<p>Skrunch, I keep trying to reply and college confidential keeps logging me out and deleting my messages. So I will just say this. Yes, I learned to be more independent and I was better prepared for college. But I only learned the hard way. I was not a bad kid and before NCSSM I had never gotten in trouble at school. But with all the rules at Science and Math it is VERY easy to break them either because you forgot or did not know there was a rule for something. The administrators and student life staff enforced them strictly and were unprofessional and often rude. By the time I left NCSSM I had spent about 15 hours in detention for breaking minor rules such as forgetting such as being 10 minutes late to check-ins, forgetting to sign out, or missing class (I only missed 3-4 throughout the 2 years but received the most detention time for this. About 10 hours). By the time I left NCSSM, I was burnt out from all dealing with all of these rules and doing all of the work, and you could see it in my Freshman year grades. I did well my first year of college, but I feel I could have done better if I hadn’t been so tired of working. There are plenty of students who had this same experience, but also plenty who did not.</p>
<p>I hope this has helped. Good luck in whatever you decide.</p>