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[quote=Anonymous]I was a day student at a boarding school and I disagree with two components:

It's easier to get into college as a independent school student. You're better prepared for college, but unless you play some preppy sport as a recruit, it's not any easier to be admitted. There's a thread about UofM admissions on the college thread and a lot of elite schools have just as low admit rates as upper middle class public schools.

The other thing is diversity nowadays. My school was politically akin to Deerfield, where the students are split 50/50, but the parents leaned conservative. At the time, I hated it be because of how liberal I am. Nowadays, I'm pretty happy about its moderate stance. They don't use the word "anti-racism", they use "diversity and inclusion" still. After George Floyd this spring, they put out an announcement, but didn't say "Black Lives Matter". There has never been some message that the school is supposed to make the world more equal and just. It was about preparing kids for college and it still seems it hasn't fallen to the woke crowd. I just don't think the parents would tolerate it. But this may be atypical compared to independent schools in this area and other boarding schools.

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