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<p>I will assume your son is an eighth grader? I understand wanting to make sure he has options, but isn’t checking the matric lists for success in one particular school kind of limiting? He may find some other passion while in boarding school and be better suited for a different school. </p>
<p>I know that some kids are really really focused at a very young age. It’s also really cool to be around kids like that sometimes. I just think that it’s important to coax those kind of kids out of their often self-imposed cage every once in a while; i.e. get the math kid to discuss a work of art and the bookworm to see the beauty of numbers.</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I’m really off-base. It just struck me as odd that matriculations to one particular college would be such an important factor. Of course, I do seem to be in the minority here.</p>