<p>Interesting you mentioning Belen Jesuit here (I presume). I recently spoke to a parent of one of your fellow students who was wondering why so many of your brothers who went to schools outside of Miami were returning and enrolling at Florida International University. Her theory was this: The students were so accustomed to living such an upscale life style; ie. Parties in Cocoplum and Gables Estates, BMW’s and Mercedes as gifts when turning sixteen, luxurious “quinces” at the best hotels in Brickell, and dinners in South Beach, that when it came time to have fun in college towns such as Tallahassee and Gainesville, these students were simply bored and just couldn’t relate to Budweiser beer parties and intramurals for fun. </p>
<p>Again, this is coming from a Belen mom who said that most of her son’s friends ended up returning after no more than one year away. </p>
<p>Now, knowing that, I can understand why an admissions officer would shy away from these students.</p>