Reapplicat or 10th?

[ChoatieMom]

As a BS newbie, it still surprises me how often students are advised to repeat a year and how common it seems to be. Especially since it involves an extra year of tuition! Does anyone have an idea of the percentage of kids in each class that are repeaters or it more common in some schools than others? Just curious…

I scratched my head over that one, too, @TheStig2 when we first encountered this phenomenon. I only understood repeating in the context of failing the previous grade and could not comprehend what this meant at BS. Here is where I was enlightened:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/1231415-repeat-students%C2%97-academic-%C2%93red-shirting%C2%94-p1.html