Is a Private HS Really Better than Public?

sneezy
Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:22:17 +0000

I think wherever you go to school, so long as you take the right classes, you’re bound to get a good education—and this holds more true in high school obviously because the variety in elementary and middle school…lacks.

I mean, it’s true your education might be better at a private school, but if you go to a public school, when you’re a prospective freshie for colleges, you’re bound to get to a better school merely because your HS was weak. There are a lot of affirmative action programs that look at not just your race but your socioeconomic status. If you go to a poor school in a poor environment, that’s going to give you an edge.

Well, I hope I didn’t make college seem like too much of a strategy-based game, but it all depends on whether or not you’ll thrive in a competitive environment, particularly if you have to pay 30K a year for it.