<p>Going to a boarding school will be hard because you won't be seeing your friends as much and go to the same school as them. What do they think about boarding school? </p>
<p>My town has a very high-ranking public high school, and a lot of them think there is no use in going to boarding school. I do try to explain about a boarding school's challenging academics and many other positive aspects, but it is hard for them to understand. How do you explain to them about why you are applying? :)</p>
<p>You don't. You apply, and then the last week of school you tell them lol. That's what I'm doing, I'll chill with them a lot over the summer and stuff and when I come back.</p>
<p>My friends have already made plans to visit me and whatever... They have put more thought into this than I have... Like how we are going to open the letters. they have decided that I do not get to see the letters first... They will tell me if I got in or not. I have friends from college coming in to see me also... They were really excited. Planned a ceremony also... Sort of crazy in my opinion.</p>
<p>I'm dealing with it the best way that I can and they are actually rooting for me now... I had an interview with an Andover rep a few days ago(he was near my location)... He gave me a DVD and a little booklet. I showed them to my friends, it turned from "Wherever you go will suck... cause they don't have people like us there" TO
"If you go, you will come back for every break. And for graduation, and for our birthdays... No spending christmas with your family either."</p>
<p>Ya..also it's good to separate real friends from the ones you know you will lose contact with most likely. Their cool to joke around with in the hallway and crap, but half those kids are just trying to gain some popularity. </p>
<p>I've got loads of friends, but after I form bonds at boarding school about 2 or 3 of them I'll still be calling in my dorm after something crazy funny happens in class or something. The rest of them are just real cool sports friends and party friends. </p>
<p>It's good to know your real friends that you will try and keep in contact with. My friends were very supportive because they know this is a great opportunity for me. They all know once I'm back in "the A" were gunna go back to the exact same way we were before and be great friends.</p>
<p>i let them know i was APPLYING but i accentuated that I wasn't accepted YET. but they're already planning my leaving and support me</p>
<p>Most of my friends (nearly all) are excited for me. One or two think I'm a stuck up brat trying to make myself better than I am (and what they think I REALLY am is trailer trash, just like them!).
My boyfriend is "ignoring" the situation. He congratulates me on a job well done after interviews/essays and the like, but we've kind of avoided whats going to happen if I leave- our imminent break up and the like.
A teammate on volleyball has said on numerous occasions that while she can see how AWESOME boarding school would be, she would be miss me really bad on the team. Awwww, it made me feel so special. :)</p>
<p>I think that telling my friends was the best thing to do... Plus they are asking me, "Which one will you go to?" and I tell them if I am accepted. I think that they realized support was the best thing they could offer.</p>
<p>awww.... my friends don't want me to go to BS, but they're happy for me :) like mpicz said, there will only be a couple that I will really keep communicating with during BS</p>