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What is a "Prep School" ?

An American "Prep School" (college preparatory institution) is an American high level secondary boarding school for students.

It is definitively  a social phoneme which molds the American society. For example, both President George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore  were students, before entering Harvard and Yale, in prestigious Prep Schools. We can affirm that those venerable boarding schools are, since 1796, educating  the American and World elite.

Most of the US Prep Schools have incredibly high rate of acceptance into Ivy league Universities (Columbia, Yale, Harvard, U. Penn, etc.) They are extremely well funded and could be now considered as the best secondary schools in the world. The ratio scholars/Student is very low (from 5 to 10) and most of the professors are Ph.D. Holders . The diversity and courses are incredible as one prep schools offers more than 300 courses for a 4 Year curriculum. Their campuses are gorgeous and offers all facilities (lodging, meals, sports, cultural activities, arts, study abroad, drama, computers, etc.).

We have carefully selected 135 Prep/Boarding Schools that cultivate excellence in Education including the prestigious "10 Schools". Prep schools could be co-ed, single sex, Religious (Catholic Protestant, Jewish) or not. Some are military. Some boarding schools are specialized in taking care of "difficult" or children with  abused substance problems. They can be very strict or very liberal in their education. In fact their diversity suits every possible type of student. Security is very high and there is a zero tolerance for Alcohol or Drugs usage.
 

Why entering a US Prep School?

There are multiple factors among them:

- Best preparation possible to enter US universities
- Mastering totally the English language
- To be in relation with the future US and world elite
- To get an International education that is necessary to succeed in this XXI° century.
- Flexibility of the Studies
- The Beautiful and super equipped campuses
- The Numerous sports and Intellectual activities
- Their Study Abroad Program
- Their state of the art Technologies
- Their security and discipline
 

Who can enter a Prep School ?

Any student (American or International) which has followed at least 8 years of education. Most institutions admit student at the Freshman (9th grade), Sophomore (10th grade), Junior (11th Grade), Senior  (12th grades). Interestingly some institutions have limited  post graduate (13th Grade) year to prepare admission to top universities. Most admissions are competitive or very competitive and complicated.
 

Cost of a Prep School

The total cost (tuition + meal + lodging + Book + Insurance) varies from $ 16 000 to $ 25 000 per year. It is slightly less expensive than the Swiss "pensions" and the so call UK Public Schools. Some financial aid could be available but this possibility is mostly reserved to US nationals.
 

How to enter into a Prep School ?

The best and more secure way is to subscribe to the PrepSchoolUSA Guaranteed Admission Program (USD 2 000). This program is comprehensive and guarantees the admission to at least one of the 3 Prep Schools Selected.

This Program includes:

1) Selection of 3 Prep Schools according to the academic strength and goals of the student, desire and budget of the Family.
2) Supervision by an AUAP  Senior Admission Counselors during the whole application Process
3) Booking and payment of the tests if necessary (Some schools require Tests,  some do not).
4) Official Grades and Diploma evaluation of the child transcripts and grades.
5) Translation of the necessary documents from French, Italian, German. Extra cost for other languages.
6) Certification and notarization of all documents..
7) Correction of essays and letters of recommendations.
8) Personal and weekly contacts with the admission officers in order to promote the children candidacy,
9) Counseling for Visits, Interviews and Visa.

ADMISSION IS GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK ($750)

We also provide for the overseas parents a Continuous Support Program which is billed $ 100 per hour minimum 2 hours per month.

Please contact your PrepSchoolUSA Specialist and mentioned the age of the children, his past studies, your yearly Budget, the probable date of entry, and any details that you may consider useful.

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PrepSchoolUSA is a department of American Universities Admission Program (AUAP) the World leader since 1995 in American Universities Admissions.