<p>Hi there, if there are, please elaborate the pro and con of going to States for High School? I'm in a dilemma of this controversial issue.......</p>
<p>Please help!</p>
<p>I was born in Ottawa and I go back there for the summer and when I don't have school. Most public schools are pretty good. If you can get into prep schools such as Havergal, UCC, St. George's, Ashbury, Rothesay, Bishop Strachan, Appleby, etc., the education is really good and comparable to top schools in the US, however the endowment and resources of Canadian preps aren't really comparable, except for perhaps UCC and Bishop Strachan. Ashbury is in Ottawa which offers a lot of cultural and political opportunities, and a lot of kids of diplomats attend. It's only around 20% boarding, though. It's an IB school and the kids I know that go there are great.</p>
<p>Jonathan, I am a St. George's boy. I can tell you straight up it's a pain in the ass trying to get to Ivy Leagues.</p>
<p>However, if you are just wanting to go to Queen's/Western/McGill or USC/Boston College and the like...yeah as like as you show up to class and finish your homework it's not that hard at Saints.</p>
<p>Yet the education is first-rate. We have a fairly amazing sports program, and the ethos of the great British public schools is fairly established here. I would say in terms of actual delivery of education and character-building, we are probably comparable to schools like Collegiate in NY, although in terms of opportunities, we are just not on the same tier.</p>