<p>Sgopal2 - I understand she has a strong desire. But I feel that desire is stoked by summertime friendships with kids she sees one time a year, and that live lives very different than ours out here on the West Coast. My daughter is easily influenced…much more a follower than a leader (outside of the soccer field). Interstingly enough, one of her closest summer friends just got accepted to Groton. Now my daugher comes home from vacation and says the only way to succeed academically is to attend a board school - and she specifically mentioned Groton 
</p>