Just curious, if son is not yet ready for the independence of college, and if you didn’t find boarding school to be an appropriate option during high school, then with that GPA, why not have him start at your local 4 yr state college, commuting from home? He would probably be accepted at your nearest UMass, other than Amherst. Or he could start at your nearest MA state college. He could live at home, commute, and you could give him the level of independence that you think is appropriate for him, at probably one sixth the cost, plus he’d be earning college credits and exploring college majors. Even living in the dorms at a nearby state college would be a half the cost of boarding school, and you could have total access to his online academic account, so that you could see whether or not assignments are getting handed in on time, what grades he is getting.
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