经常有朋友请我为他们的孩子去国外读书挑选学校,可是,每个孩子的情况都不一样,适合A的学校并不一定适合B。但朋友们总是要我这个所谓的“教育专家”给个硬指标。手上这个“美国录取率最低的204所学校”的名单,可能能帮一些朋友的忙。这204所学校,主要是中学,至于是否招收小学生,请从它们的Grade(年级)中寻找。Boarding School 说的是“寄宿性”,School Type指得是单一性别(男校、女校)还是男女混合学校(Co-edu),Acceptence Rate指得是录取率,越低竞争也就越激烈,一般来说也就越好。
其中前二十多位的学校,许多都在美国的新英格兰地区,他们历史上是专为WASP(White-Anglo-Saxon Protestant,白种的盎格鲁撒克逊清教徒)的孩子考常春藤大学而设的。
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School (学校名) |
School Type(学校类型) |
Grades* (招收年级,美国的9年级相当与中国的初三,依此类推) |
Acceptance Rate (录取率) | ||
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1.-11. The Bolles School |
Co-Ed |
7-12, PG |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. Deerfield Academy |
Co-Ed |
9-12, PG |
<25% | ||
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All-Boys |
9-12 |
<25% | |||
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1.-11. The Hockaday School |
All-Girls |
8-12 |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. Hotchkiss School |
Co-Ed |
9-12, PG |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. Milton Academy |
Co-Ed |
9-12 |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. The Peddie School |
Co-Ed |
9-12, PG |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. Phillips Academy Andover |
Co-Ed |
9-12, PG |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. Phillips Exeter Academy |
Co-Ed |
9-12, PG |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. St. Paul's School |
Co-Ed |
9-12 |
<25% | ||
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1.-11. Thacher School |
Co-Ed |
9-12 |
<25% | ||
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12.-16. Cate School |
Co-Ed |
9-12 |
25%-30% | ||
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12.-16. Choate Rosemary Hall |
Co-Ed |
9-12, PG |
25%-30% | ||
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12.-16. Groton School |
Co-Ed |
8-12 |
25%-30% | ||
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12.-16. Lawrenceville School |
Co-Ed |
9-12, PG |
25%-30% | ||
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12.-16. Middlesex School |
Co-Ed |
9-12 |
25%-30% | ||
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17.-21. Concord Academy |
Co-Ed |
9-12 |
30%-35% | ||
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