"You know you've been to boarding school if..."

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Here was a group on facebook that I found funny! We hear all about the academics, sports, diversity, and art at the schools we’re applying to but what about the things they DONT put in the viewbooks? This is for all those 8th graders who have yet to discover the amazingness of facebook!
<strong>I DID NOT COME UP WITH THIS</strong></p>

<p>this is to all you who ever went through (good and bad) the trials of a boarding school…single sexed and coed…but if you were really cool,you know that single sex is the most baddassed…</p>

<p>anyways, if you ever experienced any of the following, you know you’ve gone down a long and painful road towards higher education:</p>

<p>1.) you’ve been subjected to weekly room searches
2.) mail has been a central facet in your life.
3.) you’ve been on a chaperoned shopping trip after the age of 12
4.) you have ever had an incredible urge to study at a certain time after dinner, and remembered that is because it was your old school’s time for mandatory study hall
5.) Dinner is essential, and you are never late because it is the most exciting thing that happens to you all day
6.) you’ve ever had to experience a themed parents weekend, and then enjoyed yourself immensley simply because you werent rotting on dorm eating pizza
7.) you know what a mixer is
8.) you kept attending mixers long after they were ever meant to be cool
9.) your first roomate cried like a lonely 9th grader, becuase well, she/he was…
10.) you quickly discovered the joys of clandestine stale-cigarette smoking
11.) you’ve ever attended a formal dance with more teachers then students present
12.) you never went to prom, or homecoming, or ring dance, or whatever…because your school didnt have any of the above.
13.) you’ve ever been threatened that skipping gym is a serious punishable offense
14.) you continued to skip anyways
15.) you never occomplished anything during the time you skipped gym that made the skipping worth it.
16.) you know that social probation is
17.) you’ve ever hidden a lighter like it was worth more then a pound of cocaine
18.) you feel closer with your friends from school then you do your own family
19.) you’ve ever had required chapel. on sunday. and monday. and possibly friday.
20.) you know that nature trails are far better for things other then a brisk jog in the morning
21.) fans and febreeze are the only things that have kept you from being expelled on numerous occasions
22.) you can remove a screen form your window in complete darkness at 3 in the morning, smoke a cigarette out a 3 story window, and put that screen back in , drunk, while barely missing campus security
23.) you know by heart and instinct when security makes rounds
24.) youve ever been checked in at night, every night, by someone who isnt your parent
25.) faculty gossip is worth more then your life.
26.) the water bottles in your fridge may or may not actually contain water…light rum? vodka? everclear? gin? the possibilities could be endless
27.) you have become very creative when hiding things
28.) you know that a full sized nalgene holds a fifth, perfectly.
29.) you’ve ever gotten in a vicious battle over the t.v in a dorm commons room
30.) when taking a walk through campus, you may at any time be armed with any number of the following:</p>

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<li><p>photolab</p></li>
<li><p>empty classroom</p></li>
<li><p>the woods</p></li>
<li><p>golf course</p></li>
<li><p>any other sketchy public place</p></li>
<li><p>and the best of all : possibly even a chapel</p></li>
</ol>

<p>48.) you were sure glad when you graduated…but felt sort of empty when you left</p>

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<p>haha, that's funny! i think once i go (assuming i get in) i'll make a list like that! we all should!</p>

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<p>yesh yesh we should.</p>

<p>hahahah i think i saw that group!</p>

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<p>Ooh I love that list! Yeah I think I read this somewhere too. It sort of gives you another perspective about boarding schools yet it kinda makes you want to go even more... because bs is just so cool in a sick kind of way. lol. Does that make sense?</p>

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<p>That's funny!</p>

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<p>hahaha that was entertaining to read</p>

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<p>My favorite was the last one. That despite everything boading school is worth it and you will learn to love it!</p>

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<p>Hahahaha, hooking up in the chapel, thats hilarious! lol I want to make a list in the future! I CAN'T WAIT!</p>

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<p>lol, even after reading all that, we still want to go.
:)
Good luck to us all!</p>

<p>9 DAYS!!!!</p>

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<p>I think students or alumni from WRA made this group, right?</p>

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<p><em>5. dinner is essential, and you are never late because it is the most exciting thing that happens to you all day</em>HAHAH SOOOO TRUE.</p>

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<p>and manipulating the nurses, definitely a good thing to remember</p>

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<p>Ahhh, yes the nurses! I am totally going to buy them flowers and chocolates for Valentines day! lol</p>

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<p>so when your sick you have to pay like 50 bucks to be with them?</p>

<p>oy</p>

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<p>hahahaha funny mburg=]]</p>

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<p>27.) you have become very creative when hiding things</p>

<p>:O I ALREADY AM :D</p>

<p>13.) you've ever been threatened that skipping gym is a serious punishable offense</p>

<p>yes. I know this mainly because my teacher likes to torture us innocent kids who just happen to talk a lot JUST by chance when she is.</p>

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<p>I graduated from boarding school in 1978, and believe it or not, I could relate to most of the things on that list!! That being said, going away to school remains one of my fondest memories. Enjoy your time in school, it goes by very quickly, and you will have experiences that you will be able to draw upon for the rest of your life. Good luck to everyone on the 10th!!</p>

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<p>so are some people saying that drugs drugs are a factor they will overlook?</p>

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<p>roses&clovers:
Those people (like myself) who are over looking drugs are those who are confident in their ability to make smart decisions and who realize that they are strong enough to "say no" to peer pressure.</p>

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<p>crickett, get on aol</p>