<p>I think that if it gets you in the school, than that's good. I'd rather explain that I'm repeating, not that I wasn't accepted.</p>
<p>This is an interesting topic. My son has a late birthday so we didn't send him to K when he was 4, but waited to the next year. He is now turning 15 this month as a freshman. At least 2/3 of his friends are already 15 and doing a repeat year. You are not repeating subjects that you have already taken, but moving on at an advanced level. It really isn't any different than doing a PG year. </p>
<p>His younger brother who has an April birthday is going to do his freshman year at the local public school and then repeat 9th grade at BS. It will make him a stronger student and athlete.</p>
<p>True that. </p>
<p>Another thing in regards to my decision... Colleges will rave over being a leader. IF you are coming in Junior year alot of leadership chances will pass you by for students that started freshman or sophmore year. Your chances in sports also take a bit of a hit.</p>
<p>Repeating:
-More years to achieve leadership roles
-Athletic positives</p>
<p>My personal decision.</p>
<p>Ya my only problem is the leadership roles, but athletics def. not. If you feel strong in a sport you have to have the mentality that your going to come in and take some spots.</p>
<p>Sports is all about competition..If your good you don't really need the coach to know you to well. Good to e-mail them I guess.</p>
<p>The Varsity teams are pre-selected before school even starts in many (?most) cases. It is important to e-mail the coach and yes, if you are good, your past record will show that. Tryouts are fairly meaningless.</p>
<p>september 1994
im a freshman now,
repeating for andover,
staying in my grade for every other school.</p>
<p>My son repeated his freshman year (as requested by a coach). He was thrilled to do so as he wanted a full 4-year bs experience. Age is not an issue at bs and he was not bored with "repeating classes" as you can certainly move up in the courses you are qualified to do so. He started his freshman year with Physics, Honors Alg II and Honors Spanish II. He did repeat English as his school does the integrated Humanities program so it was different than his public school. No drawbacks that we (or he) can see.</p>
<p>keyleme, this school is nmh, right?</p>