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private highschool
I've gone to a public school my whole life. Now 7th grade is ending and im going on to 8th grade. My brother goes to a private school and i want to go there. But I'm afraid of leaving behind my friends. I have a much better chance of getting accepted because my brother goes, but my brother doesn't talk to his old friends much. One of my friends who switches school a lot told me that I should do whats best for me, not for my friends. But I'm not sure whats best for me. I want to go to private school to help me with college, but I dont want to stop being able to see my other friends cause i love them so much.
I'll rate high if you try to help me with my decison
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Switch schools. You seem like you really want to go to the school, so go for it. If these friends of yours are your TRUE friends then they will keep in touch and dont worry. Just because your brother doesnt talk to his old friends that much doesnt mean you will; you wont. This school looks like its good for you, it helps you with college, your friends should be happy for you and not ditch you but if they do, they arent your true friends. good luck =D
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well which school do you think you'll be happier in?
but if you want to go to a private school because it helps you with college, then go for it. for the friends part, you can always talk to them out of school and keep in touch, talk to them online or on the phone and maybe once in a while you guys can hang out and have some fun and gossip !
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my god. you don't know how much the question of private high school plagued me before.
i was in 8th grade, and i got into the best private high school in the country (phillips andover) but i also didn't want to leave my friends, because when we went we asked how often the boarding students went home, and they said maybe at the most once a semester.
that completely shocked me. so i was telling myself, i can go, cause i'll just visit more than them, but then if you think about the stress and the work you probably won't have time.
also you'll definetely develop bonds with other kids in the school, and you'll be missing out on alot of your friends life.
if you want to go to a private school simply because you think it'll help with college, i can tell you that i doesn't. no matter how good it is, as long as you're ambitious, it won't matter what school you go to.
for example, when i was making my decision, my dad would constantly come home with stories about families he knew or met that had children who went to phillips, but didn't even get into a really good college like harvard or MIT. so it depends on what type of person you are.
and you also should think about college as another factor. you're going to spend 4 years away from your friends and family. after college, you'll basically lose (well not really LOSE but they won't be as deep) all your relationships with your old friends and family. you'll be on your own.
so if you think you're ready to give that up, by all means you should definetely go to the high school.
and if it counts for anything, i gave up phillips, because i'll get into harvard either way XP. anyways like i said it's your choice, and though you should think about "what's best for you" you need to think about the factors that affect it. don't forget the consequences.
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if you want to go, then go! you just wont see your public school friends from 8-3 on weekdays. i have gone to a private school all my life and its great. i understand why you dont want to leave your friends, but you'll make new friends wherever you decide to go. i actually have a friend in the exact same situation, she goes to public school, but next year shes going to a private school with me. its hard cus most of her public friends are going to different schools, but i bet you know some people there with you brother at that school. talk to him about the benefits of it. hope it works out!
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i think that it sounds like you WANT to go to the private school. and i take it that this school is in the same town as your public school, so since you live there and so do your public school friends, you could still hang out after school days, on weekends, and all that. no one but you can make this decision, but as long as you kept in good touch with your other friends, you wouldnt lose them. believe me i have experience in this....
xoxo helpachick
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i think you should switch school
i mean if you have been friends with your friends this long they arent going to just ditch you! yuo can still see them out of school whenever you want
and private school may help you more for college (as long as its somewhat large and the school you go to now isnt)
talk to you brother about it and see what he thinks, also see how your parents think it is
because i dont know either school its hard to say whats better but i would switch if academic wise its better
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