<p>Andi, thanks for your response. I actually decided not to pursue my waitlist status at Swat, as ultimately, I thought Dartmouth would be a better fit. In part, it was the memories of camp, of water rippling by, of mountains towering in the distance, and the calm soothing taste of nature, that led me to consider such a school in the first place. The kind of close knit, wonderful community formed at the camp, and in rural settings such as these, is what later made me fall in love with Dartmouth. </p>
<p>However, I’d very much like to wish you the best of luck. I hope, and know, that all will be right with Andison in the end. Hopefully, he’ll get off the Swat waitlist, and then leave these memories behind. No matter what happens, he should go off away from home, to someplace new, for a few days, and see how much more there is to life than these beaurocratic, foolish little institutions, and he’ll forget about all this far more quickly than he could imagine. Moosehead Lake is one place I could suggest, as well as other places. The cost can be quite modest.</p>