<p>Well doest it guarantee a Mercedes Benz experience in education? I guess it depends on the child and the school
for some yes for others no ! It certainly is a disciplined form of learning with supervision of faculty and dorm masters at every step of the way far removed from the hectic experience of the average high school
. The student population tends to be from priveledged backgrounds whose concept of want is generally from television adds in which children in rags or the like appear as begging props for missionary beggers. The preselection of the students results in somewhat of a rarified group favored by deep pocketed parents able to anti up the considerable freight,
Most others from the comon rabble are silently left off the scene to do as they are able in less rarefied venues! Though the process is never spoken of in this way! Well a couple of rare exceptions would be for instance day students from the area
Who may sneak iinto the line for only tuition as they live at home in the area, and yes the scholarship student who may appear from the "less fortunate family who have a student with academic potential but barren pockets. Not many of those appear though and they will be most evident by their wallmart clothes and worn out shoes! But they are too few to mention and probably feel out of place being surrounded by their classmates who appear on the scene with brooks brothers suits ,flourshine shoes, and polo emblims on their shirt? You get the picture! They never say it but their demeanor without words is a statement that they come from and expect the very best! Almost a command presence at the very least and at worst a projection of arrogance and assumption of the very best.So even if your son or daughter hails from very comon stock they will be trained like thurough bred steeds to project an air of control to all about them and their very presence is a gift of magnificence to all amoungst whom they walk, like kings or princes would as they reviewed their subjects, This can raise them high above the comon stock! A trained sence of nobility so by association they assume the grandure of their station in life.See what I am getting at?</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I should “bite” here. What a horrible thing to say. My son is at one of the most well known schools and is on FA. I can assure you that he has no holes in his shoes. He doesn’t wear clothes from Walmart, not because they are beneath us, but because they don’t fit his tall frame. I think that you have a very skewed view of boarding schools. My son feels as though he completely “fits in”, although I wasn’t sure that would be the case when we started looking. I think that he is better accepted at boarding school than he would be at some of our local private schools. There is definitely a higher percentage of kids of color at his BS. We were talking just this weekend of a friend who is from a billionaire family, but is just a regular kid to him.<br>
My son is neither arrogant nor privileged and his school teaches him that more than any,other public school. He is being taught to be a productive member of society and to serve others. That is actually part of the school motto.<br>
You clearly don’t know much about BS life. Don’t comment on things which you don’t understand!</p>
<p>I’m not sure anyone will be able to respond usefully to this post as it clearly comes from someone with absolutely no clue or experience with boarding schools. If it’s meant to bait, you won’t find many here who will rise to it as the purpose of this board is to respond respectfully to people who seek answers to real questions. There is no real question here.</p>
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<p>What I think most readers here “see” is that you have picked up a stereotype and, if you believe it, are grossly uninformed. If you would spend some time in the archives here, you will acquire a vastly different view of BS based on the reality of students and families across the economic spectrum.</p>
<p>No one here is going to try to justify their investment to a post such as this.</p>
<p>Moreover, I doubt you will get much response due to the fact that it is very unclear what your goal in posting this is unless it was to insult for the fun of it? Even so, I couldn’t even finish reading the whole post – the lack of punctuation, grammar and logical progression beat me. Sorry. </p>
<p>The OP may be referring to living in the boarding school bubble. </p>
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<p>I had not read that (or the related articles). I find those stories incredible sad… and the very reason I (and others here on CC) stress finding the “right” school as opposed to the “most well known/prestigious”. My opinion is that boarding school is a very worthwhile choice - but it is important to spend the time researching fit. The fit absolutely affects the experience.</p>
<p>I find that article sad as well but do not see how it relates in any way to the OP’s post or the boarding school bubble. The linked article describes a student’s bout with mental illness. The OP, if s/he’s making a point at all, is rambling on rather incoherently about SES stereotypes.</p>
<p>This thread is going nowhere.</p>
<p>Financial aid covers at least half of the students at Andover and Exeter, and one of these remarkable students wrote a great essay on elitism</p>
<p><a href=“Phillips Exeter Student Has a Great Answer When Asked If His Prestigious Prep School Is Elitist”>Phillips Exeter Student Has a Great Answer When Asked If His Prestigious Prep School Is Elitist;
<p>which, since the poster seems to be concerned about shoes, seems particularly appropriate.</p>
<p>The stereotype of privileged high SES kids being coddled in boarding schools went out in the 1950s or before.</p>
<p>We certainly think the cost of BS is worth it. I think both my kids “chances” for ivy admissions are significantly damaged by being in a more competive applicant pool, but ivy colleges were never the goal. I think their developmental experiences at BS will set them up for life, no matter what they pursue.</p>
<p>My D is applying as a day student to a school very close to the house. She is the one pushing this and her reasons have nothing to do with elitism or being with the right people. She is simply an extremely bright girl who has a voracious appetite for education and feels strongly that she will “finally be challenged” at that school. She has spent most of her elementary years in uniforms and does not care about brand name anything, including colleges. Her tentative list at this point includes only one ivy, and that is because it has a renowned program in her intended major. From her talks with current students, hard work, service and acceptance, seem to be the norm at this highly ranked BS. Hopefully, she will be given the chance to contribute to its community! Highly competitive is NOT a synonym for obnoxious. </p>