Transferring Boarding Schools

Prep School Admissions
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<p>I'm currently suppose to be attending a "good" boarding school, but I really desire to try to apply next year to another school due to lack of academic challenge at this boarding school (which my parents like).</p>

<p>Is this allowed in the boarding school world? I kind of feel it would be awkward to go up to my teachers and ask, "Could you fill out this recommendation to get me into Groton?" In fact, I would not be surprised if they gave me a bad recommendation because they feel as if I'm insulting the school or them.</p>

<p>It has nothing to do with the boarding school social aspect or stereotype behind the name of certain schools. I really just want to go to a better educational environment, and last year, my one interview with the nice school went horribly wrong with my parents (its a long story that I don't like to talk about). I think if I applied to a different GLADCHEMMS, and left my parents out of it (I found another wiling guardian, which my parents are happy about), I could get in.</p>

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<p>Your post is a little confusing. Have you already completed a year at the boarding school you’re referring to as “lacking academic challenge,” or are you starting at the school this coming fall?</p>

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<p>I just did a quick search using your username, and it looks like you just completed the admissions cycle, and are starting your first year at a US prep school this fall.</p>

<p>I think it is way, way too soon to be talking about transferring - you haven’t even started yet! There is such a thing as a “self-fulfilling prophecy.” If you have made up your mind, before you’ve even attended a single class, that the school is not for you . . . then it won’t be.</p>

<p>On the flip side, if you go in with a positive attitude, and put in some effort to get the most you can out of the experience, it could very well be an amazing experience.</p>

<p>Many things in life are not in your control, but your state of mind and how you choose to react to the situations you find yourself in - either in a positive or negative way - is completely yours to determine.</p>

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<p>One more thing - I suspect that you are still not at peace with the decisions you received last March 10, and have not fully accepted that some of your “dream” schools did not admit you. As is often said on this board: “Love the school that loves YOU!”</p>

<p>I really like the attached picture and quote from Mary Engelbreit. When I find myself second-guessing a decision I’ve made, it reminds me that sometimes you just have to “move on” and live the life that’s down the path you’ve taken.</p>

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