<p>ohhh they’re boarding schools. I see. wow I’d never be able to live on my own at that age. I’m already nervous about moving out for college! lol</p>
<p>Why exactly do you resent expensive prep schools? I go to a prep school. </p>
<p>1) Do you resent them because they’re expensive? Because most of these schools have financial aid. I know that my school has need-based financial aid and also gives out scholarships for sports and to underprivileged students in the city.
2) Do you resent them because they’re “prep schools”? Because the goal of a lot of high schools is to prepare their students for college because many high school students are either college-bound or would require some minimum of skills to be able to function in the adult world.
3) Do you resent them because a lot of kids that go to these schools are wealthy? Because they can’t help their own socio-economic class. </p>
<p>What right do you have to label one group as “normal” and vilify another group?</p>
<p>^ agreed…</p>
<p>haha I’m sorry, nolagirl, I normally don’t resent them. I resent them now because their students have a better chance of getting into the top schools. um as far as financial aid, my familys income is in that uncomfortable spot where we dont qualify for finaid, but we’d REALLY have to stretch our budget to pay for an elite prep school. so I never really had the option. but I’m glad- i think that when you grow up in a prep school, you get a distorted vision of society- not as diverse as if you’d go to a public school. and by going to an elite college, you’re just perpetuating that unreailstic perspective.
just my opinion. counts for nothing of course</p>
<p>“I go to a prep school.”</p>
<p>That makes two of us, nolagirl.</p>
<p>@stupefy: Actually, the students in my school may find it harder to go to better schools, because they have the means to do well (perhaps better than those at public schools). So expectations are higher. Plus, there are only 450 kids at my school. Being ranked 1 out of 150 seniors doesn’t mean the same as being ranked 1/600 at a large public school.</p>
<p>@stupefy</p>
<p>I live in an urban area where there aren’t many great public schools. There are a couple of good public schools here, but I don’t qualify to get in because I don’t live in the right areas. Besides, they’re only high schools. I started going to prep school in middle school because there weren’t any good public middle schools here and made the decision to stay at my school because it was easier than switching to a new one for high school.</p>
<p>I agree with darkblademaster. The elite colleges only usually take a few from each school. The problem is that almost everyone at my school will be applying to those colleges. Some will get in, most will have their heart broken. Moreover, a lot of people here are overachievers and it’s really difficult to distinguish yourself from the pack.</p>
<p>I’m glad that I don’t go to Exeter or something. I heard that people at prep schools like that are pretty cutthroat. But smaller, less well-known schools like mine (Exeter has over 1000 students; mine 450) are relatively relaxed. *Relatively.</p>
<p>lol. relatively.
i call the random worrying and hyperly optimistic patterns the BIPOLAR HOPE SWINGS.
yeah. makes me sortof glad to wait for RD because i wont have to feel sad for 3.5 months if i were rejected EA.
but GOOD LUCK ALL.
i’ll waste some typing energy to say ‘relax. its gonna turn out fine for all, prep-schoolers and non-prep schoolers alike.’</p>
<p>haha exeter is crazy. plus $40,000 tuition</p>
<p>@nolagirl- thanks for the info. that definitely changes my opinion. but still not for the TOP prep schools: ie collegiate, deerfield, philips, etc. I firmly still believe they’re a bunch of privileged, snotnosed, bratty, mean kids</p>
<p>let’s all hold hands and sing! :D</p>
<p>I’m not in a prep school, but my “grade” is so small. Guess what, I’m ranked 1/10. =.='</p>
<p>Yeah you read right. 10 people (I’m doing the IB course at school, the rest of the people in my grade are doing a local school-leaving exam). I am also ranked 1st in my French HL class (amongst others) because, guess what? I’m the only person in that class! haha. Classroom situation: a teacher, a whiteboard, a student. I can’t exactly fall asleep or daydream about Yale in class. sigh.</p>
<p>^ Is the competition stiff for your class of '10? (bad pun intended)</p>
<p>feathers: that’s a pretty interesting situation! are you an international student?</p>
<p>one more day to go, I guess. I’ve got this gut feeling that I’m not getting in so I’ve stopped worrying/caring all of a sudden. Just thought I’d pop in and say bye. Good luck folks :)</p>
<p>Don’t lose hope just yet! Miracles can happen. In 29 hours, you’ll know for sure, so there’s no use in discounting yourself now.</p>
<p>I honestly feel like today is Wed and I’ve already been deferred from Yale. Like, I’m already planning my next course of action… (which is to start stalking P-ton threads, haha).</p>
<p>^my next course of action would be to write essays for the four colleges I haven’t applied to yet…sigh</p>
<p>yeah I’m international from Australia. The 10 people in my class are a microcosm of students of all levels… so competition is not exactly stiff. The small class is great for bonding though; we hang around with the same 9 others every single day lol</p>
<p>I’m worried (read: that’s a drastic understatement) not just because of finding out my result, but also because of something else… my school has had very few applicants to the US, and ever fewer still who used Common App online. I asked my counsellor to submit my school forms but he missed out my full high school transcript.</p>
<p>He attached my latest Yr 12 (senior) results. That was it. Then I found out like 2 weeks ago and sent my full transcript to Yale by registered intl. post. Furthermore, our school doesn’t have a “school profile”, so I had to find something else similar (like an annual report on our school enrollment stats etc.) and send that over by registered post too. So I <em>hope</em> Yale has already received these. </p>
<p>I’ve e-mailed my regional officer to let her know that one of the teacher references I submitted was still displayed as “not received” in my Eli account. When she replied, she said they found it, and told me that my application was now complete and I didn’t need to worry. Now I’m anxious because I think they’ve long evaluated my application and thrown it into the reject pile… because they didn’t actually ask me for my full transcript even though it’s missing. Again, I might be neurotic, but…</p>
<p>I never mentioned this before in my posts because I was so worried about it. And that’s the reason why I keep dreaming that I’m rejected. :(</p>
<p>After taking exams today, I feel highly demoralized. What’s the point of having exams, if you’ve already got an A in the class? What more do you need to prove yourself? The exam today serves no purpose but to bring down my grade. Now, my GPA won’t exactly be pretty and Yale, bye-bye and off into the distance of my dreams you go.</p>
<p>nolagirl you are worrying waaay too much :)</p>
<p>she’s not worrying too much. but her worrying is DEFINITELY premature. ;)</p>