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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought it was common knowledge that private schools in general aren't known for their "rigor"? If rigor is your sina qua non, there are any number of terrific public high schools around here with boatloads of AP classes. [/quote]

Huh?

Of course not. The best private schools go beyond AP, for one. Look at the course catalog for Sidwell, Andover, and Exeter. Then tell me about how they don’t have rigor. I mean this with no disrespect, but you honestly don’t know what you’re talking about.[/quote]

With respect--and as a New Englander who grew up/attended (a liberal NESCAC) college with kids who attended many of the top NE prep schools--you can fail your way through all that rigor and not get kicked out. As a previous poster pointed out, it's about the connections and, if you're academically engaged, it can be an amazing experience to take advantage of all those schools have to offer. But if you're a legacy or a staff kid or an athlete etc., you can graduate from all those places and still get into a great college/uni. In NE especially, no one focuses on test scores or statistics the way parents do down here. It's still a prep school environment, but it's a very different approach. They want kids to develop a solid foundation of knowledge so they can go into whatever field they choose with a good background, not turn into anxious messes who spend all their time focusing on tests. [/quote]

I went to one of Andover/Exeter and know plenty of kids who did fail out. You’re wrong. [/quote]

Now let me clear — you’re right about the approach to education, but it’s still rigorous and you can absolutely fail out.[/quote]

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