<p>My son heard rumors that it was particularly hard for FA kids last year but I don’t know if there’s really any truth to it. I mean, what do the kids really know about it? The only thing is that during one of his classes, one of the kids mentioned Exeter being need-blind and the teacher (who reads apps) was very prompt to correct him and say the Exeter is most not need blind.</p>
<p>Regarding applicant numbers: The latest “Fact Book” for 2010-2011 makes a note that the figure 2581 represents completed applications where previously, they had counted final or submitted applications. Some time after revisits last year there was some questioning about what was meant when the director said that they had received over 3000 applications and read 2500 of them. He didn’t clarify that the ones not read were the ones not completed and it made a lot of us wonder what was up.</p>