I grew up in the greater New York Metropolitan area. I strongly considered various high schools to continue my private school education. I was lucky in that my “grade school” (K-9) offered instruction in many areas that left me ahead of my “normal’ grade- way ahead. I considered going to another private religious high school and to the Bronx High School of Science, among many others. I ended up not going to any of them- not because I didn’t want to, but because of the costs.