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I preferred to go to Ginette rather than to
Louis-le-Grand
, Henri-IV, Hoche or Pasteur, where I was accepted, because I knew that in Catholic education there would be a lot of cohesion between students, essential to avoid mental breakdowns linked to the pace of training.
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Antoine, a student recently admitted to the École Polytechnique, did not hesitate for a second in choosing a private preparatory class.
Unlike his father, a polytechnician, who had joined the public Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine, and his grandfather, a graduate of HEC, who had opted for the public Lycée du Parc, in Lyon.
In the public sector, it is rather every man for himself, whereas in the Catholic private sector, it is the class that presents itself for the competitions
Eric Cobast, former teacher of general culture at the Daniélou private high school in Rueil-Malmaison
While scientific preparatory classes are historically public, "
probably because the most prestigious engineering schools are too
" according to Denis Choimet, president of the union of teachers of scientific preparatory classes, they face formidable adversaries.
According to the classification of Figaro Étudiant, to integrate the X, the private preparatory courses...
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