Hello, everyone.
Recently, my father gave me his permission to direct my future towards the gaming industry. I have to say that I'm terribly glad. However, he also gave me a condition: That I choose my high school in United States and that it should have something related to game designing or programming or graphic design. Anything along those lines.
I've already read the article about school choices here, but I think all of them are universities, or in any case, not high schools. What's more, my high school has to have boarding, because my family will not be moving there, yet.
I am going there next year, because I'm currently going to start my 9th year on August, which means I'll be in 10th.
If I have to say so, I'm leaning more towards graphic design than programming.

So, if someone could provide a bit of help and tell me there IS a boarding school that just happens to have a program in graphic design or programming and direct me to it, I'd be eternally grateful.

Thank you.

Wow, I'm sorry, I do not know of any boarding schools where I reside. But I have
to admire your courage and passion. If I hear something about it, then I'll more
than gladly post here about it.

Cool, great news for you. If you haven't found a boarding school yet, you might want to check this one out. A friend went there and really liked it. It also has computer graphics and computer programing courses.

The Phelps School

Hope you have good luck.

Quote: Original post by Soraedo
So, if someone could provide a bit of help and tell me there IS a boarding school that just happens to have a program in graphic design or programming and direct me to it, I'd be eternally grateful.

Keep in mind that while some high schools will offer courses in game development-related areas, high schools in the US do not tend to specialize in the way that high schools in Europe/etc. do. In an American high school, one typically takes a general curriculum right through, and the real specialisation doesn't begin till University.

Thanks for your help.
@chapazini
Unfortunately, I'm a girl and it seems that that school is an all-boys boarding school.

@Concentrate
I'm pretty aware of that, but I know there are some schools that offer courses or extra programs for graphic design/programming. I'm the type that needs a teacher to learn and understand, and I want to actually know the basics before going to University.

Moved to Breaking In.

Being a New England boarding school graduate myself here's an incomplete list of the best ones (in order of what I consider best):
Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Academy (Andover), Choate, Lawrenceville, Deerfield Academy, Taft

However, there is _nothing_ specific to game development taught in high school (nor should there be) Highschool is WAY too early to start focusing on one specific career; you almost certainly don't know enough yet to start specializing. They all have kickass art and computer science programs. They are very hard to get in to and you will pay $$ for it (average yearly tuition is around $30,000+). But their teachers, resources and course selection are amazing and rival a lot of colleges.

Also, don't go if you don't want to work your ass off :)

-me

Sorry for the late reply.

I've been searching for good overall boarding schools and precisely those Palidine mentioned popped up. True, Hotchkiss, Cate School, and St. Paul's School aren't there, but the rest are in my list.
Choate is my first-choice school because the art program appealed to me. I haven't been researching much into the other ones, or rather I've been looking only for the essentials.
I've read many reviews, asked questions to alumnis and current students, and made up my list of schools I'm considering which is:
- Choate Rosemary Hall (Excellent Art and Academic Courses. Perfect past history and positive reviews.)
- Phillips Exeter Academy (Excellent Art and Academic Courses.)
- Phillips Andover Academy (Excellent Art and Academic Courses.)
- The Hotchkiss School (Excellent Art and Academic Courses. Friendly Community)
- Deerfield Academy (Excellent Art and Academic Courses.)
- St. Paul's School (Excellent Art and Academic Courses. Huge Campus)
- Taft Academics (Excellent Art and Academic Courses.)
- Cate School (Excellent Art and Academic Courses. Has a link with a country I'm anxious to study about.)

They are listed in no particular order. I have to narrow down the list and look for a "safe school", a term I found and adopted from another forum. If anyone could kindly post their opinions about these schools and/or refer me to a good school but not as demanding as any of these ones, I'd be eternally grateful.

I'm not acquainted with the course system since in the school I'm currently attending we are not asked to choose additional courses or arrange our schedule. I think I've got the general idea, but I may be wrong, so just to be on the safe side, I'd be glad for any explanation any of you may offer about this course system.

Apply to all, go to the one you get in to. They are not easy to get in to. Similarly competitive to Ivy League colleges these days.

I'd personally put them in this order but your mileage may vary. Best way to know is to visit, just like college choosing:

Phillips Exeter Academy (I went here)
Choate Rosemary Hall (sister went here)
Phillips Andover Academy (basically same as Exeter)
Taft Academics
Deerfield Academy
The Hotchkiss School

I'm not familiar with these two:
St. Paul's School
Cate School

Academically they're all amazing. Better than a lot of colleges in terms of resources. Way better than a lot of colleges in terms of teacher quality. They're also amazing in terms of networking connections later in life.

Socially, they can be extremely difficult. High school in the US is never easy but at the east coast boarding schools you get a lot of the worst of the worst elitism and high school clique terribleness. Rich white socialites can make life terrible and it's made worse because you live there so there is no escape.

This is why it's important to visit (something you'll probably need to do anyway for your interview). If you go there and the people scare you, I wouldn't really recommend going. Don't mean to scare you off since it's a great opportunity, but descriptions of social doom are certainly a recurrent theme amongst those who go to east coast boarding schools.

-me

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I have to narrow down the list

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