A prep school student: Ask me any question!

<p>Like I already stated in my first post,
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There are always several perspectives and different opinions on questions you may have(remember my experience is that of only one student at one boarding school)

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words of GoBigRed12 have just as much credibility as mine. It's good to ask around and take in different perspectives. </p>

<p>To add on to what I said in reply to Peeve's question, I believe the whole judgmentality/cliquiness is more prominent at smaller school than bigger schools. My friends at Exeter and Andover had much fewer issues with those things I mentioned above than my friends at Groton and I did. It makes a lot of sense that it would be easier to find your own niche at a bigger environment whereas choices could be limited at smaller atmosphere. </p>

<p>Also, my answer was based on schools that tend to be more waspy and conservative... the good ones.</p>

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From your post I got the feeling that people really judge you based on the price of your clothing and other things. To me at BS I feel as if the wealthy don't go around and talk about how rich they are and where they vacation.

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<p>Sorry! I didn't mean to make it sound like people go around belligerently talking about money all the time at BS. They would rather do this quietly in the back. What I meant to say is that they tend to judge whether you are one of "them," i.e. the preppy, waspy, mayflower, country club people. Even if you are incredibly wealthy, new money doesn't make you one of them. I'm sorry that I'm beginning to sound even more ridiculous/shallow the more I discuss this issue. These are not my personal opinions; I'm just trying to convey the typical perceptions of boarding school kids whom I have encountered from my experience. Again, not everyone is like this. Just the general population. I've met a tonnnn of people who are none of these stereotypes and still did super well at boarding schools.</p>

<p>prephelp: Um... I don't know how to rephrase this, but how do you receive magazines at boarding school? For example, National Geographic, Vogue, Reader's Digest, etc...</p>

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how do you receive magazines at boarding school? For example, National Geographic, Vogue, Reader's Digest, etc...

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<p>OK, got it this time :)
You know when you subscribe to magazines, you give them your addresses? Give them your name and SCHOOL ADDRESS, and you will get them in your school mailbox! Same way goes for any packages or letters. At some other schools, the delivery may have to be addressed to your dorm.</p>

<p>What about during the summer/vacations? Can you still receive mail at your school mailbox?</p>

<p>1.) Generally is their a difference from the jocks kids/rich preppy kids</p>

<p>2.) Do all the guys walk around with popped collars and polo shirts ALL the time..cuz thats just gay</p>

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What about during the summer/vacations? Can you still receive mail at your school mailbox?

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<p>For summer, NO.
I've lost countless things doing that. Don't do it!
For shorter breaks such as Thanksgiving and Winter, although the staff may not always be there at school, you will get them eventually when you return to school.</p>

<p>Hi PrepHelp - nice thread-</p>

<p>Did you know any boys that went to Junior Boarding Schools? If so, can you provide any input on how they (JBS) were regarded? And did you know enough to speak to the personality of different JBS?</p>

<p>Middlesex is an awesome school! Glad you had such a great experience and are so open about it - including all the 'blemishes.'</p>

<p>thank god theres people like you haha. just a quick few questions about acceptence and rejection... (im applying to exeter and andover, so things may differ) ... do you get an email or real mail on exactly march 10th... if an email around what time? and i saw that some schools actually giv you a password and you go on their website and it lists who made it.</p>

<p>PrepHelp- could you comment on day students at Middlesex? How well were they intergrated, what special challenges / advantages do you see them having?</p>

<p>Yeah!</p>

<p>I should fit in just fine. My sport is LAX. I hope to play JV. I vacation at my summer home in Nantucket. I wear polo shirts and J Crew. I don't pop my collar though...</p>

<p>This fits your description of BS kids well.</p>

<p>sorry benev- no popped collar no fat envelope- it was in the small type at the end of the application... :)</p>

<p>I have to point out, that the style trends in New England do not apply to Boarding Schools everywhere else. (By the way, there are boarding schools outside New England.)</p>

<p>Benevolent, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.</p>

<p>haha yeh, just because i like vacationing in Nantucket, doesnt mean i'm guranteed much. Money helps, but alot of kids are smart without parents money.</p>

<p>LOL PA-C :)</p>

<p>Oh, I wasn't being sarcastic. I'm really nervous about fitting in. I'm more or less the stereotypical BS kid. I think I'll fit in well, assuming I can get a "fat envelope"
;)</p>

<p>I'm kind of disappointed in you guys, all this worrying about fitting in.
I always thought that kids wanted to go to BS to become independent individuals and find self confidence within themselves to do things that they have never done before, or maybe that's just me.</p>

<p>im going to BS to play a higher level of hockey and get a good education so i can use my natural inteligence to get into a great college and go from there. i have already gained great knowledge of how to live on my own and dorm experience, i almost never go home over the summer because im always doing tournaments and camps out in canada and california. i travel about 15,000 miles on a plane a year traveling to games and 8 hours in a car every week driving to games and practice, so the responsibility aspect and knowing how to spend my time is just another trait im looking to expand, not learn. i also wanna meet new people who are going to be very succesful when theyt are older and i have never been challenged enough at my school and there are only 2 kids in my school that i can hold an intellectual conversation with. its about getting away from this "normal" life.</p>

<p>can you party on the weekends? you talked about getting caught with drugs, but how much to people actually drink and smoke on campus?</p>

<p>yeh, whats sunday like?</p>