Should I Attend a Post Graduate Prep School?

What is a postgraduate year?

A postgraduate, or "PG year" as it is often called, is a full academic year of study generally pursued between graduation from high school and matriculation at a college or university. A PG year is offered at many independent schools throughout the country and usually involves a residential experience.

Who might be interested in a postgraduate year?

Reasons for pursuing a PG year are almost as varied as the interests, personalities, and ability range of any broad cross-section of college bound students. A student may need another year after high school to develop basic academic skills. A student-athlete may have put more emphasis on athletics and less on studies in high school, or a student may have discovered a latent athletic talent too late in a school career to gain the notice of college coaches. Another might have graduated a year younger than most classmates and may feel the need for additional maturation before college. Still others find themselves with college choices which no longer match their needs, but are beyond the point at which it is feasible to begin a new college search and still meet deadlines; rather than commit to an inappropriate college choice, such students might use the postgraduate year as a second chance at the college admission process.

Actually, the only common characteristic of all postgraduate students seems to be their common desire to improve themselves in preparation for a college education. Students who successfully complete a postgraduate year invariably enter college directly after graduation. Further, the traditional PG year lessons in personal organization and confidence building, combined with development of genuine intellectual curiosity, have lifelong value which transcends the college years.

BENEFITS OF A POST GRADUATE YEAR OF FOOTBALL

*ENHANCE CLASSROOM ABILITIES FOR COLLEGE

*ALLOW FOR IMPROVEMENT OF GPA AND SAT/ACT TEST SCORES

*TEACH SELF-DISCIPLINE REQUIRED FOR COLLEGE CLASSES

*DEVELOP BETTER STUDY HABITS THROUGH STUDY HALL

*INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAMS OF STUDY

*NO LOSS OF COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY

*IMPROVE TECHNIQUE THROUGH USE OF VIDEOTAPING

*PROVIDE ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR GROWTH AND MATURITY

*ENHANCE STRENGTH AND AGILITY IN A SUPERVISED, MONITORED PROGRAM

*ALLOW INELIGIBLE SENIORS TO PLAY ANOTHER SEASON