<p>My friends are I guess kinda supportive, but they don't want me to go. My mom is the same way. She supports me but doesn't want me to go. My teachers were so wierd. I tried to give teh recs. to them, and 1 asked me if I wanted to do this or my parents were sending me ( reassured her I was all for it)then she took FOREVER filling it out. They didn't get the recommendation till like Feb. 5th ( final due date Feb. 10th, I got all my other stuff in by like mid Dec.) another told me he thought it was too much like college and he wouldn't go, I wanted to be like well your not me. it was wierd. </p>
<p>I feel bad for people who tell parents who have their kids at bs that they shoudln't have had kids if they were gonna send them away and all this other stuff. They don't understand that sometimes the kid wants to go. Or that this is what's best for the kid, so they wll let them go to help them in the future. Not becuase they don't love thier kids.</p>
<p>oh i know! its so not fair. my teacher thought that too when i asked her to fill out a rec.
Were like, friends..ahah its weird but shes like, is your mom making you?
and alot of other kids have thought that, sooo some ppl think i just come from a big wasp family who had me to send me to BS, not to grow up.
which isnt true.
its a pain</p>
<p>i completely agree. so many kids were like "do you even want to? or is this your parents doing?" and one of my teachers asked me if it was my parents, too. and im like "NO, it was my idea, i found the schools, it's all me!" hahah. but idk. they dont see the whole boarding school idea as a good thing for the future- they see it as being elitist or thinking we're too good for our current school or something.</p>
<p>one of my teachers actually didn't even send my recommendations until much after the jan 15 due date, as well. i reminded her about 5 times, i think, to get those sent. blaaah.</p>
<p>ugh its a drag, and the thing is 90% of the kids wouldnt do the application anyway, am i right? yeah.
but i know what you mean, they need to get over themselves</p>
<p>wait, leapindoughnuts, your mom doesn't want you to go to boarding school, but she's cool with all 3 of you (triplets) applying to boarding school?</p>
<p>i haven't told all my friends, i mean, i don't what to have to tell everyone i didn't get in! i've told like my three best friends, and they've been pretty awesome about it, we don't really talk about it that much tho.</p>
<p>Usually the reaction i get to the news of me going off to boarding school (if accepted) is "omg what DID you DO?" but that was only the beginning. The popular kids who i am semi-friends with but used to be best friends with are just really jealous. The majority of the people are SOOO supportive though (students, teachers just dont mention it). they help me count down the days and ensure me that I'll get in.</p>
<p>My parents and teachers have been soooooo supportive. I mean my mom cries every once in a while but she always tells me she will do anything to help me do this. :) I have only told 3 friends and two of them don't really care, but the other one was sad but supportive. I'm not telling any other "friends" b/c A. if I don't make it I don't want to have to answer questions B. i know they would probably say mean things behind my back out of ignorance/jealousy/knowing they don't have the grades to get in! jk sort of</p>
<p>why would you tell people before you accepted?</p>
<p>it's a waste of time to have to talk to people all the time about why you're leaving and then you might not even get in. </p>
<p>-oh and if they're not supportive then they're not your friends. The few people I have told are cool with it, mostly because they all have things going on with them and have applied out etc. in other years.</p>
<p>ummm I don't agree with "if they're not supportive then they're not your friends." Sometimes kids are just sad cuz they don't want their friend to leave them. And, so many don't know anything about boarding schools and think it is for either really rich kids or really troubled, messed up kids. People can have selfish thoughts "oh i want you to go with school with me next year!" and still be your best friend. Personally, I don't think friendship is that black and white.</p>
<p>I haven't told any of my friends, except a really close friend who is also applying to boarding schools. My teachers have been supportive, and I'm sure if I get accepted into a boarding school and decide to go there, my friends will also be supportive.</p>
<p>I haven't told any of my friends!!! I brought up the subject of private schools, especially boarding schools to a close friend and she practically laughed at the idea, so I didn't mention I was applying... lol. I might not get in anywhere, so I'll worry about telling everyone I know when/if the time comes.</p>
<p>awhh
well you better get in now!
nobody should have to put up with that.
be proud of yourself!
it happened to me with my friend, but we just need to be strong.
dont let her/him make you think less, you should be sooo proud</p>
<p>I would just think if she is willing to send (and pay for) all THREE of you to go to boarding school next year, she would be on board. I know my parents weren't originally thrilled with the idea of my sister going to boarding school, but after seeing her do so well at school, they are all for sending me and my younger sister to boarding school, if we wanted to go and could get enough financial aid to help pay for it. There's no way my dad could afford to pay $120,000 for 3 kids at boarding school!</p>
<p>Is it harder to get financial aid for siblings at the same school? That was one reason why I didn't apply to Thacher, cuz they are already giving my sister FA (but the main reason was because I didn't want to be known as ____'s little sister.) My mom thought that they wouldn't want to give $56,000 or whatever amount, to one family. FA for triplets at the same school, I didn't think they would offer that. The admissions people would have a hard decision to make, how to decide which one of you would get in (if you all didn't) and what amount of financial aid would be offered to each one of you.</p>