Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 483522)

Independent School League (I assume). I'm surprised that one of these schools had so much more overwhelming facilities than most of the others (maybe the more urban ones, like BB&N and Roxbury Latin, don't have quite the palaces of their boarding brethren).

And, yes, unlike large colleges which compete to have the largest endowment rather than, say, spending the money on students, high schools actually seem to use their endowments for the campus. Plus, it's a lot cheaper to get a gym named after you at a prep school than in college, for all those hedge fund managers who didn't strike it quite as big as Cohen.

Originally Posted by dtb (Post 483544)

Yes, Independent School Leaue. I live in the area of the Founders Leaague, which has its share of fancy-pants places, but the facilities at Exeter were just jaw-dropping. We also went to Andover and Middlesex, whose facilities were amazing, but they just didn't strike me as OTT as Exeter's.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 483550)

This post is making me physically ill.

TM

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 483550)

This post is making me physically ill.

TM

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 483550)

This post is making me physically ill.

TM

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 483550)

This post is making me physically ill.

TM

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 483550)

This post is making me physically ill.

TM

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 483555)

Room/Board is only $47k at Exeter. That's Hank's tip at Steak n Shake.

Originally Posted by dtb (Post 483544)

Yes, Independent School Leaue. I live in the area of the Founders Leaague, which has its share of fancy-pants places, but the facilities at Exeter were just jaw-dropping. We also went to Andover and Middlesex, whose facilities were amazing, but they just didn't strike me as OTT as Exeter's.

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 483557)

I hear the apartments on 96th and Park are nice.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 483525)

My kids have done summer programs at a couple, and I've had family go to a couple more, though I went to a dump of a little school near you (but we had a zoo!).

Forget the physical plant, though. What will matter is class size. Well, that and how much cover there is near the dormitory windows.

Originally Posted by dtb (Post 483559)

The zoo is still there, as you probably know. We toured the school today. I'd rather he stay closer to home, so perhaps he'll wind up there. Or, if he doesn't get in anywhere, he'll go to the really crappy, in-danger-of-losing-its-accredidation public school.

Originally Posted by dtb (Post 483544)

Yes, Independent School Leaue. I live in the area of the Founders Leaague, which has its share of fancy-pants places, but the facilities at Exeter were just jaw-dropping. We also went to Andover and Middlesex, whose facilities were amazing, but they just didn't strike me as OTT as Exeter's.