Students who attend the super elite New England prep boarding schools (Andover, Exeter, Deerfield Academy, St. Paul’s School, Groton, Hotchkiss, and maybe a couple of others like Lawrenceville & Choate Rosemary Hall) often find college easier and less demanding than their boarding school.
Long ago Harvard and other Ivies studied St. Paul’s School curriculum to determine why SPS students found college so easy.