How Boarding Schools Prepare Young People for College
Apr 23, 2019, 18:55 ET
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Academic achievement is important in preparing a high school graduate to pursue a higher education. However, getting top grades in rigorous courses by itself doesn't fully equip a young person to succeed later.
A growing number of parents are realizing the need for their children to develop self-reliance, time management and other life skills well in advance of when they graduate from high school. Boarding schools help young people do so by providing the away-from-home living environment where they can develop the personal independence skills they'll need for college later.
A few basic facts about why boarding schools make sense…
A recent study said that 90 percent of boarding school students reported having "great, high-quality teachers," compared to 62 percent and 51 percent of private- and public-school students, respectively, who said likewise. The survey reported 87 percent of graduating boarding school students said they were "very well prepared" for college academically while 78 percent of the students said they were very well prepared socially. Only 39 percent of the public-school students surveyed who said they were very well prepared academically and socially.
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