I would respectfully disagree with you @MakMacdonald I’m sure that you have probably had a good experience with the junior boarding school, but I would advise against sending your children to a junior boarding school @PrepPop as a current bs student, I have many friends who went to junior boarding schools and admit a decent amount admit that they feel a bit of resentment towards their parents because they felt pressure to go or were given not much or no say in the disicion. I would say to not send you kids to junior boarding school. One of my friends said she felt like her childhood was partly taken away and she felt pressure from her parents to go. Don’t have you child’s life revolve around getting into the best schools. Don’t raise them to only do things that will look good on applications. Don’t stress the importance of getting into a good school when your child is in the 1st grade. I cannot stress it enough that but please keep those thoughts to yourself. Your kids childhoods shouldn’t revolve around test prep, essays, forced extra curricular,etc. for all you know your child might not want to go to boarding school, have needs that cannot be met at a boarding school, or just isn’t ready! If you raise them their whole lifewith the sole goal of getting into a good school they will feel as if they have to. You SHOULD raise your kids to be good, kind, compassionate, motivated, hardworking kids. That will get them further in life than any essay prep or violin lessons. Best of luck to you and please really listen to all the comments that have been made on this thread.