Bob_Loblaw
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I don't believe the Hun School is a prep school in the same sense as Valley Forge. I have always been under the impression that the Hun School has a much better academic reputation that places like Valley Forge and Hargraves. I could be wrong on that.
I actually think you're right and that's why I used Ferguson as an example. I thought that Ferguson going Prep was probably a matter of him not getting offers out of HS. I hold that belief because he was eligible to come to the U in December (he didn't have to finish up school at a JuCo), and he wasn't gone for two years.
His situation seemed similar Boddy's. Boddy qualified academically out of HS, he didn't have to go JuCo academically, he went JuCo to make a name for himself and get a good offer. That is why he has three years (I think he even has 4 years to play 3).
So I was wondering why Boddy had to go JuCo and burn a year of eligibility while simply making a name for himself and why Ferguson went Prep for a year while simply making a name for himself.
It might come down to something as simple as economics but I really doubt that. I know the Cretins, SSM, Benilde's, De La Salle's, etc. essentially give athletic scholarships based on need to kids. So I would think that Prep Schools would/could give scholarships to help kids pay for prep. So that's why I dismissed it as purely economic. But I really have no idea.