<p>Rad in Plaid, I would reeeally strongly suggest, if possible, getting to see the actual schools before deciding whether or not to apply to a school. If you can’t, at least see a few more representations of the school - its website, boardingschoolreview, what others say… the pamphlet is such a small part of the school’s image!!</p>
<p>well i plan to but i need to limit it b/c im quite busy. I’ve already looked at all of those about a bazillion times. the pamphlet was just the most recent.</p>
<p>I do work duty in Andover’s registrar’s office where there a few viewbooks. This year’s is as beautiful as last year’s, if not even better. Rad-in-plaid, it’s a high-quality production. If you’re disappointed by Andover’s viewbook, I’d hate to think how you’ll feel when you receive, say, Choate’s packet… Either way, remember that viewbooks are ink on paper. Do you plan on going to school on inked paper? I didn’t think so. Go to the campus.</p>
<p>I think Rad-in-Plaid should forget about Andover. Find a school where you like the viewbook. Andover will have thousands of applicants who weren’t turned off by the viewbook for a few hundred spots, anyway.</p>
<p>Now that’s the way to grab a kid. Forget about educational quality, who needs that. Damn, I’m gonna take my school’s viewbook to my college interview, it will prove how amazing I am–I mean I actually care about things that matter, like viewbooks.</p>
<p>lets put it this way- i don’t like the school.
the view book is just a part of that. I only kind-of liked it before and now i know i really do not want to go/apply there.
@TomCat: I like choate’s much better actually. I think its that i don’t like the book format king of thing b/c its just annoying and the larger ones are more appealing. not that andover’s is bad- i just didn’t like it.</p>
<p>I’ve looked the school over a bazillion times on their website and others. I’ve come to the conclusion that - I DON’T LIKE THE SCHOOL. get that into your heads. The viewbook was only the most recent tip of the scale. I just don’t like it in general. I never said it was a bad school or anything like that. I was just hoping that the viewbook would make me want to go to the school and it did just the opposite.</p>
<p>Why would I bother to waste my time on school I don’t like.</p>
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If you don’t like it because of the year book that’s sad… If you just don’t like it why did you make a thread? I don’t get what you are trying to get across to us. </p>
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I ask again, you made a whole thread to announce to the world that you don’t like some school?</p>
<p>That’s a good question. And why even bother to have this thread? Your last post is the first time you state that you don’t like the school. I suspect that if you had stated that from the beginning you would have gotten very different feedback. Although perhaps you’ve just come to that conclusion and this thread helped you get to that point. My advice is don’t waste your time on a school you don’t like!</p>