<p>Oh common,^^
No prep schools dont focus on kids who demonstrate passion. Wait till college admissions for that.
Prep schools like kids who are nice, bright, articulate, understand the ethics of working, get along well with the rest of the community and will accept kids with, gasp, even Bs in academic subjects.
If a kid needs heavy duty fin aid, then the competition heats up more and prep schools will want better grades/scores/some sort of talent. Btw, its not only because they expect kids whom they support financially to be “smarter”, its also because generally kids whose parents traditionally pay for BS go to the type of primary schools where its more difficult to get an A.</p>