@purpleshark
You absolutely should be true to yourself. @reknihtrevo brings up some good points to think about regarding how important is going to boarding school to you? One thing I would say, however, is that day school and boarding school with same admission rates are still fundamentally very different experiences. The big benefit of boarding school is not correlated to their admission rate. I mean yes, a rigorous school will not likely accept 75% of applicants but assuming that a school with 20% admission rate is going to give you some sort of magical boarding school experience that a school with 35% admission rate won’t is probably misguided. Which doesn’t mean that your local day school or public’s school wouldn’t be a completely valid choice. But know that your 35% admit boarding school is absolutely very capable of providing that amazing boarding school experience you are looking for, including truly outstanding academics. And there is something truly special about living in a boarding school community that simply cannot be replicated anywhere else.
Bottom line: the magic sauce of boarding school is not unique to schools with crazy low admission rates.
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