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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suppose the real question for families with "middle of the pack" sons, what is the value of a St Albans education?  Has a B-/C+ student with middling board scores (1600-1700) been prepped sufficiently by St Albans to attend non selective colleges without the aid of remedial courses?

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Talk to the school or families if this is your question.  I'm a former independent school teacher at a New England school and I can say that students from good independent schools are very well prepared for college -- even your B minus student has written numerous papers and taken full-period essay tests in high school.  Some of them even really excel at the next level and it is great to see their confidence when they do so.  I can remember some of our recruited ice hockey players, who were more borderline students in high school, proudly talking about how they were Dean's List in college and seen as some of the best students in the athletic department at places like Boston College.

Where independent school grads run into trouble in college it tends to be a substance issue (drugs or alcohol) and/or an illness (i.e. depression) where the student stops attending class/turning in their work.[/quote]

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