<p>It happens…and when it does, it’s awkward. </p>
<p>When it’s premeditated, awkward couldn’t begin to explain it. But then the person who plans to engage in a boarding community for two years and bail out probably wouldn’t feel awkward, either.</p>
<p>My guess is that someone who tries this will either become too involved in the community to want to skip out half way through OR they will be so distant, with one foot out the door, that they’ll crash and burn. It’s not like leaving a school. It’s like leaving a community. And if you haven’t sunk roots in your two years at a boarding school having had the opportunity to do so, that doesn’t bode well for doing it at a second school where you’re coming in at the midpoint, not the beginning point.</p>
<p>I think people should keep their options open and transferring is an option that should be available. Perfectly fine as a safety net. Going in with the intention of doing so, however, just seems odd (at best). The question itself evinces a lack of understanding of what the boarding school experience will be about…so I’m not optimistic that it’s bound to be successful as a plan.</p>