Category Archives: Application tips
Top 9 Boarding School Interview Tips!
The majority of private schools require an on-campus admission interview. The admission officers at each school want to meet each candidate and family personally. It is the chance for school and prospective family and student to get to know each … Continue reading
The Quick Scoop on Western Boarding Schools
We’re pleased to announce the start of the Quick Scoop on Western Boarding Schools. The idea behind The Quick Scoop is to give an admission officer from each WBSA school the opportunity to provide a quick picture and touch on … Continue reading
10 Tips to Building a Boarding School Admission Plan
A piece of advice: build a boarding school admission application plan no matter your application timing or timetable. Schedule everything. No matter when you arrive to the prep school application process- during the traditional fall-winter admission season, or, later in … Continue reading
The Financial Aid Process: Getting Started
This post is a very brief introduction to thinking about financial aid. It only touches on the topics that we’ve written about over the years. Financial aid is a detail oriented process. But, like anything, one can ‘wrap one’s head … Continue reading
Visiting Campus: The Boarding School Tour
The focus and purpose of a family’s campus visit have changed dramatically over the past decade. With internet based research, the campus tour has become less about seeing the physical plant and more about learning the school’s culture and ethos. Families … Continue reading
Making Your Dorm Room Home
Here’s a fun take on making your dorm room into home from Brentwood College School. The tone is spot on in terms walking into a blank room having to negotiate the decorating process with your roommate(s). While the fridge was … Continue reading
More Than College Admission: Building A ‘Webb’ of Relationships
For his final blog entry of the year, Hector Martinez director of college guidance, The Webb Schools (Claremont, CA), penned a reflection for Webblogs sharing insight into some of the great parts of his job as a college guidance counselor. … Continue reading
Spring and Summer Boarding School Applications: It’s All About Process
In an earlier post we explored the traditional financial aid deadline. We understand that that not every family reaches their decision to apply to boarding school on an ideal admission timeline. Many families arrive at their decision to explore boarding … Continue reading
