Private School to Boarding School

ChoatieMom
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:52 +0000

Yes, Deerfield is incredibly strict. This occurred in the dining hall during Parents Weekend 1838:

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(Sorry, the rivalry between Choate and Deerfield is legendary.)

To be more helpful, all of the schools have rules designed to keep the kids well occupied and safe. There is low to no tolerance for disruptive behavior. Given the ever increasing numbers of applications to these schools, though, I wouldn’t say the kids find them overly restrictive. Students have a lot of good, safe fun at BS. But, the schools do vary in formality and how many strikes are allowed for mistakes and what the repercussions are for those mistakes. You are doing the right thing – go to each school’s website to review its policies and then visit those schools with policies you are comfortable with.

Only Deerfield restricts students to one bowl of porridge.