Is it worth it???

Charger78
Wed, 11 Nov 2015 02:13:19 +0000

Your college application is going to be much more a reflection of you than of your school. Consider that the overwhelming majority of college freshmen are from public schools because there are so many more public than private school students; how can private school students matriculating at the top 50 colleges prove that the prep school made the difference for their acceptances? They can’t. You can compare the college acceptance lists of two high schools and conclude that you prefer one to the other, but such a list doesn’t guarantee an outcome for an individual years later.

Some prep schools offer AP and others do not, usually in favor of their own “advanced” offerings, or possibly IB. Colleges are fine with non-AP schools once they have established a track record with their students. Evaluate the faculty of two schools that you might attend by sitting in on classes and talking to students, particularly if you can target a department or discipline you have a special interest in.

Value, or “worth”, is established only when a buyer agrees to a seller’s price. La Jolla Country Day (or any independent) can only begin to be worth it if, from the outset, a family can afford to matriculate. Even then, a leap of faith has to be made, and only well into the experience, or at the end of it, is one likely to determine that the private school was “worth it”. I agree with ChoatieMom’s last sentences about the college consideration.