<p>I have a very peculiar situation. I went to a boarding school in New England, and I left after the end of my junior year for personal reasons. I am currently a repeat junior at a private day school, and I absolutely hate it. Everything, from the academics to the social life, is abysmal. The academic component is the worst part, my classes are so easy that I cam getting near perfect grades with minimal effort (including a couple AP's). However, I am very unhappy, because I am learning nothing. I have a 2110 on the sat's as well as good scores on the SAT II's so I am pretty much set with standardized testing (I am not going to apply to any Ivy's). If things keep going the way they have been, my cumulative unweighted GPA for four years should be around a 3.5 by the end of the year. Being home has made me realize how much I miss boarding school life. I want to know if it would be possible to apply to boarding school as a new senior. Seeing as how I have already repeated junior year once, I would not be willing to do it again so I would have to be applying for senior year. Given my stats would I have a decent shot at the following schools: Blair, Peddie, Taft, Kent, Hotchkiss, Hill, Andover, Choate, or Lawrenceville? I am looking for a challenging school that will provide a good bridge to college. If anyone has any advice or anecdotes they would be much appreciated.</p>
I’m not sure what your previous school was, but I don’t think your chances of getting back in would be very high and it would be tough to return as a member of the class that was below you. However, you definitely have a chance of getting into the other schools you mentioned. They may ask you why you left your previous school in the interview so be prepared. Please note that schools generally don’t accept (or have many applicants) for senior year, but it is totally possible and given your fantastic grades and experience with boarding school I’d say your chances are looking really good. I encourage you to apply!
Just a note that may or may not help, I know of one boy at the school I attended who got kicked out during his junior year for drugs or something, went to a different school for a year, then was later admitted back to the same school as a PG. I don’t know if you would want to go back to the same school, but I think it is possible. There seems to be a stigma involved with being kicked out of or leaving a prestigious prep school, but I think that students who do so are not at as much as a disadvantage as they might think. Leaving or being kicked out of a high-pressure school is not a sign that you are weak or not good enough to be there. It just means that the school was not a good fit for you at that time, or you made a mistake, or any number of things. I think that schools can see that you are a good student despite going to multiple schools.