<p>I’ve just decided not to tell most of my friends. Might tell a closer one though. So for all those other people that ask where I am going out of town, what should I say? Because I don’t want it spread around the school if it’s not for sure. Last weekend I said I was visiting friends up east, what could I say for this weekend?</p>
<p>I know it sounds bad that I’m going to a lot of effort to make up a lie, but I go to a very small high school and things would get very awkward very quickly. Advice much appreciated.</p>
<p>Last year, I told several friends that I was applying, and the news eventually got out. On March 10th, everyone was staring at me and questioning me, knowing that when I got home that day, I would know where I would be spending the next three years of my life. Everything was fine from the beginning of the application process, up until March 11th. </p>
<p>My friends began to lash out when I got into Andover. They began to call me pretentious and a snob, and I think they got relatively jealous–no one likes the school I went to, not even the people who go there. An unfortunate series of events determined that I could not trust any of my old friends anymore. </p>
<p>I’m not sharing this story to frighten you. I am telling you this so that you will handle the situation with care–it’s very possible that I was too open about what I was doing. Let your friends know that you care about them and that you’ll miss them–make sure they don’t feel abandoned, and don’t seem too eager to bolt from your hometown. By going to boarding school, you are inevitably leaving people behind. If you get into a school, be excited! But just be careful with how you handle it.</p>
<p>@helloel: Oops- I think I confused you with somebody else. (This just confirms that I’ve lost half of my brain cells cranking out essays.) Sorry!</p>
<p>I’ve got mixed feelings on reapplying. I don’t want to stay here at all, but it’s a pretty grueling process to go through, AND you don’t know the outcome. Potentially, though, there would be more experience so it would be… easier?</p>
<p>I’m applying for 9th, so I’m in middle school, but all of my friends/classmates, teachers, and principals know. They all think it’s great, although some of my friends are like, “No! I’m going to miss you so much! You better come back to visit or imma kill you!” Haha So, needless to say, it’ll be embarrassing if I don’t get in. I keep telling them that the chances are slim, but everyone thinks that I’m like super amazing and will be accepted. So I’m hoping for the best haha. :D</p>
<p>i would say to wait until you get in and know where you are going. then it makes it easier. cuz if you end up staying there, you will have scared your friends for nothiing</p>
<p>I’m a current freshman and I’ve told a few of my friends about applying to BS, mostly since one of them had previously applied to the same school I did. For the most part, they’re excited for me since they know how much I want to go. But my best friend refuses to speak to me about it at all, and is really mad about it. I’ve stopped mentioning it, but as I’ve already been accepted, she’s going to have to deal with it, and we almost certainly won’t keep in touch. And for the teachers gossiping, it’s so true. Every teacher I have knows, despite the fact I’ve only told one. Most of them aren’t shy about knowing either, and one of them said something about it in front of the class. That was fun…not.</p>
<p>My school ends in 9th, so everyone I know is applying either as a repeat 9th or incoming 10th grader. It is a huge topic for the girls but not so much for the boys, but I’m always hearing who was at this reception or who ran into someone else when they were at an interview. At my school it’s more like who is repeating and who isn’t and that is what has really split the class. I’m sure it will be worse after March 10th. FYI about 1/2 the graduating class repeated last year, even if they were high honor all the way through.</p>
<p>my school is private and k-8 so everyones trying to get into hs, but no ones applying to bs other than the local one but my friends FREAKED out.</p>
<p>I’ve been putting off telling my friends about it. It’s also awkward that we told the school that we were absent for medical reasons on all of our visits so that they would excuse the absences, and a few teachers have asked me with great concern if I was feeling better. -.-’ not fun.</p>
<p>My friends have been aware of me applying from the very start. They are all supportive, thank God! I would feel nervous about not being accepted and having to tell them, except that I have made it very clear to them that there is a slim-to-none chance of acceptance, especially with financial aid.</p>
<p>I only told people I had to tell, but word got out- at school, in the gym, at church… There’s definitely a lot of pressure, especially because I feel that most people don’t understand HOW HARD admissions has gotten, even without me needing full financial aid and applying to CHADES.</p>
So, needless to say, it’ll be embarrassing if I don’t get in. I keep telling them that the chances are slim, but everyone thinks that I’m like super amazing and will be accepted. So I’m hoping for the best haha. :D</p>