<p>Well, surely it can’t be the case that you have to play an instrument to get into a good boarding school. Or if it is, then it’s changed a heck of a lot since I was there, and my husband too, as neither one of us play an instrument or can draw even a stick figure. </p>
<p>As for it affecting his GPA, that will be true no matter where he goes, BS or not. I’m not condoning that he’s goofed around in those classes and gotten less than stellar grades, though I have kind of a hard time getting worked up about him getting a B+ in art. But he understands that he needs to try his best even if he has a class he doesn’t love or isn’t talented at. He’s a good athlete (though not likely to ever be the star of the team) and will play at least two team sports competitively in high school, so it’s not like he’s focused only on academics.</p>