Private School Admissions

Learn About Pomfret School From Sabrina Putnam, Associate Director of Admissions

Learn About Pomfret School From Sabrina Putnam, Associate Director of Admissions

Pomfret School in northeastern Connecticut serves 350 students in grades 9 through 12, hailing from 23 states and 20 countries. Pomfret offers a tight-knit community and supportive community. One of Pomfret’s new programs is a certificate program that allows students to design independent courses within the areas of social justice, STEM, artistic expression and design, sustainability and global citizenship and awareness.

Learn about what’s going on at Pomfret and what to know about applying through our conversation with Pomfret’s Associate Director of Admissions, Sabrina Putnam!

Introduction to Dunn School with Director of Admission, Mike McKee

Introduction to Dunn School with Director of Admission, Mike McKee

Learn more about Dunn School located in gorgeous Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County, California through our conversation with Dunn’s Director of Admission. We really like Dunn’s small school feel and ample opportunities to explore new and long-standing interests from robotics to surfing to investing and entrepreneurship. Who wants to be an earwig?! (Yup, that’s their mascot!)

Learn About Miss Hall's School with Admissions Officer, James Eberhart

Learn about Miss Hall’s School, a fantastic G 9-12 independent day and boarding girls’ school nestled in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts. Unique programs like Horizons allows young women to do anything from genetic research to an attorney to a professional sociologist all within 10 minutes of campus!

Like more and more selective independent schools, Miss Hall’s eliminated the AP curriculum a few years ago, and has replaced it with their own ‘Hallmark’ curriculum. Learn more about Miss Hall’s through our conversation with James!

Miss Porter's School 101: With Director of Admission, Sarah Quinn

Learn more about what’s new at Miss Porter’s School, located in Farmington, Connecticut. We speak with Porter’s Director of Admission, Sarah Quinn.

In this Zoomside Chat with Miss Porter’s Director of Admission, Sarah Quinn we discuss:

01:14 The location and surrounding area of Miss Porter’s

02:01 How the location of Farmington, CT impacts the student experience

02:55 The unique values and style of Miss Porter’s

04:18 A little known fact about Miss Porter’s

05:28 One of the favorite foods in the dining hall

05:53 A favorite annual school tradition

06:33 Something new and exciting happening at Miss Porter’s

07:53 A hot topic on campus this past year

08:57 Who are Porter’s faculty members and their roles in student success

10:05 Unique programs at Porter’s

10:46 How Porter’s balances academic rigor and support

11:57 An example of a student who experienced exceptional growth at Porter’s

13:32 What qualities make for a good fitting student at Porter’s

14:37 What types of information or indicators does admissions look for to help determine students

15:27 How else does admissions evaluate students; indicators that reveal more about a student’s character 16:36 Final advice for students and families embarking on the boarding school application process

在这个视频中,我们谈论了: 00:55 Miss Porter’s招生官Sarah自我介绍 01:14 Miss Porter’s的地理位置和周边环境 02:01 地理位置对学生的校园体验有何影响 02:55 对学校价值观及类型的描述 04:18 学校令人惊奇、鲜为人知的事情 05:28 餐厅最受欢迎的食物 05:53 最受欢迎的学校年度传统 06:33 学校发生的新的、令人心奋的事情 07:53 过去一年的热点话题 08:57 教职工群体,以及在学生成功中扮演的角色 10:05 提供的独特项目或机会 10:46 如何平衡学术严谨和帮助学生;如何平衡竞争与合作 11:57 在学校获得卓越成长的学生例子 13:32 有吸引力的申请者应该具备什么品质 14:37 通过什么信息或指标来确定学生是否能够满足要求 15:27 其他了解学生性格的方法 16:36 对申请寄宿学校的学生及家庭的建议