<p>Compressing HS to 3 years is the total OPPOSITE strategy that many kids in elite boarding prep schools take: expand to 5 years! A fair number of parents favor repeating a year so their kid (usually boy) is older, more mature, bigger, to give them a competitive social/academic/athletic edge. The elite universities also look favorably on this-- it’s not like repeating a year in public school.</p>
<p>This is an expensive strategy, as the tuition at these schools approach 40k per year.</p>