<p>Another year home will definitely help him mature more. I don’t think I would’ve been mature enough to go as a 9th grader anyways 
These past few years have humbled me and taught me a lot of things. Good luck if he applies next year, though!</p>
<p>And good luck with other decisions :]</p>
<p>Monochrome: Ohhh. Haha. My bad.</p>
<p>Bump bumpity bump bump. I hope keeping this on the front page will help some people…</p>
<p>what a great message. that cheered me up a bit after receiving my wait list letter from lawrenceville</p>
<p>I’m glad to help!</p>
<p>Update: I just got rejected to Choate! haha second year in a row, and like last year, the letter says it was on basis of them not being able to give me enough FA :p</p>
<p>wait i just read your post thingy. you can ask the school as to why you didnt get accepted? thats cool. someone told me that they would never answer</p>
<p>For Choate, if your rejection is financial aid based they state so in the rejection letter. The financial aid coordinator, Andy Noel, said this in his Q&A. In any other case, I believe you are also allowed to call the admissions office and ask why you were rejected. Did this person tell you this from personal experience?</p>
<p>metallika you are AMAZING for writing this post! Loved it!</p>
<p>i didnt get in to my fave skools last year, and so far this year is turnin out so great either but ur advice is still really helpful</p>
<p>I already posted this on a different thread but I wanted to post it again:</p>
<p>Even if you didn’t get into anywhere you want to go don’t focus on what you did wrong or what you didn’t do that you should’ve . Focus on getting in next year. Exactly two years ago tomorrow I found out that I was rejected from SPS and two other third or fourth tier schools I applied to. The only place I got in I didn’t really want to go to. I didn’t let it bring me down and I just went to my local public school and worked on getting in the next year. I decided to apply last year as a repeat freshman to Exeter, Deerfield, and NMH. I got accepted at NMH and Exeter and waitlisted at Deerfield. I’m currently a repeat 9th grader at Exeter.</p>