<p>Oh? Hm. Strange. Well I think my school offers lots of resources for special ed kids which is why some parents move into our district just for that.</p>
<p>That’s really cool! I don’t think the town has even heard of special ed kids! Not even joking.</p>
<p>Has anyone not gotten a card from Andover? Also anything from NMH?</p>
<p>I got Christmas cards from my interviewers. And I got hand written thank you cards after I visited too. They were so cool because they asked me things like how’s my grandma doing and they wished me a happy winter cause I’m Buddhist and we don’t really do the Christmas shmag. My grandma was in the hospital during my visits so it was nice that they remembered</p>
<p>Silverstag I received the same christmas cards as PxAlaska but I also received a postcard telling me my app was complete.</p>
<p>I got Christmas cards from both St. Paul’s and Episcopal, although I think my St. Paul’s one was more to remind me about completing my app than anything.</p>
<p>I dug up my cards again. Mine says “Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year!! St. Paul’s School Office of Admissions” Then my interviewer signed it with a little note about me and doodled a bunch of stars around the postcard. I didn’t get one for completing my app. What did yours say?</p>
<p>Cards/Thank You Notes:</p>
<p>Choate: Holiday mass e-mail.</p>
<p>Hotchkiss: Handwritten card with a message that was a bit generic, but proved that the interviewer still knew who I was.</p>
<p>Andover: I applied after Christmas, so…I doubt that they send holiday cards in late January. Did get a postcard saying that my application was all set.</p>
<p>Taft: I got a handwritten thank you note from my interviewer; the card was crammed with text! O_O</p>
<p>@PxAlaska: As one of the three founders of Andover PostSecret, I can assure you that this is completely false. We receive the postcards in a mailbox. They are all handmade. Some pictures are cut out of magazines, but we absolutely do not repost secrets from the original PostSecret. We collect these from real students.</p>
<p>That being said, I understand others’ concern about the school’s representation on the site. Andover PostSecret tends to draw on the more negative aspects of living in such a high-pressure environment. Keep in mind that the secrets you see–while true for some students–are NOT representative of Andover as a whole. Everyone has his or her own experience, and they all differ. Andover can be a hard place at times, but I absolutely love the school, and I encourage you to see beyond these postcards. If you ran the same project in high schools all over the country, I’m sure many of the secrets would be the same. These problems aren’t unique to Andover, and you should certainly not let them get in the way of applying to or attending the school. I can honestly say that Andover changed my life.</p>
<p>I feel that if it isn’t unique to Andover, it really shouldn’t be called Andover PostSecret. People do feel certain things that they don’t think can be said non-anonmously. They have every right to express it in whatever form they choose. But “Andover” PostSecret makes it seem exclusively to Andover. I know you called it Andover Post Secrets because it’s written by Andover students, but it gives a wrong impression. </p>
<p>It’s like if a few people from KFC started a white elitist magazine with the name KFC over the heading. I would understand this magazine does not reflect KFC as a whole, but people may believe that KFC as a whole is a white supremacist. There are people who feel whites should have dominance and those people can express it without labeling it as KFC. This was a completely fictional example and to my knowledge KFC doesn’t have a magazine or anything. </p>
<p>If you goal is to show people can still have feelings in a prestigious school, then there is no need to call it Andover PostSecrets.</p>
<p>@PxAlaska I disagree. It’s called Andover PostSecrets mainly because they are postsecrets, but only apply at Andover.</p>
<p>Not sure what you mean @bsroxmysox. The point as stated by the founder was to spread awareness that even selective schools have students with real problems. But you’re entitled to your disagreement either way</p>
<p>^That wasn’t the only point. It was also to give people an outlet, somewhere they can send their secrets anonymously, and as an interesting project. Either way, it’s made up of postcards sent by Andover students, making it the Andover PostSecret. I don’t really understand why you would dispute this.</p>
<p>I will try to explain it to you then. I dispute the Andover title because if their goal is to send their secrets anonymously, then what is the purpose of spreading it to outside non Andover students? Our school newspaper is not spread to other schools.</p>
<p>If the goal is to share:
There’s no need to post it everywhere</p>
<p>If the goal is to raise awareness:
There’s no need to label it strictly Andover</p>
<p>It’s my opinion on why I don’t like the Andover name. I think the project is a great idea. Hopefully you’ll accept my reasons, not necessarily understand.</p>
<p>^ I agree. It’s for the Andover students to vent and to know that maybe someone out there in their community, believe it or not, is having the same problem. The posts aren’t harming anyone, so I think we should let it be. However, I do also agree that their posts don’t apply to everyone who goes to Andover. Many other boarding schools deal with the same exact problems (suicides, depression, homesickness, not fitting in, etc.).</p>
<p>@PxAlaska its called “Andover” PostSecret because PostSecret is a nation-wide program and this is only the Andover chapter.</p>
<p>@AmbiD77 I understand what they’re trying to do and why it’s called Andover. I’m just saying it’s misleading. I think we’re all kids here so we’re in touch with stuff like this. But I know that if my mom saw it and I wasn’t there to explain it, she would think that this is Andover. I know that’s not what it’s about. It’s a good project. It can be misleading.</p>
<p>@PxAlaska ohhh now I get what you mean, and I guess I sort of agree because it could be misleading. Like, from a non-teenager’s perspective that stuff could definitely be alarming.</p>
<p>@AmbiD77 definitely. That’s why I suggest either not posting it here because there’s a lot of new parents and keeping it to those who discover. Let’s face it, it’s either in touch adults or teenagers who will look at a tumblr. If it wants to be spread to raise awareness, changing the name from Andover to PressurePostSecrets would make sense too. These kids are under pressure to be perfect and in reality they are people with desires and faults.</p>
<p>@PxAlaska But this is automatically assuming that some of the kids and/or adults haven’t been through the same issues wherever they are that the students who have their art on APS (Andover PostSecret) too. I for one agree with some of the confessions for myself, and every adult went to high school so they should know that this type of stuff happens everywhere. They should also be aware that Andover wouldn’t be such an impressive and sought-after school if stuff like this happened to a lot of kids there.</p>