A for-profit high school recruits students with guarantee on admission to top colleges

Inside Higher Ed: Many private high schools boast in recruitment materials about the success of their graduates in gaining admission to top colleges. After all, many parents who can afford to do so pay private school tuition in part because they want their children to have success after high school.

But a private, for-profit high school in Orange County, Calif., may be taking this to a new level -- with a guarantee.

"Fairmont Private Schools, Orange County’s largest and oldest nonsectarian private school, is boosting the return on investment in education with the Fairmont College Promise, which guarantees that Fairmont Preparatory Academy graduates will be accepted to and receive scholarships for tuition at the Top 100 U.S. colleges or universities.

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