What is life like at a boarding (prep) school?

Is boarding school going to help me improve academically and what's the social life like?

• Right now I live in Aberdeen, Scotland. At the moment I'm 15 but im turning 16 in January. I go to a public school (through choice because I didn't like the private schools here). Despite it being a public school, it's still decent. The fact that it's in a well-off area also means that it's great academically. In fact it's one of the best public schools in Scotland. I have one major problem however. Although my teachers all think I'm quite smart, I have issues with self discipline and motivation. They all say that I have the potential to do extremely well in life if I applied myself, possibly even getting into an Ivy League university. Only if I apply myself though, which I have trouble doing in this environment. There are just too many distractions in my life. I go out and meet up with friends every day after school, and I find myself procrastinating a lot. I think that if things were made simpler for me and all I had to worry about was school, I'd find it much easier to excel. I discussed it with my parents last year and the obvious solution was to just try harder to knuckle down, but failing that boarding school would be a possibility, simply because it would force me to focus on school. Often I find myself extremely motivated regarding school, because I know I can do well, and when this happens I improve dramatically and usually become the number one in all of my classes. Trouble is, I'll slip back into my old ways and **** around, then I end up with just average grades. I just can't help myself. I honestly think that if I went into a boarding school motivated I would find it easier to sustain that level of motivation for the rest of my school life. I'm thinking of eiher going to England or somewhere else in Europe. One of my concerns however is the social life. I would want to go to a co-ed school, for obvious reasons. I'd just like to know what social life would be like, because although I want to limit it to the extent that I'll be able to focus on my school work, I do want to have a life. In the weekends are there curfews? I'd quite like to go out partying/clubbing but I don't know whether or not I'd be able to. Would there even be any parties? I mean for example a house party hosted by a day student or whatever. These kind of freedoms are important to me. Do you think going to boarding school would help me improve my school work? If I did go it would be after I finish my standard grades, which I'm going to somehow try and get straight 1's in. I appreciate any help or advice you can offer in advance... Thanks, Jonathon To answer tom's question; I have a fake ID. Also, if I were to go to boarding school somewhere else in Europe (France for example) they're much more laid back about it. In some parts of Europe the legal age is 16, and like I said I'll be 16 by the time I go, assuming I decide to go through with this of course...

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  Clubbing? You're 15! What kinds of clubs allow 15-year-olds? I don't understand why going to a private school would cause you to focus better, but maybe it would. I wish I could be more helpful.