officer and his first question, “what sport is your son playing, water polo or lacrosse?” DS is attending an Ivy boarding school to polish his Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, and SAT.
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When you accept a CGAS appointment you agree that if offered an appointment to the Coast Guard Academy you will accept it, so if you decline and accept an appointment to USNA there is an integrity issue.
none of those boarding schools are "ivy boarding prep schools". The ones on the list are mostly known for their athletics.
A few of those are New England Prep Schools - excellent schools academically and otherwise, with strong college placement records.
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I think he meant Exeter, Choate, Phillips, Deerfield, Putney, etc.
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HS boarding Schools ... three are in between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
exactly.
Exeter, Phillips, Choate, etc. all New England Prep schools. They have prestigious reputations and like lesser known schools such as Avon Old Farms, Salisbury, Kent provide excellent educations, but most graduates do not go on to Ivy League schools. Categorizing the latter as sports oriented schools is inaccurate.
The term "Ivy League boarding school" is an anachronism. The days are long gone when the New England Prep schools and other boarding schools put the majority of their graduates in the Ivy League, although they do still provide some of the best high school educations available anywhere.
The term "Ivy League boarding school" is an anachronism. The days are long gone when the New England Prep schools and other boarding schools put the majority of their graduates in the Ivy League, although they do still provide some of the best high school educations available anywhere.
On Kent, you have an argument, but Salisbury and AOF are absolutely sports oriented, and neither are known for their academics. AOF has a 45% acceptance rate!
You are absolutely correct that even the top tier of boarding schools don't put kids into ivies at the rate they used to, although its still much greater than many would expect.
We are swinging wide from the point of this thread, and into territory few know about or care about - feel free to PM if you wish
My point in mentioning the New England prep schools is that any of them would be excellent preparation for a reapplicant to an SA.
I am very familiar with these schools. Most of them have strong sports programs including Exeter, Andover, and Choate, and likewise strong college academic preparation, including AOF and Salisbury. The more elite schools draw from a superior pool of applicants, but the lesser known schools provide excellent faculty and academic resources, as they should for $60k+ annually (although day students only pay about $50k
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I am very familiar with these schools. Most of them have strong sports programs including Exeter, Andover, and Choate, and likewise strong college academic preparation, including AOF and Salisbury. The more elite schools draw from a superior pool of applicants, but the lesser known schools provide excellent faculty and academic resources, as they should for $60k+ annually (although day students only pay about $50k
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@Banzaipipeline is responding to a post from 2017; the OP last posted in 2018. The New England boarding schools on that list are there precisely for students looking for an athletic PG (post-grad) year with solid academics but much more forgiving acceptance rates than the elite schools @Korab and @jl123 mentioned. PG admission to the NE elites is brutally competitive; any applicant who could earn a PG spot at any of them is not an applicant any of the service academies would have found wanting in any area.
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I think the point was @Banzaipipeline said "Some are Ivy-boarding prep schools (HS) especially in the PA-NJ areas...." and issue was taken with that. Specifically, the question was whether they (Exeter, Choate, etc.) still are a pipeline to the Ivies like they once were (they are not, but your chances at Ivy admissions from those schools ARE generally better).
At one time (many, many years ago) those schools were the "go to" schools for a really decent Ivy shot, not generally those on the list that was presented by @Banzaipipeline although there are some fine schools on the list.
At one time (many, many years ago) those schools were the "go to" schools for a really decent Ivy shot, not generally those on the list that was presented by @Banzaipipeline although there are some fine schools on the list.
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Our son graduated from one of those elites. None of them is a pipeline to any highly selective college; the days of horse-trading are long over. You attend one of them for the stellar high school education, boarding experience, and college counseling they provide, not any particular college result.
We are way off topic.
We are way off topic.