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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    I think you are overstating the case. If PGs are involved, you may be right. But to suggest the preps would win in football, lacrosse, or any of a number of girls sports is simply not true.
    Hockey, basketball, soccer and lacrosse are the sports that the prep schools actively recruit for. Football, baseball, volleyball, track are sports that the MIAA schools would beat the preps.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Kind of skews it? Skews it a great deal. Most only take the very brightest students. The scores will never compare. And prep school parents typically have more discretionary income to spend on tutors etc, as well as having greater inside connections to get in the door at tony universities. That also doesn't mean that smart kids can't do the same at public schools - it's what you make of your educational opportunities that matter
      But also, you do get what you pay for in terms of resources and quality teachers. The teachers in a prep school were usually all accomplished students themselves with very fancy diplomas. You typically aren't going to have your kid taught by a teacher with a Framingham St diploma or one who has spent 20 years using the same copies of worksheets like you will in your average public school.

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        #33
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Hockey, basketball, soccer and lacrosse are the sports that the prep schools actively recruit for. Football, baseball, volleyball, track are sports that the MIAA schools would beat the preps.
        Let's revisit this for a second. Hockey...most kids are choosing junior hockey over preps. That's why you are seeing an influx of Canadians in American preps. Football and baseball, the preps aren't strong in either, and public wins out. Soccer....all over the map on this one, as mentioned ,Africans are coming arriving in droves due to International efforts like Right to Dream and others. At the end of the day, if your child is athletically gifted and is at the top 1% of his age group, prep sports is not where he should be. The competition is inferior for the most part.

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          #34
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Let's revisit this for a second. Hockey...most kids are choosing junior hockey over preps. That's why you are seeing an influx of Canadians in American preps. Football and baseball, the preps aren't strong in either, and public wins out. Soccer....all over the map on this one, as mentioned ,Africans are coming arriving in droves due to International efforts like Right to Dream and others. At the end of the day, if your child is athletically gifted and is at the top 1% of his age group, prep sports is not where he should be. The competition is inferior for the most part.
          Ignore this post. Completely uninformed.

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            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Prep all the way. Soccer is waaaaaaay better and if you want your child to be prepared for success at the top universities preps are basically the only places that teach them both how to think and the tricks of being a highly effective student. Around here there is no such thing as a free education. The towns with very good public schools have sky high real estate prices and sky high real estate taxes and in the end what their public schools offer is still not as good as a prep. Save your money by moving to a town with reasonable prices and a low real estate tax rate. They normally have awful schools but you won't need them so why bother paying for them. That will give you something left over to pay for a real education.
            If you listen to this moron you will have real problems in all areas of your life.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              If you listen to this moron you will have real problems in all areas of your life.
              Show me a public school that is even close to producing the average sat scores that even a tier prep does. So what is your point?

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                #37
                it's all about the parents

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