<p>“Legacy doesn’t help that much in colleges” - I disagree if you’re talking about getting into the top colleges. Those (few) colleges usually select the best students from the giant pool of legacies (children/grandchildren of alumni/professors/etc, rich people who make very big donations, etc.) Especially Stanford. But in terms of getting into a college that you’re happy in/are successful in, legacy does not really matter.</p>
<p>“they’re also waayyyy better than whatever ISB has to offer” - Mr Fidler keeps telling me that those boarding schools aren’t that much better than ISB, however I don’t know if that’s true or not. My mom is starting to believe him… she knows that those boarding schools are much more prestigious, but she just thinks that it’s not worth the ‘risk’ to send me so far away. She’d rather I stay at ISB.</p>