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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of these schools can fully prepare you for a STEM college major at top schools, full stop. The people saying otherwise are just trying to justify their tuition. I went to public school and didn’t take anything beyond Calc in high school and was totally fine. The focus on acceleration at all costs by some parents actually means the students don’t really have the basics down and are forced to retake courses in college anyways. [/quote]

I'm the STA poster and I'm simply posting about the STEM program options  because OP asked about STEM.  The reality is that STA doesn't push STEM acceleration at all but will simply teach advanced classes to a small cohort of boys if they arrive in 9th grade needing it or develop an aptitude along the way.   It's actually a very thoughtful math program and the opposite of acceleration for acceleration's sake. My own son is strong at math but not super advanced and we feel that they've given him the appropriate level of challenge.  he came from public where he was accelerated for acceleration's sake (because if you're "smart" in public you generally get pushed ahead in math) and we were happy that this slowed down at STA. [/quote]

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