<p>Jonathan1, Since you said you're already done the applications, did you use the "common appplication form" (I think that's what it's called)... Do u know what i''m talking about?? It lets you apply to like any school you want with one form, is anyone else using this?</p>
<p>Not every school acdepts the common application. You need to email the school to verify that they do if they are listed as accepting it on <a href="http://www.schools.com%5B/url%5D">www.schools.com</a> . Last year, all the schools my son applied to accepted the common recommendation and the common school report. These are components of the common recommendation.</p>
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<p>For the second time, I didn't say I'm done with the applications, just the essays.</p>
<p>But to anser your question, I'm not getting my recommendation until November, but I'll still use the common application. I'm only applying to three boarding schools and one day school. All three boarding schools (SPS, Deerfield, Andover) use the common app, but the day school (Greenhills) doesn't.</p>
<p>In post above, I meant to say that "these are components of the common application."</p>
<p>Although I found the whole thing getting somewhat out of hand, I am pleased that Jonathan has now focussed on three boarding and 2 day schools. I still think that it would be in his interest to visit his three boarding schools over the next two three weeks if only to get a sense that he wants to be there, that the setting feels spiritually right for him. Personally, I would hope that he has a discussion with his mother to make sure that she supports his wish to go if he wants to go for the right reasons. It is unfair and damaging if on the interview the school discovers that the mother has all sorts of reservations about the idea of boarding school for Jonathan. The one thing they will not do is take a flyer on Jonathan going home in mid semester because he is homesick or because his parents are not behind him. Trust me on this one. It won't happen. There is nothing wrong with waiting till December to take the SSAT. You MUST however have your parents working with you rather than against you: that is to say, your dad has to be up front about the money, and your mom about her willingness to see you go.</p>
<p>i wish u luck</p>
<p>Thanks, guys.</p>
<p>For the common application, If you print it, it says on the last page what schools accept the common application and I'm pretty sure Andover and Deerfield aren't listed there...</p>
<p>Also what essay question did you pick?</p>
<p>good luck Jonathan, keep us updated on what happens</p>
<p>Thanks, I will. :)</p>
<p>I think I'm going to stop asking my mom if I can apply to boarding school for about a week or so. That way I can come up with some sort of presentation to convince her to let me apply.</p>
<p>Is she the kind of person that a good presentation would persuade?</p>
<p>I'm not really sure. I hope so!</p>
<p>I think that just having a serious, heart-to-heart talk (especially if you don't talk to each other a whole lot) would go a long way towards persuading her. If you show how enthusiastic and excited you are by the whole deal, she should recognize that and let you.</p>
<p>I tried having that, and she said she would let me apply. Now I guess that has changed...</p>
<p>Jonathan, have you asked your parents if they can really afford boarding school? I had a friend my first year who had pleaded with her parents to let her go although it was a big stretch for them. They let her go and then didn't let her return for a second year because the cost really was too much for them. All the plane tickets for breaks had never been calculated in. It was a disaster. Maybe that's your mother's objection?</p>
<p>Wow, That certainly should have been the parent's responsibility to figure the plane tix and other incidentals. Let me be brutally honest, that stuff adds up quickly.</p>
<p>I've told my mom about financial aid many times. My parents can afford about $12,000 per year.</p>
<p>JK, you will probably want to come up with some presentation or ?. There's always hope, we said NO! to our d from ~October to December, when we finally went with it. During that time I spent many hours researching the BS scene. The moral, get a plan and at least try to have your MOM look at the bs sites and bs scene in general. To this day I'm still not exactly sure what changed for my wife and I, but were happy we did. So far it has been quite an experience for all of us. As a parent, it can be difficult knowing that when our children head off to bs, that essentially there leaving home for good. All of a sudden we've lost 4 years, instead of heading off to college, there heading off to High School. My youngest d will now be applying for next year. It's tuff for a parent.</p>
<p>your mom sounds..idk..like she can't make up her mind. i'd be really irritated.</p>