<p>Just found this old thread and thought it was sort of funny since I attended Simon’s Rock before it was even accredited back in 1970. When I attended it was a great school though lacking quite a few ammenities that it now has, I have to add. </p>
<p>The summer before 11th grade I’d read A S Neill’s book called Summerhill - about the school itself <a href=“http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/indexgo.html[/url]”>http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/indexgo.html</a> and fell in love with the idea of being inspired, challenged, trusted… you get it, all the things I felt I wasn’t getting at either my college prep. local private school or the unexciting local high school… So I applied and ended up at Simon’s Rock for senior year of high school and what would have been my first year of college… When I transferred the colleges I applied to all accepted these two years as two years of college. For me it was a great experience - but, of course, this was all way too long ago to be of much help, really.</p>
<p>A good friend of my daughter’s really wants to go to Simon’s Rock but has not been able to get the scholarship she needs - this girl is bright and there isn’t a depressed or “mal-adjusted” bone in her body. I’ve encouraged her not to give up on trying…because when I first applied they wouldn’t accept me due to my grades not being as high as they should have been (I was pretty down and out having transferred to the local high school which was very unchallenging, to say the least.). I didn’t let their rejection stop me. I wrote to them and explained why my grades weren’t what they should have been and convinced them that I was not working up to my potential - they changed their minds and accepted me. Perhaps there is still someone on these boards who’s thinking about this school - don’t judge it by just these couple of posts - take a trip and visit!</p>