High Schools you would have liked to have gone to

[cashmoney]

My highschool was really big as well as expensive to attend. However, if I had to pick one to attend now that I look back...had I lived in Jacksonville instead of Palm Beach, I would have picked Bolles. One of my best friends went there and I believe its either the most expensive or 2nd most expensive college prep school to attend in Florida (Might be behind the one in Miami that Bush's children went to)

Here it is:

http://privateschool.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=privateschool&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bolles.org%2F (Notice the NFL activities, this school recruits football players)



If you could pick, which one (if any) would you have attended?


*ETA* Check out the upper school campus here

[AOIIsilver]

Andover (http://www.andover.edu/) orEton (http://www.etoncollege.com/default.asp). This is, of course, a dream list as I am not a male.
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[cashmoney]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
Andover or Eton
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Have a link?

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
Andover (http://www.andover.edu/) orEton (http://www.etoncollege.com/default.asp). This is, of course, a dream list as I am not a male.
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Well, Andover's co-ed now, so if you were to somehow become 14 years old again, you could go.

I would have wanted to go to a co-ed boarding school myself...

Trinity College School (all guys until the early 90s and formerly my alma mater's "official" brother school (everyone seems to think my high school's brother school is UCC, but it isn't, really) www.tcs.on.ca

or Ridley College www.ridley.on.ca. Ridley was the first of the "Little Big Four" schools to go co-ed (Trinity is the other co-ed one). St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario and Upper Canada College (UCC) are still guys only and will unlikely go co-ed.

If I had my OAC (senior) year to do over, I would have like to go here:

Neuchatel Junior College http://tindalos.njc.ch/school/ This school only offers courses for one's final year of high school. You live with a host family and absorb European culture while studying an Ontario curriculum. I know a couple of people who went there, and they came back a little more "sophisticated"

Edited to add names of schools and a little about them

[AOIIBrandi]

I had my choice of schools in Jacksonville. I am not really an athlete, so I went to the other school that rivals Bolles in education - Episcopal (http://www.episcopalhigh.org).

If I had had my choice of anything a nice Swiss boarding school would have been good. Otherwise the National Cathedral school for girls, or as long as we're dreaming Andover or Eton.

[Senusret I]

The Sidwell Friends School (http://www.sidwell.edu/)

And Degrassi High. :)

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
I had my choice of schools in Jacksonville. I am not really an athlete, so I went to the other school that rivals Bolles in education - Episcopal (http://www.episcopalhigh.org).

If I had had my choice of anything a nice Swiss boarding school would have been good. Otherwise the National Cathedral school for girls, or as long as we're dreaming Andover or Eton.


What year did u grad? And how good does Bishop Kenny compare to Episcopal?

[AOIIBrandi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
What year did u grad? And how good does Bishop Kenny compare to Episcopal?

94. I don't know a lot about BK, but it is pretty much accepted that Bolles, Episcopal and BK are the top 3. BK coming in 3rd. I think that at that point it just comes down to what's more important. Athletics, Academics, or Religion. Not to say any of them give less of an education they just have different focuses.

ETA: I was just thinking how funny it is. Bolles' colors are Orange and Blue and Episcopal's are Garnett and Gold. hmmmm......

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
94. I don't know a lot about BK, but it is pretty much accepted that Bolles, Episcopal and BK are the top 3. BK coming in 3rd. I think that at that point it just comes down to what's more important. Athletics, Academics, or Religion. Not to say any of them give less of an education they just have different focuses.

ETA: I was just thinking how funny it is. Bolles' colors are Orange and Blue and Episcopal's are Garnett and Gold. hmmmm......

lol...did u go to FSU? I stuck with my HS colors and went to UF. U should have seen my face once I found out that Pike's colors are like FSU's colors. :p

[KillarneyRose]

I think it would have been pretty cool to go to Shady Side Academy (http://www.shadysideacademy.org) like my younger sister did. However, I probably wasn't smart enough to get in and I was DEFINITELY too lazy to work hard enough to get good grades there.

Not to mention the tuition -- oy! My sister was on full scholarship (no way could my family afford that place), but the tuition back then was around 15K a year. I noticed that the website doesn't even post the tuition now; I guess they adhere to the old saying, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

Pity though, the boys that went there were really cute :D

[DGqueen17]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
I think it would have been pretty cool to go to Shady Side Academy (http://www.shadysideacademy.org) like my younger sister did. However, I probably wasn't smart enough to get in and I was DEFINITELY too lazy to work hard enough to get good grades there.

Not to mention the tuition -- oy! My sister was on full scholarship (no way could my family afford that place), but the tuition back then was around 15K a year. I noticed that the website doesn't even post the tuition now; I guess they adhere to the old saying, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

Pity though, the boys that went there were really cute :D

My dad wanted to send me there. Luckily my mom is really cheap and convinced my dad that I would be fine in a public school. So NMHS woohoo!

Before my brother could get into the Naval Academy he had to go to Kiski Prep. I loved visiting him there, such hot boys;)

[Rudey]

I'm not married. I don't have kids. But I feel intense pressure to get ready for pre-school applications. I don't want my kids slumming it at a public school. Next to you know they'll go to a state school and work for the government. No...no....no. My children will have the luxury of money. They will grow to cause trouble and sneak away at night from their dorms at the age of 15 to spend my money on cocaine and cheap girls.

-Rudey
--My girls from Deerfield and the Philips schools were the biggest whores I knew and the ones who went to those Friends school were too busy for school because oh yeah they were tripping on shrooms

[Senusret I]

Originally posted by Rudey
....the ones who went to those Friends school were too busy for school because oh yeah they were tripping on shrooms

Why do you think I wanted to go? :(

[Unregistered-]

The Kamehameha Schools (http://www.ksbe.edu) -- probably *THE* richest school in the entire United States. The school was created by the endowment received from Kamehameha I's great-grandaughter (Bernice Pauahi Bishop) upon her death.

