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Campbell Hall

School rating 4 / 5 by

4533 Laurel Canyon Boulevard North Hollywood CA 91607 United States
Day
K to 12th
Gender
Coed

Academic

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Campbell Hall adequately prepared me for college. There was a range of levels available for every subject, tailoring to the needs of each student. I was adequately challenged and was able to even take special studies courses for classes that they did not offer. Class sizes were small so teachers were attentive to the needs of the students. All the teachers had office hours and were easily accessible for extra help. Most classes were a combination of lecture based and activity based, which caters across different learning types. The homework load is pretty extensive, especially for students who take mostly AP and honors classes, however once I got to college homework and classes were a breeze because I not only had less homework, but I also had great study skills.

College Counseling

Campbell Hall has a pretty decent college counseling program. For the average student the program....

Sample insights on college counseling

  • They have contacts at most of the major universities and feel perfectly comfortable picking up the phone and advocating for a student to get accepted somewhere they feel is a good fit for that student. However, these counselors are certainly not magic bullets. They cannot guarantee that a student will get into an Ivy League university...
  • For those wishing to move on to Oxford or Cambridge, the provision is second-to-none. In the months running up to application and interview, every subject faculty offers classes (often run by former Oxbridge tutors) exploring further areas of their subject as well as offering advice on personal statements, interview technique and more...

Admissions - Getting Accepted

I do not remember much about the application process, however Campbell Hall remains a competitive....

Sample insights on admissions

  • For the interview, dress conservatively. Try to be very clean and put together. Also, I was a tour guide for two years and at the end of every tour, we were asked to evaluate the candidate so if you think the tour is not apart of the process, you are very wrong. Ask questions and be interested. Also, tip for the parents: the kids speak on the tour. Do not ask their questions for them...
  • Most younger siblings have an easy time in the admissions process. I can only think of one case of a younger sibling not being admitted. About half of the students who entered with me had come from public schools. The remainder came from private K-6 schools, or had transferred from other New York private schools The Elizabeth Morrow School and St. Bernard were two of the larger feeder schools...

School Life

Overall, I had a good experience at Campbell Hall. Peers are mostly very supportive as a community, and although there always are immature students in a high school, most were respect of different beliefs and cultures. I would however say that there are some issues within the school that were difficult to deal with, although it is not necessarily an issue that the school can directly help. Although the school might very well be fiscally diverse on paper, the high amount of families at the higher end of the economic spectrum creates a very competitive environment in the school to....

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