<p>In considering the E&R service, we feel having to do laundry would be one less thing he'd have to worry about, particularily in his first year. Don't know where the $565 is coming from though. I remember reading in the Pelican school newletter that laundry facilities on campus are a bit of a sore spot with students. Some machines don't dry thoroughly. It's often difficult to find available machines, etc... </p>
<p>I can almost see first year students running around campus with laundry baskets trying to find available machines. Academics at boarding school is difficult enough. The laundramat we use in our town has a card system. You put money on their card and use it for the wash, dry, vending machines, even the bathroom. It is soooo convenient because you can use cash, credit, or debit to transfer funds to the laundry card. Perhaps one day boarding schools will catch on.</p>
<p>For what it is worth, laundry has never been a problem for either of our children at SPS. It has never even been on the radar screen. Maybe we're preternaturally insouciant, but we always assumed that if they could get travel halfway accross the continent to St. Paul's on their own , they could figure out how to work a coin operated washing machine. Family motto, "Rather drowned than duffers, if not duffers won't drown".</p>
<p>fxmom: What language(s) is your son doing? It is entirely possible to do two languages throughout. Also what instrument(s) does your son plan to playfor Applied Music? Again, it is possible to be fairly ambitious in this area and I suggest that in order to get the most out of St.Paul's your son 'milk' the place for its unprecedented artistic and cultural possibilities,</p>
<p>Oh yes, I forgot, Spanish I. Hopefully he will try Latin or Greek. In regards to music, he will focus on the piano. He taught himself how to play and understands basic theory. He just needs the formal training and discipline. I, myself, am the organist and choir director at church, so I guess it's in him to play. :)</p>
<p>I totally agree that he should get as much out of his SPS experience as possible. He is quite the ambitious one, I must admit. Thus, once he gets settled, he will go for the gold!</p>
<p>When we went took our son to Exeter in July, I was expecting to still see remants of stubborn snow that just refuses to melt :) I guess for those students who come from "no-snow" areas of the country, it can be an overwhelming experience.</p>
<p>280W, yes I've really been accepted. Why would I waste the past 8 months talking about something that doesn't concern me. Anyway...
I'm taking:
Humanites III
Physics First
Algebra 2 Honors
Intro to Applied Music (Piano)
Spanish</p>
<p>esa: I'm suprised you are only doing Spanish. I thought you wanted to master all Romance languages and Chinese by the time you are thirty. Wonder if a man of your ambition shouldn't be looking at Chinese and Latin as an alternative to Classical Honors which consistently attracts the best scholars at SPS. Piece of cake!</p>