<p>I used to go to a public magnet school, but transferred to a prep school during my sophomore year. My weighted GPA dropped (by different calculating systems) from a 4.4 to a 4.0! The classes are a lot harder too... I rarely had anything beside multiple-choice on my tests but now I have free-response questions as well. It's making me look really horrible compared to those who go to a regular public school. What about y'all??? Is prep school worth it???</p>
<p>welcome to private school... lol</p>
<p>i am at a privte school and i have heard from people that come from public school that they are much harder, but i havent lived that experience of changing school so i dont really know... but welcome to provate school... good luck!</p>
<p>wow my experience was totally different - but that may be because the area is very wealthy and the school is very good. the private school i went to was easier than public, had less projects but more useless hw... but i went there only for a semester</p>
<p>To be honest it sounds like you are in a school that may actually be preparing (Prep) you for a rigorous college education. Many colleges understand that a ranking system is almost impossible at some of these high schools and don't even consider them. Hang in there, do the work, you'll be glad you did when you breeze through college because you actually know how to study.</p>
<p>Your private school sounds a lot more like my old large public school.</p>
<p>Heh, the school is located in Plano, TX, which is an area with super-wealthy kids. I'm not weallthy though.
@Raschmom: know how to study? I study like 5 minutes for tests/quizzes (ahhh but back in public days it was 0, so yes, there's some "improvement") lol
Whatever school I go to, they all have useless projects and homework. Idk, I really REALLY hate doing projects (except drawing).</p>
<p>I go to a public school that many people choice into because it's really good but i live next to towns with really bad public schools...so I think it really depends on the public school that is available.</p>
<p>I don't think so. Things even out eventually once you get to college. While prep schoolers might have an academic advantage, public schoolers (like me) get an experience in diversity and self-reliance that many prep schoolers do not. </p>
<p>IMHO, public>private.</p>
<p>Personally, I liked my public experience better. And yes, diversity is important. Students in my prep school aren't necessary spoon-fed, though, not in school at least. They may have support from their wealthy parents. Throw in money and you get free service hours, for example.</p>
<p>Basically,</p>
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I don't think so. Things even out eventually once you get to college. While prep schoolers might have an academic advantage, public schoolers (like me) get an experience in diversity and self-reliance that many prep schoolers do not.</p>
<p>IMHO, public>private.
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This without the humbleness.</p>
<p>LOL if all you get 4 years of prep school hell is knowledge of "how to study"</p>
<p>If you are a top student you can do marvels in the public school system. Many have had well established IB programs for the longest time (colleges drool over those students). In our area the only private schools that could compare to the best public magnets cost upward of $25k/year, and in sheer numbers the publics place a lot more students into the Ivies and other top 20 schools and state flagships.</p>
<p>If J'adoube is right, prep school students like me receive lower GPA for nothing. I gather that there have been zero students ever gone to Ivies in the school's history. Sad, isn't it? I can't get out of my prep/private school b/c I'm international. Darn it.</p>
<p>I sympathize with ya -- I've attended a prep school these past 3.25 years and my GPA has suffered accordingly.</p>
<p>Funny thing is, though, that it's supposed to be breathtakingly hard compared to the local public schools, but it's not actually very difficult -- it's quite easy in fact. Hope it's actually preparing me for college, lol...</p>
<p>huuvinh13: Unless the school is known for the rigor of its curriculum it may be sad, but true. Sometimes they are athletic powerhouses and that can work too.</p>
<p>Invoyable agrees with me?!?</p>
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Invoyable agrees with me?!?
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Shocking, I know...;)</p>
<p>I disagreed with you a couple times for the epic lulz, but anyways..</p>
<p>Welcome to the real world, more like.</p>
<p>^ Yes, because a sheltered prep school is very similar to the real world...?</p>