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But after feedback from players and college coaches, the league soon started offering a second option to high schoolers, working with the NCAA to develop a scholarship model, not dissimilar from other top prep schools.
—Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
His year attending a prep school helped prepare him for what’s ahead.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
Origin And Growth Of Advanced Placement The College Board introduced the Advanced Placement program in 1952 to provide students from top prep schools with a vehicle for studying college-level material and receiving credit for that study based on end-of-year examinations.
—Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Written in 1954, the novel follows a group of prep school boys stranded on an island.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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1829, in the meaning defined above
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prep%20school. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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