Why Salisbury?
	What are the advantages of a boys' school education? Certainly a large part of Salisbury's remarkable admissions success is attributable to being a boys school. What was once viewed as an outdated education model is now being promoted nationally. We, the Salisbury faculty, know and understand young men, and celebrate what it means to be a boy. A young man at Salisbury will feel camaraderie and kinship, and will appreciate the high quality academic program, the nurturing environment, leadership opportunities, and the healthy social environment that is short on pretense and posturing. Salisbury can greatly impact a young man's academic, social, and co-curricular lives because we focus on a single gender. Renowned educators and psychologists have published volumes as advocates for single-gender classrooms. An all-boys classroom is one with less distraction where the teacher is able to foster confidence and promote growth. Open discussions result where boys challenge themselves and each other. Boys become confident to be risk takers in the arts as well as the sciences.   Why Salisbury? What distinguishes Salisbury from other schools? Size: 285 boarders (93%), 20 day students!We are a school for boys focused on teaching young men!A fantastic student:teacher ratio and strong student/teacher relationships!First rate academic facilities!New Athletic Center!A broad, challenging curriculum with a supportive philosophy!Really nice dormitories!Great food selection in the dining hall and the student center!Dynamic and fun-filled weekends! What academic support is available? Through individual testing all incoming Salisbury students are evaluated prior to academic placement. Students are assigned a specific tutor at the Rudd Learning Center to help them throughout the year. Individual plans are mapped and the student and tutor meet two times a week to ensure that academic goals are met. Tutors help boys develop general study skills along with specific help on a subject-by-subject basis. Each boy develops the skills necessary for the less structured college environment.Students have study hall from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. six days a week. Additionally, the school day includes meeting blocks during the day designed for student-teacher conferences. With most of the faculty living on campus, frequently in dormitories, teachers are present for students most evenings. Students are assigned an advisor who is available to the student as a resource and to the parents as a liaison. Can students go home on weekends? Students are allowed to go home most weekends after their last commitment on Saturday, be it classes and/or a game. They must return for study hours at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday evening. There are designated Mondays off during the school year, at least one per term. What is it like living in a dormitory? Your dormitory is your immediate family at Salisbury. Students come from all over the United States as well as the world. Each dorm has both dorm parents and student prefects to guide day-to-day life. Your group and the way you learn to live and work together are a big part of the Salisbury experience. Dorm rooms are singles or doubles and each room has Internet access and a phone line.back  What do students do on the weekends? Lots! There is a student/faculty entertainment committee that plans weekend activities. Our student activity director takes great pride in providing a number of options each Saturday night and Sunday. Some boys will not apply to a boys school for fear that they will not have a social life, but this is not the case at Salisbury. Over 90% of our boys are boarders, so we have the charge of providing numerous fun and healthy choices. Dances with a variety of girls and coed school are a mainstay on Saturday nights. Special events on and off campus, where our boys see girls, are always on the calendar too. Also, a student can take a hike, workout, use the library, and work on an art or music project. We plan mall trips, movie runs, paint ball games, ski trips, and outings to professional and college games.   What kind of boys do we look for? We look for students with academic skills that are well matched to our rigorous college preparatory curriculum. There isn't one particular thing that we look at but rather an entire profile. A boy's overall profile should indicate that he can succeed at Salisbury and that he will contribute to life here academically, athletically and socially. We want students who will challenge themselves and try new things. We have boys from 25 different states, 21 foreign countries and from a cross-section of socio-economic backgrounds. Diversity is important in our mission too.  back What happens during the campus visit? You will be greeted enthusiastically upon your arrival. We view the campus visit as the most important aspect of the admissions process! You will first have a campus tour with a Salisbury student. After getting many of your questions answered by an informative student tour guide, you will interview with one of four admissions officers. At this point you should be ready to ask questions and talk about your interests. Remember, our goal is to make you feel comfortable and to make your visit a good one. Have fun!