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[quote=Anonymous]Hi 16:31 -- I am the poster who has had several kids at  St. Andrew's who posted on March 2 2014 at 17:35 above.  Having just reread my post, I think it still provides a good summary of the school.  Enrollment is up a bit from a couple of years ago.  On the plus side, this offers a few more opportunities in scheduling, classes, faculty additions, and activities, but also admittedly probably a bit of a reduction in how unusually tight each class was socially (the difference between about 60 and closer to 80 students in a high school grade).  The actual number of students per classroom etc., of course, remains small as you would expect.

Now that my oldest has graduated from St. Andrew's, I would add that the academic preparation for college was outstanding - at least for the students who took some of the more challenging courses.   My DC -- and DC's high school friends whom we have seen during their breaks from college - have uniformly said that they only began to fully realize how strong their preparation for college was when they began to compare themselves to classmates in their respective colleges. Specifically, they all talk about how well they learned to write, analyze, organize, and construct an argument.  Moreover, they talk about having confidence to go talk to a professor after class even in a large lecture hall, and to speak up in both lectures and small seminars.  I've heard this from students who attend a range of colleges, including both small liberal arts schools and some of the most selective universities in the country in a wide range of majors.  For a completely self-motivated student, I am sure BCC can work fine.  But for the vast majority of students, I think the smaller classes and attention to writing and analysis at your private options will probably be better than at BCC.    [/quote]

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