<p>After spending the last YEAR, trying to convince my parents to let me attend a boarding school, I have gotten nowhere from when I started.</p>
<p>They still won't budge. They applied me for Public School. I can't take the SSAT, because that and applications are pretty much done with for 08-09 year.</p>
<p>Im tired of trying, but I still want to go. It's not a "period" that will pass. I've been wanting to go to boarding school for atleast the past two years if not longer. I love the ideas behind it, and everything.</p>
<p>I did everything to try and convince my parents, including calculating costs, based on our families total income and how some schools, like St. Pauls, if I were accepted, I wouldn't have to spend a cent. (Except for like..weekend activities, extra-snacks, and clothing and pencils and the like) Which is easily covered. I even stated how that would actually SAVE money. If they feed me for free if I am accepted, then Im saving money. My parents don't have to spend money feeding me, or for water, or for electricity for me.</p>
<p>They still didn't budge.</p>
<p>My last attempt I guess, is to try and get in for my Sophomore year.
They want me to go to a public high school (which I've researched for the past few months, and absolutely hate, specifically)</p>
<p>The Public High school is McFatter High School (Technical Magnet) and Nova High School which is also a public school.</p>
<p>My brother, who goes to McFatter, (I absolutely hate said brother, and I don't take the word hate lightly), is a jerk. And the people their, are jerks.</p>
<p>I will loath High School, and that is that.</p>
<p>Getting into a good boarding school, really doesn't seem like it would be a problem. I've been in Math and Chess Clubs, along with the fact I've already done some Community Service, and my Grades are good.</p>
<p>I've already passed Alegbra 1 (7th) and I am doing good in Geometry. (8th)
Same with Spanish I (7th) and Spanish II (8th)</p>
<p>All my other classes are Gifted Classes, except for Science which is one level down at Advanced. (I would be in Gifted Science, but my 6-period schedule conflicted. If I had Gifted Science, I wouldn't be able to take Spanish II due to the lack of teachers at my middle school)</p>
<p>I took the SAT (not the SSAT) in 7th grade, due to the TIP program. I ended up with a total score of 1680 from Reading, Mathematics and the Writing/Verbal sections.</p>
<p>1180 for the Reading/Math only.
(580/600)</p>
<p>This gave me state recognition (Florida) for said score for the TIP Program, but I missed the National Recognition (of which as far as I saw, only 5 in florida achieved) by 90 points total (1270 for National Recogntion or you can get it by 670 in any of the two sections, so in that I would be off by 70 points in the math section)</p>
<p>These are good, or atleast I assume they are for a College Entrance Exam.
I've begged. I've pleaded. I've groaned. I've moaned. I've made charts. I've done everything.</p>
<p>They won't budge.</p>
<p>My only option, is to go to boarding school in my sophomore year.
I really don't want to miss my Freshman year in boarding school. I don't want to miss out on any of it. But it is too late. My parents have condemned me to non-boarding school for my Freshman year. I would actually like to re-take my freshman year at a Boarding School, like I have seen some do if possible, instead of going into a Sophomore year when the time comes... But I know my stubborn parents, and convincing them to even allow me to go to boarding school would be a problem, nevermind redoing my freshman year (for free though...)</p>