Sharing a few observations/opinions/suggestions as a newbie Kings Point parent after watching these last few months unfold...
-Identify your weaknesses as an outsider now, and whatever they are, work to improve or negate the issues prior to entering the start of Indoc. If you
need to improve any academics, get extra help at home and continue the tutoring right up until you say your good-byes in July. If you need to gain weight, lose weight, run, improve your pushup numbers, don't sleep, etc etc, fix the issues at home as best as you can. As perplexing as it is, the KP environment will quickly identify any issues it deems unsuitable to a future KP grad and then press you on them and keep pressing until you alter or do whatever it is you need to do to adjust to the KP standard. And I"m not necessarily referring to actual people who will do this. It's just the Kings Point environment itself that will do this to you. You either make the necessary corrections in a suitable amount of time or if not, you'll likely be setback or going home for good. This is the hard to swallow reality pill.
-Have a plan B in place before you arrive to Indoc. It may seem awful to think in this vein but we have witnessed many going through the setbacks and these are strong students who could not make it at KP. If you are setback academically, where will you take those remedial classes should you decide to return in a few months? Enroll now in your local CC just in case you find yourself in that situation so that you're not scrambling to then determine a plan B.
-Get help early in your KP classes, get help early in your KP classes, get help early in your KP classes or you may likely use that Plan B.
-Consider taking a gap year. A general trend at least from my short observations is that the older aged students tend to fare a little better than those entering KP at a younger age. A 19 year old versus a 17 year old, for example. There's potentially a huge difference in maturity, study skills, whatever and that discrepancy tends to translate with the better outcomes leaning more towards an older age student. Not the rule, just my own two cents.
-The Prep Schools can be very helpful in surviving and ultimately thriving at Kings Point so consider taking that prep year if admissions advises such.
Best of luck to the applicants and parents. It's a crazy but cool ride
-Identify your weaknesses as an outsider now, and whatever they are, work to improve or negate the issues prior to entering the start of Indoc. If you
need to improve any academics, get extra help at home and continue the tutoring right up until you say your good-byes in July. If you need to gain weight, lose weight, run, improve your pushup numbers, don't sleep, etc etc, fix the issues at home as best as you can. As perplexing as it is, the KP environment will quickly identify any issues it deems unsuitable to a future KP grad and then press you on them and keep pressing until you alter or do whatever it is you need to do to adjust to the KP standard. And I"m not necessarily referring to actual people who will do this. It's just the Kings Point environment itself that will do this to you. You either make the necessary corrections in a suitable amount of time or if not, you'll likely be setback or going home for good. This is the hard to swallow reality pill.
-Have a plan B in place before you arrive to Indoc. It may seem awful to think in this vein but we have witnessed many going through the setbacks and these are strong students who could not make it at KP. If you are setback academically, where will you take those remedial classes should you decide to return in a few months? Enroll now in your local CC just in case you find yourself in that situation so that you're not scrambling to then determine a plan B.
-Get help early in your KP classes, get help early in your KP classes, get help early in your KP classes or you may likely use that Plan B.
-Consider taking a gap year. A general trend at least from my short observations is that the older aged students tend to fare a little better than those entering KP at a younger age. A 19 year old versus a 17 year old, for example. There's potentially a huge difference in maturity, study skills, whatever and that discrepancy tends to translate with the better outcomes leaning more towards an older age student. Not the rule, just my own two cents.
-The Prep Schools can be very helpful in surviving and ultimately thriving at Kings Point so consider taking that prep year if admissions advises such.
Best of luck to the applicants and parents. It's a crazy but cool ride
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