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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is laughable that you think your connections can get him in.   I would love to see the surprise on your face when decisions come out.[/quote]
I'm OP. We have family members on the board of several of these schools and he's also a recruited athlete with coaches' interest at several of them. [/quote]
If you truly had those connections, you would not be on DCUM asking about these schools.[/quote]

Maybe, maybe not.

[b]Sending a child to boarding school is a life changing decision for the entire famil[/b]y--the student, siblings,and the parents. Parents seek out first hand advice where ever it can be found.

We looked at several elite boarding schools (Andover, Exeter, and St.Paul's among others) and wanted a school with 100% boarding, 50/50 male/female ratio and preferred Saturday morning classes (to keep kids on campus during the weekends).

Did not like the one building for all/almost classes offered by Hotchkiss--seemed too much like a local public high school in that respect.

When a substantial percentage of students are non-boarding, but the majority are boarders, then alcohol & drugs get brought onto campus frequently.

Deerfield was given consideration as was Groton. At that time, Deerfield had just gone through a serious issue with bullying and Groton had a male student who sexually assaulted many other younger male boarding students in the open dorm. was not a secret, but was not dealt with until outside publicity became "a problem."

Students at the elite boarding schools think on a different level than do students at even elite non-boarding schools because they are around brilliant, motivated classmates 24/7 as well as around faculty members 24/7.[/quote]

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