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I wish I was five blocs away from any of he schools he is considering.
Another question is if he is really considering them. The other night in the car he mentioned something about his best buddy from an 8th grade making plans to shadow him at the school Ghost is now attending.Apparently the boy would like to transfer next year. I said that it would be a bummer if so and so decides to transfer and Ghost will no longer be there. And he goes - well, I am not really going to go to a boarding school - Me - so why are we even bothering to apply - He - well I am going to apply because I MIGHT go.
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Delbows-

It is about 5 blocks, but he does live there (no day school option). It is military prep. But with good grades, they earn lots of privileges, so I really see him more than my 15 yr old who lives at home.

Ania-

I feel like I did so much work looking into all these fancy boarding schools for DS 13 (scouring literature and websites, viewing DVDs, even touring one in Colorado). DS had trepidation about living so far away (many were east coast). However, I recently attended a college fair and a young ivy league school representative just Wow-ed me/my son with his ability to speak/answer questions--so articulate! He gave credit to St Paul's in MD? VA? I think there is a real value to the opportunities at fancy preps, but it would never fly with me being the biggest advocate--DS had to want it too.

Anyone get PSAT results back yet? Impatiently waiting, here.....

Waah, no word from the school. They had no classes today (finals start tomorrow) so maybe something will appear then? I just got a "teaser" email from College Board - it told me the scores would be available online in February 2010.....oh goodie.

DD took it on the Wednesday testing date. If I don't hear from the school by this Wednesday I'll start making some noises!