How far is too far?

ThacherParent
Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:28:07 +0000

One of the great Thacher families lives in Illinois. This admission’s video of their last boy to attend describes a bit of the experience. https://www.thacher.org/podium/default.aspx?t=52562&a=137668&play=1. Like your son, Morgan was heavily into math & science and is at MIT now. We found, being 3000 miles away from the School, that you get into a really nice rhythm. Our son was home for all the major holidays and we were in Ojai once in the Fall and once in the Spring, plus a father/son long weekend in February.

We kept in touch with our son via text, email and phone calls. The School does a GREAT job of making you feel included through notes that advisers, teachers, coaches and admins send. You also form nice friendships with the parents of your kid’s friends and so there’s a lot of comforting back channel communication.

Thacher is quite generous with their financial aid as well. If you decide to explore the School in earnest, please let me and the other Thacher parents on this site know like mountainhiker, mussels, patronyork etc. All of us are here to help in any way we can. Best of luck to you!