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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    The last two sentences are exactly why you pay for prep. The young adult that comes out the other side is worth every penny. The fact that few acknowledge is that prep alone rarely gets a student into a better college. For an Athlete, whose sport is helping them get in, Prep school will indeed prep them.

    As for rankings, US News includes class rank in methodology. Colleges CARE about their ranking, they will say they don't, but their admissions models have to include HS class rank. Nothing in US news methodology weights the actual HS.
    Yes, yes and Yes!

    The kids coming out of prep school are poised and engaged and interesting. Many prep schools are quite diverse, much more so than top public schools who of course only have students who live in the (expensive) district. Pretty soon the poster claiming all prep students have a silver spoon in their mouth will chime in, and there is truth to that stereotype. However there is also great economic diversity actually (with the exception of the middle class who earn too much for financial aid, yet can't afford $55,000/year). And much international diversity.

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      #32
      For National Liberal Arts Colleges if a student is not in the Top 10% of their class (regardless of quality of HS) they don't count toward college's attainment on that metric.

      Test Scores still matter way more, but class rank does matter
      https://www.usnews.com/education/bes...ia-and-weights

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Yes, yes and Yes!

        The kids coming out of prep school are poised and engaged and interesting. Many prep schools are quite diverse, much more so than top public schools who of course only have students who live in the (expensive) district. Pretty soon the poster claiming all prep students have a silver spoon in their mouth will chime in, and there is truth to that stereotype. However there is also great economic diversity actually (with the exception of the middle class who earn too much for financial aid, yet can't afford $55,000/year). And much international diversity.
        Yes and they know all about drugs and alcohol too

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Yes and they know all about drugs and alcohol too
          True. the pressures of privilege and the neglect of poverty often lead to same place.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            True. the pressures of privilege and the neglect of poverty often lead to same place.
            Or The boredom

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              #36
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Or The boredom
              Well said

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                #37
                The trends have preps getting easier and top colleges dropping SAT requirements.

                https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...out-ap-program

                https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.973be7d083f0

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Yes and they know all about drugs and alcohol too
                  Like they don't in public school???!!

                  Please. I would worry much more about opiate use if my kid went to our local public school.

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    The trends have preps getting easier and top colleges dropping SAT requirements.

                    https://www.insidehighered.com/news/...out-ap-program

                    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.973be7d083f0
                    Getting rid of APs does not equal getting easier. Prep schools have advanced, or honors classes that are not APs because they think they can teach the material better than the AP curriculum can. Those classes are not easier than the AP versions, and could be harder.

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Getting rid of APs does not equal getting easier. Prep schools have advanced, or honors classes that are not APs because they think they can teach the material better than the AP curriculum can. Those classes are not easier than the AP versions, and could be harder.
                      Or they could be catering to the wealthy paying customers by inflating grades through their new, "super special" curriculum that isn't evaluted or exposed by those pesky AP exams.

                      Money buys so much privilege.

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Or they could be catering to the wealthy paying customers by inflating grades through their new, "super special" curriculum that isn't evaluted or exposed by those pesky AP exams.

                        Money buys so much privilege.
                        yes it does. just like "elite" soccer leagues. you nailed it.

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Like they don't in public school???!!

                          Please. I would worry much more about opiate use if my kid went to our local public school.
                          Drugs are way more prevalent in prep schools due to lack of parents, boredom and disposable income.

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Drugs are way more prevalent in prep schools due to lack of parents, boredom and disposable income.
                            You obviously don't have a kid at a top prep school. Boredom is not an issue at all. Also, if a kid is caught with drugs they are either booted immediately, or given at most one chance before being kicked out.

                            I don't know if drug use is the same at prep and public but it definitely isn't more prevalent at academically demanding preps. I would guess that the drugs used might be different too.

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              You obviously don't have a kid at a top prep school. Boredom is not an issue at all. Also, if a kid is caught with drugs they are either booted immediately, or given at most one chance before being kicked out.

                              I don't know if drug use is the same at prep and public but it definitely isn't more prevalent at academically demanding preps. I would guess that the drugs used might be different too.
                              I had a kid who attended both. Definitely more heavy use at prep school than his public school. Jives with others experience too

                              Don't kid yourself... There's absolutely boredom at a boarding school as they are there 24/7. They are also given more than one shot especially if daddy is rich

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Sorry but you obviously have no idea what you’re talking about.
                                Don't you just love it when someone simultaneously (1) thinks something is obviously so and (2) can't offer a single reason as to why it's so?

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