Admission is cutthroat and selective, but one must be part Hawaiian in order to attend Kamehameha.

Since the creation of the school, the Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate has evolved into an empire, with real estate holdings all over the world worth billions. The majority of their $$$, of course, goes to the school.

Imua Kamehameha!

[lifesaver]

There are two here in Texas that I woudl have liked to attend.

The first is Texas Millitary Institute. Its a Eposcipal in nature and is pretty impressive. General Douglass McArthur is a grad. I dont knwo if I could have done the boarding tho. Family would have never gone for that. See Texas Military Institute (http://www.tmi-sa.org)

Also St. Marys Hall in SA is considered the 'Lucky Sperm Club' cause its where ya go if you have $$ and are catholic. I am not catholic, but it woudl have been cool to go there. See St. Mary's Hall (http://www.smhall.org)

I knwo a lot of people who went to Marine Millitary Academy in Harlengen, TX. Thats some scary stuff. You knwo they take their stuff seriously when their address is 320 Iwo Jima Drive lol. Its where you went in Texas after you had gotten arrested 3 or 4 times and your parents had $, but were tired of dealing with you. Its run by former Marine Drill instructors. I couldnt handle that today, much less in HS. Plus, from what I hear, the kids there were still all wild and shit, they just got yelled at a lot more. See MMA (http://www.mma-tx.org/)

[AOIIBrandi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
lol...did u go to FSU? I stuck with my HS colors and went to UF. U should have seen my face once I found out that Pike's colors are like FSU's colors. :p

LOL, no I didn't go to FSU (got accepted), but decided to go to Georgia Southern for other reasons (not for a guy).

[valkyrie]

I wish I went to Roberto Clemente in Chicago. Then I'd have more street cred. :(

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I wish that I went to West Beverly with Dylan, Brandon, and the rest of the 90210 crew. *drool* Dylan and Brandon *drool*

I went to a nice private school. It was fine.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by Senusret I


And Degrassi High. :)

TOTALLY!

Haha.

In high school I really wanted to go to Interlochen Academy in Michigan, but my parents told me I could either choose for them to cover boarding school tuition or college tuition, my pick . . . LOL. In retrospect I'm really glad I was in public school, though.

[lifesaver]

My sister and brother-in-law will be sending my nephew to Strake Jesuit in Houston for High School. I dont remember the name of the primary school they are sending him to, but I have heard that Strake is a great school. See Strake Jesuit Here. (http://www.strakejesuit.org)

[CutiePie2000]

This is where I went: Brentwood College School (http://www.brentwood.bc.ca/?js=1), co-ed boarding school.

And of course, back in the day, I wanted to go to Bayside, with Zach, Kelly, Jessie, Slater and Lisa Turtle (but no Screech). :)

[axidhawkeye]

i would still stick with the public high school i went to...:D

[AOIIsilver]

I don't have kids. But I feel intense pressure to get ready for pre-school applications.
Co-sign.
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[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally posted by Rudey
I don't want my kids slumming it at a public school. Next to you know they'll go to a state school and work for the government. No...no....no.

Rudey!:(
I went to public school...then a state school....and gasp! I now work for the government! How can I get future hypothetical children out of this horrible prophesy!!??


I actually always wanted to go to a British Boarding school. None in particular, just a British boarding school. In reality, I found out about the Marine Academy of Science (commonly called MAST) and Technology my junior year of high school, or else I would have LOVED to go to that school.
M.A.S.T (http://www.mast.mcvsd.org/)

[MattUMASSD]

Originally posted by Senusret I
The Sidwell Friends School (http://www.sidwell.edu/)

And Degrassi High. :)


I almost went to Sidwell but instead went to Wilson


Go Mighty Mighty Tigers!

[DigitalAngel126]

[i]I really wanted to go to Interlochen Academy in Michigan [/B]

Ditto that!

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD



I actually always wanted to go to a British Boarding school.


Like Hogwarts?

[valkyrie]

If everyone went to some ritzy private school, would they be less stupid now?

[MoonStar17]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
Like Hogwarts?


Oooohhh!!! I want to go there!!!

sadly, i am still awaiting my owl :(

lol ;)

[Glitter650]

I wanted to go here Castilleja (http://www.castilleja.org/) I pass it when I go home and still drool the campus is SOOOO beautiful.


Alas it is super expensive. My (public) high school really good though ( From my class we sent 6 people to Stanford, 8 to Berkely, 2 to harvard, 1 to Princeton, 1 to yale.. the list goes on. I'm a firm believer you can get a good education (pretty) much anywhere if you apply yourself.

I too wanted to attend Interlochen, sadly when I was 14, MI was WAAYY to far for my parents to consider sending me.

[AGDee]

Back in the day, I wanted to go to Cranbrook/Kingswood (http://schools.cranbrook.edu/default.asp?bhcp=1) but, I'm so glad now that I didn't! The education I got in my public high school was great.

Dee

[Sister Havana]

I went to a summer journalism seminar at American University the summer before my senior year of high school and my roommate went to Andover. She was really nice, actually, and we kept in touch for a little while after that summer. :)

I liked my public high school, but I always thought going to an Eastern boarding school would be interesting. Closer to home, I would have liked to go to New Trier. (my cousin went there.) It's frequently mentioned as the best high school in the state and they have all sorts of interesting programs and activities that we didn't have at my school. Plus look at their website (http://nths.newtrier.k12.il.us/winnetka/default.htm)...it looks more like a college website than a high school site!

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
Like Hogwarts?

Exaculty!!!!
I want to go to Hogwarts!!!