<p>I have heard that many of the classes require you to write essays. Is this true? Also, are there many people who go to church on Sunday or Christian fellowship?</p>
<p>Hi there.
So I have a random and maybe non-important question, but what are kids like at Exeter? Obviously everyone is really smart, but does that show? Is everyone just a bunch of know-it-alls? Sorry about the stereotypes, but kids that just blurt out their opinion at all times, no matter how idiotic or shallow, bug me.</p>
<p>Yes it is true that many classes require that you write essays, but then again, doesn’t your current school require you to write essays? There are no essays in Math, and I’ve not had any yet in Biology (and I doubt I will get any). I have essays for English and some for religion. I had a few in history and a couple of debates. You write a lot of essays for English, but it’s really great because most of it is narrative writing. Exeter is really big on narratives, so it’s not boring at all. I recently wrote an essay about a time I wanted to take revenge on someone, and it was so much fun to just rant, but in a structured form. The religion class I’m taking has a lot of short essay questions from the reading, but those are usually only one to two paragraphs long, and they’re never longer than a page. </p>
<p>I’m not personally very religious, so I’ve never gone to church on sundays, but quite a lot of people go. Also, we’ve got meditation on Thursday mornings (which isn’t really religious but it’s cool anyways) and other religious meetings throughout the week. Also, we’ve got evening prayer, which isn’t a specific religion, but it’s great and a lot of people go (for more than religious reasons ;P). The great thing about Exeter is that anything that you really want to start or continue doing, you shouldn’t have a problem doing so (unless you’re favorite hobby is skydiving or something outrageous).</p>
<p>No, that’s a great question. The kids at Exeter, albeit very smart, are normal kids. For the most part, even though they’re intelligent, they aren’t obnoxious about it. There are, of course, the annoying few that either talk too much, or think they’re better than other people, but my advice would be to steer clear of those types. In a way, Exeter is very much like the real world, there will be all sorts of people and it’s part of the Exeter experience to learn how to deal with, if not get along with, all of them.</p>
<p>The ones who drive people crazy in class are called Harkness Warriors, am I right?</p>
<p>^
Ha ha ha…there is such thing as a harkness warrior. Here I am imagining a night in shining armor with a leg of a harkness table as his sword and the actual harkness table as his breastplate. 
Kind of strange isn’t it.</p>
<p>I thought it was “Harkness Hijacker.”</p>
<p>I am rofl at all these names. What do these “Hijackers and Warriors” do that are so annoying that they have nicknames? I guess people aren’t as nice as I thought they were…</p>
<p>they’re probably like taking over the class way to enthusiastically and steering it all in their direction</p>
<p>Haha. Yeah, it is Harkness Warrior, I’ve never heard of Harkness Hijacker but that’s funny too. There’s was this article that we had to read for Junior Studies, and basically they made up a bunch of different names like Harkness Orchid (looks pretty sitting there but never says anything) or Harkness Lobotomy Patient (never shuts up). 
They talk a lot basically. It can be used as both a compliment or an insult. The worst types are the ones that say something and then they say it again in different words and then they say it AGAIN. It’s like, okay, we get it, you can stop talking now. The best way to deal with Harkness Warriors are to start talking when they’re taking a breath and completely change the subject and/or to ask obnoxious questions like “Where are you getting that from? Can you support your argument with specific examples from the text?” and while they’re looking it up in their book, change the subject. Also going like “Let’s not over-analyze, okay?” shuts them up pretty quickly.</p>
<p>What were your SSAT scores when you applied for Exeter?</p>
<p>Did you have a good feeling about your interview and application when you applied? Did the interviewer give you a positive feeling? Did you send a first choice letter?</p>
<p>2338, I think I got 800 math, and I don’t remember the raw scores for verbal and reading, but they were 97 and 99 respectively.</p>
<p>I did have a good feeling about my interview. I really enjoyed it. I wouldn’t call my feeling about applications good, more like, nervousness. Did interviewer was great, I wouldn’t say that he hinted that I would get it or anything though. It was very relaxed and casual. I did not send a first choice letter (but it was Exeter!).</p>
<p>what’s a first choice letter?</p>
<p>YES!!! what’s a first choice letter??? hearing that makes we think maybe we overlooked something VERY important.</p>
<p>Shoot. I got 2218… and I don’t think I told them the things they wanted to hear.
Do you think I still have a chance?
By the way, how much homework is there? </p>
<p>And my name is andovergirl22 because everything else was already taken ;)</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of a first choice letter until now. Apparently it’s to show that whatever school is your first choice. I don’t think it’s that great of an idea though, it probably won’t affect admissions much and how would <em>you</em> know anyways? You haven’t revisited or been accepted yet… </p>
<p>I’m sure you still have a chance. Homework varies a lot. Older students tend to get more work and depends on who you have for a particular class and what class you are taking. Personally, I think the work is manageable as long as you manage your time well.</p>
<p>thingslost, you said you lived in an all singles dorm. Just out of curiosity, which dorm is that?</p>
<p>I’d rather not say if that’s okay with you?</p>
<p>Um okay well this is probably a stupid question but I’ve noticed that BS students tend to get to bed really late, from about 11pm till about 1am and sometimes students sometimes even do all-nighters. 11pm is late for me (this also due to the fact that sometimes I have rowing in the morning and have to get up at 5am), but I normally go to bed at about 9-9:30 and wake up at about 7am, and I am afraid that if I do go to BS I will get too tired from going to bed at 11-12pm and waking up 7-8am. Did you have this problem? Or does it not really become an issue? And do you ever sort of get homesick? Thanks!</p>