Post Graduate

If you’re going to do a Post-Graduate year, you need to come in with the full understanding that you will receive texts and phone calls from your friends partying in college while you are stuck in the library studying for an 8AM Economics test,” Coach Peter Newman of the Westminster School told me upon entering his office for the first time. While one may assume that most 18 year-olds would forgo the test in exchange for the party, the number of students choosing a Post-Graduate (PG) year is increasing because of the unique opportunities a Prep School such as Westminster can provide. In addition to having another year to mature, my year at Westminster allowed me to acquire the time management skills necessary to succeed as a student-athlete at the collegiate level. In deciding if I wanted to essentially repeat senior year of High School, there was no first hand guide on what the experience was really like from a student’s perspective. Through this article, I hope to provide a first hand take on why one may choose to do a PG year, what the atmosphere is like when you’re there, and how it helps to form a more efficient college student. ...