<p>The internet has allowed my family access to a wealth of information that would otherwise be unavailable to us regarding boarding schools, information that only those already in the boarding school and private school culture previously had access to. My children are not in a pre-prep with a placement counselor, there is no group like ABC or Prep for Prep advocating for them. Nobody is going to recruit in our district. And because I grew up in the south, not even realizing that private boarding schools even existed, much less having had relatives and friends who attended them, I have relied on people on this board for information. </p>
<p>I am grateful for that.</p>
<p>What we need to understand is that there is still a divide. There is a thread on the main forum regarding summer programs. I read it and couldn’t help thinking, “I hope these kids realize how lucky they are to be in a position where they just get to decide what to do this summer, that it’s not a struggle for their families to pay tuition and associated costs for even the most modest enrichment.”</p>
<p>Let’s all take it easy. Mhmm has always been very helpful to me and I appreciate it. I just think there is a lack of understanding about how real the crisis is for some kids. And I agree that it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for a very strong applicant who doesn’t need FA and has very good local options to apply to both NMH and SPS. Perhaps mhmm assumed that the poster in question came from those circumstances and not one as DAndrew described above or Perwinkle did in post #55. It’s an honest mistake and one that I don’t believe deserves the venom that was directed her way.</p>