Reply to S/O - insights from professors?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "S/O - insights from professors?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To Professors:

Can you tell which students attended private prep high schools versus those with a public high school background ?

I am familiar with private day & boarding schools throughout the nation and would be shocked if graduates lacked the skills and maturity noted above by several posters.[/quote]

16:19 and 18:30 here. I really cannot tell. Way too many students to get to know one-on-one. Of the ones that end up chatting with me in my office, the topic of what school they went to rarely comes up. But of those kids who I know well, most are from public, but I can't think of any conclusions you can draw from that. I haven't noticed any trend, because there is a huge range of rigor between public schools and there is a huge range of rigor between private schools. My own kid goes to private, but if I lived in a different zip code, I likely would have sent them to public.

If you find that your kid's school, whether private or public, is missing an element in some way, try to supplement those skills if you can. For example, if your kid goes to a private that teaches only the classics, if they want to be a philosophy major, that's great. If they want to be a science major, they should probably self study some AP science courses. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics