<p>wow, andover's still need-blind? from what i've heard, andover's lost a lot lot lot more money than exeter. and i heard this from a friend of mine go goes to Exeter, so it's not just an exonian speaking. </p>
<p>And i'm not complaining about exeter. I'm just trying to tell all of these spazzy applicants that it's not going to be all sunshine at Exeter. I know a lot of kids who were disappointed when they came here. Not by the degree of education or the school itself, but just how unprepared they really were for Phillips Exeter. I'm just complaining about myself, haha. :P AHHH. I TOLD MYSELF I WAS GOING TO START HW AT 9. WHAT AM I DOING HERE?! KTHXBYE.</p>
<p>I'm actually thinking I'd be more likely to get an acceptance from Exeter than one from Andover, purely based on the fact that out of the 250 applications for upper year that each school will receive, Exeter will accept 50 and Andover will only accept 25.</p>
<p>But yes, Andover has been far more helpful to me as well. Maybe that's the reason that 7 out of every 8 students who are accepted into both Exeter and Andover choose Andover</p>
<p>That's probably the reason- Andover has been more welcoming and all of that. Exeter seems to be burn-out central to a lot of people. This entire process is based on so much speculation, it's scary. :P</p>
<p>Yeah, I have to agree. As much as I would love to jump to Exeter's defense, during the admissions process, it seems as if Andover was much more helpful and welcoming. Something like that could really affect an applicants decision.</p>
<p>"Maybe that's the reason that 7 out of every 8 students who are accepted into both Exeter and Andover choose Andover "? Seriously? I heard somewhere that 3 out 4 boys who get accepted into both pick Exeter, but.. unsubstantiated, much?</p>
<p>hmm, well i think andover is more free spirited... before exeter games, on thursdays before the saturday games, they dress up in red and wear geeky stuff to make fun of exeter... i think exeter is much more serious and focused on educaiton.. still a great life experince, but are more about academics then the whole experince overall.</p>
<p>Haha, some biased source like GoBigBlue09 or someone... But I feel like I heard it somewhere else as well. I don't know if that's an accurate figure. But, to be completely honest, it sounds about right.</p>
<p><em>rolls eyes</em> Tom, you're such an Andover-advocate, and you haven't even been accepted yet!! I really shouldn't be saying anything though... GO EXETER! :P</p>
<p>Well, my mom did graduate there and she is a HARDCORE Andover fan. I think it's great. After my tour she took me to the library to show me the 1978 yearbook so I could see her senior photo and an archived edition of the Phillipian with a picture of her playing lacrosse.</p>
<p>haha, i love how we fight over there things.. its like saying people who go to Yale are stupid compare to people who go to Princeton hahah. these are the best educaitonal facilities money can buy in the world guys, you cant say either one is better. just prefered.</p>
<p>LOL. andover & exeter are so different, yet so similar.. hmm. does that make sense to you??</p>
<p>i don't know. exeter's "geeky" reputation is so appealing and repulsive, depending on my mood. LOL.. i keep flip-flopping between the two, but i probably won't apply to either because i'm simply not qualified. ahah.. xD</p>
<p>GO LOOMIS CHAFFEE!</p>
<p>EDIT:
LOL. imagine if tom got accepted into exeter (and not andover. okay this is just a SCENARIO).. his opinion will probably change completely. xD it's kind of.. what you make of your experience, i think.</p>
<p>yeh, i dont want to be a geek because although im academically qualified to be on the geek squad, i try to not act geeky or "know-it-all" ... i try to just pass off as the normal high math class kid, but insted im 3 grades ahead of everyone in math.. i have the highest average out of all the sophmores that i take classes with... im an 8th grader haha. but andover gave me a sense of too much free spirited, didnt seem very academically focused and although it looked fun,i feel like i would get off track and lose focus on my studys</p>
<p>They're incredibly academically focused! Average SAT 2035 (Exeter 2085) and ACT 29.7... it's hard to say they're not academically focused. And school is what you make of it anyway. If you're motivated enough to be successful, you will be, no matter where you are. Besides, Andover kids realize that high school is high school and that they should make a concerted effort to maintain an active social life. When I visited Exeter everyone seemed completely absorbed in their academic work and almost quiet to a depressive level. Both campuses had a completely different feel. Andover was attractively free-spirited and you still got the sense that the students had an average IQ of like 185. At Exeter, the kids were so quiet you couldn't even make any shallow judgements of them</p>
<p>well im not going to lower my grades to seem normal, but when talking to my friends who arent.. at the same intellectual level, i dont try to show off or anything, i just act like them.. none of my friends could sit through any of my "lectures" anyways haha... me and the one other smart kid in my school just sit and talk for liek 2 hours everyday in the library haha. but everyone has around a 3.0 to a 3.5 GPA in my school... a few of the above average have 3.8's, but i have a 4.16... it kinda of awkward because everyone grabs and passes around you report cards on the bus and such and when i have A+s and A's in classes that most kids have C's you kind of feel like jerk.</p>
<p>oh my lordie. all of my exeter friends are biting off my head for writing this. -cry- as i speak write now, one of them is writing a longggggg reply to defend the good honor of exeter. -sigh- IT'S NOT MY FAULT RIGHT?! IT'S NOT LIKE I'M DETERRING FUTURE APPLICANTS. I'M JUST SAYING THAT BOARDING SCHOOL IN GENERAL IS NOT A BUNCH OF ROSES AND SUNSHINE. THERE'S SOME CLOUD IN IT TOO OKAY?! AND SOME RAIN. AND WHY AM I TALKING IN CAPS. IDK. GOOD NIGHT.</p>