Well, I feel I can say I'm receiving a private school education through a mostly public school. On the academic side, most of the teachers are great, there is a large range of classes and clubs to prepare us for what we want to do. Most teachers will not lecture you unless it really fits the class, there's a lot of project based learning, and I've never felt like I'm not learning the material, unless I already know it, which does happen quite frequently. They want us to truly be ready for life, but aren't exactly keen about us graduating early, which would benefit me greatly with what I want to do. But I understand why for most, that is probably the right option. On the student life side, there's never too much homework to handle, the food is great, I've never witnessed any bullying, and with such a large student body it's extremely easy to find friends. Plus, there really is no popularity concept, except for those who let their middle school popularity contests live on, but since students are coming from at least six different middle school experiences, even that isn't very strong... Another plus, we sometimes feel like we are going to the American muggle Hogwarts. (Except for the supposed magic school at the top of the tower that is bigger on the inside)
The only disadvantage is sometimes feeling like a number, but that's okay because it pushes you to rise above. Without a doubt this school gives the most preparation any school following the not completely traditional, but traditional education methods.