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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As always, this board is very unhelpful when it comes to boarding schools. There is a very good, moderated boarding school board at college confidential that has been very helpful.[/quote]

Many are bitter they can’t afford the tuition and feel threatened by boarding school seniors taking their public and private day school children’s college slots. [/quote]

No. We just truly cannot believe that any parent would sacrifice these four years with their own child. [/quote]

I think this site has a very hard time understanding that some families have very different needs, priorities, and circumstances than their own. [/quote]

Exactly. Does that poster realize how many parents are alcoholics, mentally ill, emotionally abusive, or have other debilitating issues? Tens of millions. Many grandparents pay the tuition so that their grandchildren can escape hellish households. [/quote]

Sure, but I don't think that's the circumstance for most kids considering Deerfield, Choate, or Taft. Most families that send their kids there are doing it for intensified rigor or that sports programs. For example, it's not easy to find a high-powered hockey program in the DMV. There are plenty of them in boarding schools. [/quote]

Or because the parents “need” to travel. [/quote]

You do know career foreign service officers need to travel, right? Plenty of foreign service brats at these schools [/quote]

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