Help a mom understand HADES!!!!

Periwinkle
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:51:44 +0000

Mpicz: I know people who were miserable at many of the “prestige” schools. The prestige did not make their high school experience more valuable.

If you “fit” at a big-name school, great! Prestige can mean that a school has a loyal alumni body, is very well-funded, and has a professional administration. Those are all good things. It is very possible, though, to attend a fine school, and be miserable, because it isn’t the school for you. Every boarding school loses students every year, some voluntarily, and some due to disciplinary processes. For every student who transfers or is expelled, there was a poor fit. There are no sure bets in this process.