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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The over the top bullies, and their victims, tend to leave, voluntary or otherwise, before graduation. What you are left with is a great bunch of boys, toughened up, and ready for the real world.[/quote] Creepy sounding and inaccurate, in my experience (over 10 years -- yikes). There's very little attrition compared to many privates. Neither the school nor the boys are perfect but it is a caring, responsive faculty and the overall experience is highly positive for most. Nevertheless, adolescence can be a lonely and difficult time and some boys I'm sure leave feeling they might have been happier somewhere else (bigger, or public, or co-ed). I do think it's a mistake to generalize too broadly, and the idea of getting worthwhile "intel' on a particular grade is fraught with problems. Tour, talk to other families, listen to your child's impressions of if he thinks he'd like it. But even with that, nothing is too wholly predictable. [/quote]
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