A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (also known as tertiary preparation and usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, tertiary prep, or prep school) is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education. Some schools will also include a junior, or elementary school. This designation is most common in North America.

In many parts of Europe, such as Germany, the countries of former Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, secondary schools specializing in college-preparatory education are called gymnasia and/or in some countries athenaea. College prep schools are usually a secondary school along with work for a host school, to help get into a desired college. Most students attend a college-preparatory school but also accomplish the host school's work for a high school diploma.

Adjective

preparatory (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative

   I will conduct some preparatory research before choosing the new restaurant's location.

Derived terms

• preparatory school
• preparatorily

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• The Kiski School, Saltsburg, PA
  kiski.org
  A private all male boarding school founded in 1888. All of the academic programs are designed to prepare each boy for college, and for life. The overall program is challenging, and rewarding for students, parents, and teachers.
• Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
  exeter.edu
  Coeducational, boarding and day school. Exeter uses the Harkness plan with an oval table in each classroom.
• Houghton Academy, Houghton, NY
  houghtonacademy.org
  College preparatory Christian boarding and day school located in Western New York State. We offer excellent education in a safe, rural environment, and are committed to modeling and teaching a spiritual value system.

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