transferring between boarding schools

MBVLoveless
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:05:11 +0000

I second etondad. I got so mad when my Dad insisted on calling Taft and St. Andrews DE “only okay schools” when I was applying, not considering that they both reject 3/4 of their applicants and that his son was a potential student. He also said if I didn’t get into my top choices, I could always reapply from the “safeties.” The idea infuriated me because no way was I going to leave a school that loves me and takes me in for one he deemed “more worthwhile.” The funniest part is, he made me visit the school he considered “better” at the start of this school year, hoping me to consider transferring later, despite the fact that I had already been enrolled at my personal top choice.

In short, making your child feel like he’s going to a lesser school is the worst thing you can do for him. I wouldn’t recommend transferring because 1) it could take a child a long time adjusting to a school 2) if he failed, he would most certainly be estranged by his peers. His being waitlisted at his first choice (which I assume is a highly selective school) proves that he’s a qualified kid that meets the school’s standards, and kids like him will succeed no matter where they go.

Embrace the school that accepted him and get the most out of the experience.