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Choosing a boarding school is about more than academics, location, or college outcomes. For some families, another question comes up early in the process: Would my child be better suited to a single-sex boarding school or a coeducational one? All-girls and all-boys boarding schools can offer a distinctive school experience, from the classroom environment and

This year, Ivy Talent students received 171 admissions offers from more than 90 schools. The results include offers from highly selective boarding schools such as Phillips Academy Andover, Phillips Exeter Academy, Groton School, and Milton Academy, as well as competitive day schools including Noble and Greenough School, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Winsor School, and

If your child is preparing to apply to a U.S. boarding school, you may come across two common admissions tests: the Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT) and the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE). Both are used by independent schools to evaluate applicants, but they are not the same test. They have different question formats, section

For most students, especially international students, a boarding school may be their first experience of living independently from their families. This new environment can be challenging. For many boarding students, their roommate is one of the first people they get to know on campus. Friendships can naturally form between boarding school roommates in a healthy,

Most families discover fairly quickly that there’s no single application portal for boarding school applications. Different schools use different platforms, and the system a school uses affects more than just submission of documents. It shapes how many essays you write, how recommendation letters get submitted, and how much time you actually need before the first

High schools typically treat art as an extracurricular activity and some art classes as elective. That setup works fine for most students, but for students who are artistically inclined and plan to pursue their craft on a professional level, an elective isn’t enough. What they need is an institution built around that field as its

U.S. News just released its 2026-2027 Best High Schools rankings this year, evaluating over 27,000 public high schools across all 50 states and ranking close to 18,000 of them nationally. The methodology remains largely consistent with previous years, but the results tell a more complicated story. This article covers two things: the most significant national

Summary Roommate conflicts are common in boarding school, especially when two students with different habits and personalities are sharing the same space. The key is learning how to address problems early and constructively. This article explains how to identify the source of a conflict, communicate your concerns, establish reasonable boundaries, work toward a compromise, and