DEEP SPRINGS - worst school ever.

Tarhunt
Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:40:44 +0000

murkywater:

Deep Springs is a school in the drylands on the California/Nevada border. It’s a working ranch of many tens of thousands of acres. It’s basically free to go to school there (though there may be some minor fees).

The place was founded by a man who believed that one has to earn the right to intellectual pursuits with hard labor. As a result, Deep Springs is a working ranch. The school and the ranch are run almost entirely by the students. Students decide who gets admitted. Students do the books. Students do most of the ranch work, including a summer stint as a cowboy in the high country, butchering, farming, etc.

The school is only for two years, and the student body consists of 26 or so males. It is among the most selective schools in the world. Average SAT scores change from year to year, but it’s not unusual for Deep Springs to have the highest average test scores in the country, bar none. The average class size is four students, and student choose the curriculum.

They claim that 9 out of 10 students at Deep Springs get into their first choice college after two years. Most of the students go Ivy or to some other elite school.

All in all, it’s an experience like none other. If you’re the kind who likes the road less taken, and you’re an academic superstar with SATs in the 1500 range, it can be very, very attractive.