<p>Hi there,
I know that this may be a silly and commonly asked question, but what’s the “most important” part of the application? Thanks for the reply!</p>
<p>I’m not sure when sultzbach will be back, so I might be able to contribute a little to these admissions questions.</p>
<p>@ knochoutact - Applicants who re-apply after being waitlisted are showing persistent interest in the school. This is good. Hopefully they will be able to take you this year. If you were waitlisted, they thought you were acceptable but did not have room last year. Have you thought about applying as a 10th grade repeat, knockoutact? 11th grade is hard to jump in too with less open spots for new students compared to 10th.</p>
<p>More As than Bs is a good start. An occasional B (@mathematics 2000- in geometry) will not doom you, but your application would be given more consideration if you also showed a passion in an area other than geometry?</p>
<p>@sincostan - The admissions committee will see if you can do the work, considering your past opportunities, and look at your grades and SSATs, and letters. Generally, 75% of applicants are OK there. There is not room to admit all of them. So they want to know what makes you stand out. They want a diverse group of students, with different backgrounds from a range of geographic locations, cultures. What is your passion? Tell them. Some is just luck (if they have 20 goalies applying, harder to get selected that year if you are a goalie). Non sibi is important too, so community service and selflessly helping others is looked for.</p>
<p>Andover has something called “cluster,” an intermediate residential/social unit between dorm and the entire school. I thought that was a nice idea, especially large schools like Andover and Exeter. Does Exeter have something similar?</p>
<p>At Exeter, students remain in the same dorm all 4 years. The older students welcome the new students, there are senior proctors and “peer listeners”, one’s advisor usually lives in the dorm or takes duty there, and the dorms serve as a much smaller, warm home-like group where people know each other very well. Dorm loyalty is high, and dorms organize activities they invite students to attend, like dances or “teas”. There are spacious common areas, and birthday celebrations are enjoyed by all. </p>
<p>Occasionally, students request to leave dorms for smaller “houses”, but this is rare.</p>
<p>thanks 2prepMom. I have thought about applying as a repeat, but to be honest, i REALLY don’t see myself being able to do that. knowing myself, it would make me very insecure and i would feel bad about myself. even though being a repeat isn’t a bad thing, and plenty of people do it, i don’t think I can, you know? but thanks anyway! :)</p>
<p>@btx, this is an Exeter thread. All schools have problems and concerns, but the material you are posting is not about Exeter.</p>
@knockoutact I know this is an old thread, but did you graduate this year? How was your Exeter experience after your long road to get there?