Admissions Quest

Prep School News - April, 2004

In this issue:
• A Post Graduate Year; what’s that?
• The Admission Process: Decision Time!
• Private School News

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A Post Graduate Year; what’s that?
I used the term PG- colloquial for post-graduate - yesterday with a friend of ours- a Mississippi public high school principal. He looked back at me shaking his head, perplexed, having no idea what I meant. I realized what I had done as he asked, “What’s a PG?”

I explained, in simplest terms, that a post-graduate or PG is a student who, for a myriad of reasons, has chosen to take an additional year of secondary school before moving into a collegiate environment.

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The Admission Process: Ongoing Correspondence & Communication
The day has arrived. Are you ready? AQ offers advice on how to manage this time of year.

The Day is Upon Us
It’s almost here; the letters will arrive soon. Admission committees have made their decisions based on the best information available and they have done their best to match each school and student. Remember, no school wants a poor match between student and school.

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Private School News

From The Times Record News (2/25/04)
Hyde School receives national 'Leading Edge' honor

From NapaNews.com (2/24/04)
Canadian boarding school recruiting students in Napa