<p>cubfan- remember i moved to the suburbs so i had to leave the college prep in the city. at my present school, i'd say i can picture about 5 students thriving at milton. at the college prep, probably the upper 50% is of milton's caliber.</p>
<p>gian, I apparently missed some vital info. Did you leave Milton? If so, why?</p>
<p>How long does it take for you to get your acceptance/rejection letter if you live on the east coast? They say they mail them on the 10th so I'm assuming I'll get them in 2-4 mailing days? Is that a good estimate? Please correct anything that I said that may be false.</p>
<p>Yes that's a good estimate (unless you live in Florida, for which it may be a day or two longer)...</p>
<p>Esa, we live in Texas, and it took anywhere from 3 to 5 days to get the FAT envelope.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply.</p>
<p>prepparent- i was disappointed in the world in general and i thought milton would be some kind of a utopia where i can escape and feel accepted. my expectation was fulfilled to some extent...milton, after all, was a scientifically engineered community comprised of people who genuinely cared about each other and possessed some trait that made him or her special in his or her own way. however, i thought long and hard about my decision and even consulted this board for advice. i decided, after many months, to leave milton because i felt like i was either too different from my peers to live comfortably with them or i didn't deserve to be there. i had to accept certain realities that i hoped wouldn't exist in boarding school, and i didn't have the power to change them. i certainly wasn't going to change myself just to fit in (not that my peers were narrow-minded or anything), although i did experience some sort of an identity crisis. therefore, i thought that going to boarding school wasn't worth it because i'd rather be at home and faced with the same problem. i was abnormal in many ways. i was too ambitious, too afraid to let my guard down, and too different from anyone else to form any sort of a close bond. i was friends with everyone, but i just couldn't relate on a deeper level. in fact, i am confident that there was no one else like myself in the entire school when i was there. of course, many will think that the same problem could arise in college and that i should have simply dealt with it earlier. it will be different because i will have grown by then, and hopefully, my expectations of the world will also be more grounded in reality. </p>
<p>milton- and boarding school in general- was an incredible experience, but i wasn't made to thrive in it for long. i can't really say now if i made the right choice or not...i can only say that i THINK i made the right choice. ten years will pass before i can finally confirm my decision.</p>
<p>Is anyone here going to prep school just to go to Harvard, Yale, etc.? 2 out of the 3 of my interviewers said that was the only reason they went, but found it to be much more.</p>
<p>gian, I'm not sure what you mean by your response, however, you are deserving. Maybe Milton was not right for you. My D absolutely love's her prep school. Good luck with your future endeavors. Howzit going now for you?</p>
<p>esa, if people are choosing to go to prep school for H and Y, they may be disapointed.</p>
<p>I feel confident that prep school will definitely keep me out of those schools but I think it is worth the possible trade. Odds are low of going to hyp anyway and to go to a prep where it is impossible to truly stand out makes the odds even longer. BUT, what if you decided to stay at your local school and then you don't get in either, look at the experience you would have passed up. my opinion anyway. my friends don't believe me but it is what i think.</p>
<p>Gian: On page 2 of this thread ( Nov. 26) I had occasion to respond to Cubfan about the reasons you possibly might have had for leaving Milton. I still think you should throw in an application to the U of Chicago.</p>
<p>No matter what college/ uni you end up at, going to a prep school will put you way ahead of the curve at coll/uni. I believe much is expected of the prep app. by the elite coll/uni adcoms.</p>
<p>Gian, the way you have so eloquently and honestly described your experience at Milton is very impressive. I know few adults with your ability to self-analyze and self-critique. I am impressed with your honesty and think that college essays around this topic would get you in anywhere you would want to go. You show a desire to have a deep insight into yourself and your motivations - which many people NEVER demonstrate.</p>
<p>It was VERY brave of you to admit that you needed to change your course in life and that is very impressive as well. Most people stick with a bad choice to justify it and to save face.</p>
<p>Bravo. I'm impressed. Thanks for sharing and apply to UChicago. They would admire your candor.</p>
<p>thanks for your words of encouragement, paleozoic, prepparent, and regis. they mean a lot to me =)</p>
<p>Thanks. That really means a lot to me. Wow, Gian, I find it simply amazing that you have such maturity and self-confidence to admit that about yourself.</p>
<p>Good luck with life, and I hope that you go to college wherever you want to.</p>
<p>No I'm not going to prep school just to go to HYP, I was just asking if anyone was. I think if your in the top 25% of these school your in a top 15 school. If your in the top 10% you are really competive (not to overlook EC's, standoutness :), essays, interviews, SATs).</p>
<p>hey the January 15 deadline for some prep schools just passed...did everybody send in their applications on time? if you didn't, i'm pretty sure that if you send everything on time but one part of the application (and this you send only a few days late) your application wont be counted as late and one that would receive a may response
can somebody correct me if i'm wrong?</p>
<p>has anybody recieved a confirmation that any school has all your stuff? please list school and when the app was sent in. thanks</p>
<p>I got one from Exeter, sent it in on January 3.</p>