<p>Did your parents encourage the idea of attending boarding school?</p>
<p>At what age did you become in interested in boarding schools?</p>
<p>When did you start posting on this forum?</p>
<p>How did you learn about the different schools (Im especially interested in this answer if you live far away from the schools you want to attend)?</p>
<p>What kinds of electronic forums (aside from this one) are there other for prospective students? She will start in either 2012 or 2013.</p>
<p>yes, they know my school is crap.
i wanted to go since like 4th grade.
last year.
[Boarding</a> School Review - College-Prep & Jr. Boarding Schools](<a href=“http://www.boardingschoolreview.com%5DBoarding”>http://www.boardingschoolreview.com) and hearsay/area
idk</p>
<p>My parents didn’t encourage me at the beginning, BUT NOW THEY DO!!=) I learn about BS when I was in 6 grade and yeaa like rad said boarding review is a good site to learn about a skool!</p>
<p>Hi cdgni!</p>
<p>So when I first started this process, I was really set on going to a day school. As I started learning more, though, I decided that I am emotionally ready for BS and that it would be a great opportunity. My parents are still a little hesitant, but they realize this is a dream of mine and that they can’t do much to stop me :)</p>
<p>I became interested in like 3rd grade after I read the book Bloomability and after watching Zoey 101. Hahaha I know that sounds pathetic but that book/show made it seem really cool to me! Then in like 5th grade I decided it might not be for me, but now that I’m older I’m back the way I was in 3rd.</p>
<p>I started posting the summer before I started applying, so back in like August.</p>
<p>At my private school, we have a secondary schools person who helps us pick schools we want to look at. Also, Boarding School Review helped. I inquired to like 10 schools that I was interested in, toured at 7, and applied to 5.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not sure about other forums. This one has always helped me, but also I like talking to my real life friends who are also applying :)</p>
<p>no my parents did not support the idea.
i became interested around early 7th grade.
i started posting on this forum like 7th grade using another username, then though.
i learned about the different schools through mostly the internet but my mom knew a couple she wanted my to attend as a day student/</p>
<p>I thought BS was a fantastic idea since Harry Potter before I even started school… When I was 10/11/12 a lot of my friends went to boarding school and loved it… I first discovered US BS on the internet in 7th grade after I moved here, loved it but it was vetoed, change in situation allowed me to convince my parents (who still aren’t keen) to apply in Oct when I started posting here…</p>
<p>My parents supported me the whole way.
I became interested last summer. This site +bsr mainly gave me info, and like csi said, I had some rl friends applying (mostly to day schools). I was scared of boarding school up until early middle school, b/c I didn’t want to be away from family.
Lol every1 has more posts than me ftw :D</p>
<p>CCer has returned. To the OP I was reading your post on the parent thread and realised that your family is in a similar situation to mine. We move a lot. One of the main reasons I want to go to BS is 4 years of school in the same place, which for me is unheard of.</p>
<p>oh to csi=love I got really into the idea after bloomability too…haha</p>
<p>Did your parents encourage the idea of attending boarding school? Yes</p>
<p>At what age did you become in interested in boarding schools? 13</p>
<p>When did you start posting on this forum? October 2009</p>
<p>How did you learn about the different schools (I’m especially interested in this answer if you live far away from the schools you want to attend)? Friends, relatives, and research</p>
<p>What kinds of electronic forums (aside from this one) are there other for prospective students? She will start in either 2012 or 2013. IDK</p>
<p>I got interested in boarding schools when somebody told my dad about exeter last year. I didn’t know didely squat about boarding schools before I came on this website this year.</p>
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<li>my parents were towards the against, but now are neutral.</li>
<li>i started to post in october or november(?) i forgott.</li>
<li>my friend, and some research.</li>
<li>err, dont know any others.</li>
</ol>
<p>the book bloomability really kickstarted me too :)</p>
<p>Wow, I first heard of Boarding schools through Zoey 101 (which makes it look really cool), the private series (those kids were rich$$), and Boarding school review (I actually used to go on that site alot when I wanted to see how different schools were).
How has everyone heard of Bloomability?</p>