"My favorite part of Midland is the community. The people here are amazing, from teachers to students, everyone is here because they want to be and it really shows through the support the community gives each individual." ~Bryan Puha `09
Are you motivated? Independent? A hard worker? Unafraid of challenges? If you can say yes to more than two of these questions, then boarding school might be the ideal place for you. Boarding schools are places for high-achieving, friendly, and good-natured young people. Truly the jewels of America's educational system, a boarding education offers responsible and mature young people the chance to fully integrate into a new community, put their skills to work on a daily basis, and work with caring and competent adults.
Colleges place a high value on the boarding experience, because they know that a student from a boarding school already knows how to manage their own time, work effectively with a range of adults, and take care of their living needs. Perhaps most importantly, college preparatory boarding schools, like Midland School, prepare students academically for the challenges and rigor of the country's top colleges and universities.
Please peruse the recent study done by The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), which offers some interesting statistics about people who've attended boarding school versus those who attended a public or private day school. For instance, 91% of boarding students polled say that their school was academically challenging (versus 50% and 70% for the others, respectively). Boarding schools are great places for great kids who come from great families.