Boarding School & Pressure

confusedaboutFA
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 12:53:25 +0000

So I’ll be attending Lawrenceville as a day student next year, but a friend of mine (who used to live on campus; mom was a former teacher/housemaster there) wasn’t too excited about it. When I asked him why, he told me about how much of a high pressure environment, describing it as “destroying your hobbies due to the immense focus on schoolwork” and how he’s seen “students that have had nervous breakdowns and had to leave school due to their brains getting messed up from the stress.” Although he claims I’ll do fine (we’ve known each other for 9 years), I’m still a bit worried. Has anyone else had any experiences like this?