I've realized how much I want to go to a boarding school, but my parents have already paid the application fees and aren't letting me swap or add any schools. I'm only using the Gateway application. What can I do?

[stalecookies]

@pearlescentrose

My parents are very adamant about the fact that I can only apply to the best boarding schools and they don’t want me applying to more than six because they don’t believe that boarding school is important enough to spend so much time on it.

Define “best”.

Oh wait, they’re going for “best known”. Yeah, part of the low admit rate is that 90% of prep school applicants apply to at least 2 of the “top 10” schools - or at least it sometimes feels that way.

Different boarding schools serve different purposes, and are the “best” for different people.