Thank you @Tana98 for your reply (which makes heaps of sense!).
Do you know if this is an “industry standard”? Child is only considering Andover and Exeter at this point as contenders relative to the day school option… so I guess if you can’t comment across boarding schools in general, might you have insight regarding the two aforementioned schools?
Cannot reiterate enough that I hope this situation will not present itself. Child may be rejected or waitlisted x2, or child will decide on the day school regardless of admission decisions.
I’m sussing out the possibility, however, that the child is a) accepted, b) wishes to attend and c) the NO parent refused to sign.