<p>If the financial aid works out, I think the biggest sell point for parents is being convinced that their D/S is not thriving or getting what they need where they are. If your current school is not working (academically, socially, athletically, for example) and BS would help, I think a parent is much more inclined to get on board.</p>
<p>That’s my problem. My current school’s academics are not challenging enough and i often have classes with older students, decreasing my social status tremendously. I am trying to convince my parents that boarding school will help me as I will have the chance to go as far as a can academicly and not be referred to as just “the smart girl”. They are slowly starting to budge their reluctance, although i think the big numbers all at once are kind of scaring my parents. I think my siblings and family don’t want to give up anything for me to attend boarding school, but we daily give up things for my sister to follow her ice skating dreams. I bet in the end they will see that boarding school is one of the best opportunities they can give me.</p>
<p>Slightly good news!!! So i took everyone’s advice and sent the powerpoint and a lot of articles from boardingschoolreview.com and tabs.org ONLY to my dad and he said he understands my point of view completely now. He is skeptical about the tuition but at least he is on my side…now we just have to convince my mom lol</p>
<p>yay! that’s great news. you can at least convince them to let you apply, there are no guarentees you’ll get in. then, once you are accepted you can start discussing tuition in depth (at least that is what i told my parents)</p>
<p>That’s great, cake_dolls! Can you post the links to the articles you used?</p>
<p>preppychica36, that’s what I used to convince my parents last year :)</p>
<p>Here they are
[Why</a> Boarding School? - Boarding School Review](<a href=“http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/articles/1]Why”>Why Boarding School?)
[Top</a> 10 Reasons to Go to Boarding School - Boarding School Review](<a href=“10 Top Reasons to Go to Boarding School”>10 Top Reasons to Go to Boarding School)
[The</a> Truth About Boarding Schools](<a href=“http://tabs.org/theTruth/truth.cfm]The”>http://tabs.org/theTruth/truth.cfm)
[TABS:</a> Christian Science Monitor Article - Hogwarts et al. …](<a href=“http://tabs.org/article.html]TABS:”>http://tabs.org/article.html)</p>
<p>these are just a few you can find a lot more on both of these websites if you poke around enough.</p>
<p>Thanks for those links, they’re incredibly helpful :)</p>
<p>I haven’t told my parents yet about all of this 
when do applications start?</p>
<p>Generally in the fall. You can point out as well that you will be home a good 5 months out of the year.</p>
<p>I found the articles on applications on the websites i mentioned before helpful. One of them had a time line you can use to make sure you get everything done on time for you application deadline</p>
<p>Thanks wickedcrazy, I’ll be sure to mention that!</p>
<p>I think most schools have a timeline on their website for applications.</p>
<p>I posted this in another thread, but I’ll post it here too!</p>
<p>Today, as I came home from tennis, I could swear that I won my dad’s approval for applying to BS!!! We were talking about some issues my friends were having (I know. Most people don’t talk about these things with parents, but I had to rant to someone!) and then I told him that I’m trying not to get involved with these things because it’ll hurt my academics, waste my time, etc. After that, we began discussing my public school I go to and all the “bad” things about it. He was pretty surprised at a few things and I’m pretty sure that after I show him everything I’ve prepared, he’ll be sold! :)</p>
<p>Honestly, there are many more bad things about it than applying for BS. :D</p>
<p>Yay boarderkid!! We are both getting somewhere! ha</p>
<p>I know, haha! I’m getting pretty excited!</p>
<p>UPDATE: It’s working! It’s working! Two days ago, I teamed up with my younger sister and I to show the PowerPoint after the movie we watched. I quickly got changed and got the PowerPoint up on the computer while my sister distracted my parents with giving them prospectuses to look at.</p>
<p>My mom, of course, immediately casted away the prospectus and was extremely annoyed, but my dad looked at the prospectuses and I think became slightly warmed up to the idea. I had them sit down so they could view the PowerPoint (this was late at night, so everything was dark and the PowerPoint was seen better) and gave my presentation on it.</p>
<p>The result? Not so great. My mom pretended to be asleep during the presentation, and my dad seemed impassive about the whole thing. I suppose it was hard to imagine all this going on, with just quick facts and stats.</p>
<p>When I asked them if they wanted to see the video of the campuses I had created, my dad said that would be a waste of time, so I went on to my last step: showing the DVDs the schools had provided along with the prospectuses.</p>
<p>First I showed Choate’s, but barely got through three minutes of it. Literally, my dad said that he didn’t want to see this and it was again, a waste of time.</p>
<p>I then put Deerfield’s DVD on, which was a big hit. I could tell that even my mom was interested in this! My dad couldn’t stop gushing about how wonderful and beautiful Deerfield was :)</p>
<p>The last DVD I had was Exeter’s. It was getting pretty late at night, about 12 AM, so we only watched a part of it. However, I could tell that my dad was definitely leaning towards letting me do this. My mom, though, was extremely angry at both my sister and I. She thought I was just trying to get out of the house and all that.</p>
<p>Last night, I sent them both an email thanking them for coming to my “seminar.” I copy&pasted the links of all the school’s websites that I was interested in, and I included the general links cake_dolls posted earlier in this thread.</p>
<p>My mom hasn’t read the email yet, but my dad has. Just now he came up to me and told me I’d have to get a scholarship or something, since we can’t afford 40k each year. I told him that I was currently looking into various scholarships that I may be eligible for (a partial lie, I had looked at scholarships in the past but not right now), but we’d definitely need to apply for FA, or else we’d come into a huge problem. Since some schools don’t usually allow you to apply for FA after you are admitted (Choate), we’d need to apply now.</p>
<p>After this spiel just now, he was just quiet. I think both my mom and him are coming to terms that I’m not trying to leave the house, but instead that I am trying for better opportunities, education, teachers, arts, athletics, etc.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Wow! Thats great- you are definitely getting somewhere. I recommend showing them The Truth About Boarding Schools, some college matriculations, and showing that large percentages of these top schools have kids on financial aid-- and it might help to tell them that nearly all of these schools give financial aid in the form of grants, rather than loans. Also the fact that you would still be home 5 months out of the year. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks 
I included the financial aid in my presentation and the TABS link in my follow up email. I’ll be sure to show them the college matriculation!</p>
<p>I have a question. If HADES is to refer to the five prestigious and elite schools, then what happened to Hotchkiss? Why is it not in Prep View 2010’s top ten? Is it not as good? Not prestigious? Bad college counseling? Bad SAT prep?</p>
<p>Also, is Deerfield a prestigious and elite school to get into? You hear all the time how Andover, Exeter and SPS are amazing, but not much about these two…</p>
<p>The term “HADES” was created by someone who was about to attend Hotchkiss, infer what you want of it. And Deerfields also a great school, along with a few others.</p>
<p>Oh all right, thank you ;)</p>
<p>Hey kids, someone asked what convinced a parent to send their kid to boarding school. For me it was the first visit and tour. If you have a boarding school near your home - even if it is not one you would like to apply to - take your parents on a tour and let them experience the atmosphere first hand. It did the trick for me :)</p>
<p>Isn’t it amazing how the world has changed. I’m trying to envision convincing my parents to do something via a multi-media presentation. Just the thought of it makes me smile…</p>
<p>My dad has officially agreed to let my apply wherever I want! :)</p>