BoardingPOV

Dad:

We had a nice comment from reader “Valerie” a few days ago. In her comment, she says “The only reason my parents think I shouldn’t go is that they would really miss me if I did” and “They understand it would be a great opportunity, but there is also the cost (to consider)” [...]

Boarding schools are expensive – typically in the 40,000-$45,000 range.  After you swallow your gum (ulp!), remember to relax and look at the bigger picture.  Long gone are the days where only the Rockefellers and the Kennedys are going to these schools.  The schools often have large, even huge, endowments  primarily for the purpose of [...]

Michelle started working on the SSAT in September – almost right after 8th grade started.  Most boarding schools will take the ISEE exams, but they seem to prefer the SSAT.  And the local school options where we live accepted the SSAT, so we decided early on to go that way.  There were a couple of [...]

Mom & Dad: It was late September/ early October – time to start getting applications, and deciding where to apply.  As we indicated on an earlier post, we were struggling with the idea of applying to boarding school.  For Mom, it was tantamount to packing her bags to send her daughter off, but for Dad, [...]

Michelle: Through the fall of 8th grade, my motivation to apply to boarding schools stayed strong. The head of school where I went for the summer program had told me that if I’d enjoyed the summer program I was going to LOVE high school.  Of course, my parents wanted me to apply to the two [...]