<p>Reading thru the many "stats" posts of others here ... my 8th grade daughter is out of her league in her desire to attend Exeter, when compared to all the great students from all over the world who want to attend Exeter. Sure, she has straight A's, many sports and ECs, but she isn't taking Calculus, Physics and Stats and hasn't been working on a cure for Cancer in her spare time. Lol. She scored an 80 on the SSATs last year without preparation. </p>
<p>Would she have any better chance of getting admitted because she is a local (So. NH) and would be applying as a day student? The school accepts a percentage of day students every year right? What is the experience like for anyone familiar with day students at Exeter?</p>
<p>Check the Exeter website. They accept day students from only a small area around the school.</p>
<p>If I had read this website a few years ago, I would have thought my kid would have never been admitted to Exeter. But he was. Go for it. You never know.</p>
<p>Exeter has a place for everyone (well everyone that has a obese brain). I personaly did not take any calculous ext but was still accepted. Its important to ahve a variety of interests and good grades along side high ssat scores but overall a vital factor in the admissions process is the personality fo the student applying. Recomondations will really help and applying as a day student especialt if you are applying for financial aid is difficult but possible.</p>
<p>My son was a day student graduating in '04. He wasn't accepted as a prep, which I believe was due to the financial aid issue and an interview that did not go particular well. He was at the top of his class, taking honors math classes at the local HS and had many ECs. He was very persistant, practiced his interviewing skills, applied again, and spent 3 amazing years at Exeter. Day student acceptance is extremely competitive and, IMO, FA is a large piece of the equation. Good luck!</p>
<p>Being a candidate for financial aid places a student in a more competitive situation for admission to the Academy. However, application for financial aid must be made at the time of application for admission, if a family expects to be considered for aid at any time in their child's Exeter career.</p>
<p>Attended the Day Student Open House on Saturday. PE is working hard to attract the best local students with Day Student Support, a new facility, lockers, work area, etc. The number of Day Students is up to almost 20%
of the total student body. Looks great, but are there any drawbacks?</p>
<p>Exeter -is- need-blind now. Big spread on the Exonian when it was made formal last year; this year onwards, need blind.</p>
<p>Drawbacks to being a day student: Can be harder to do the same social things, but is not at all impossible and isn't that much harder. Last year a day student was editor in chief of exonian, which meant being up at 5am at the office every thursday; harder since he had to drive to school, but still doable. Same for a day student who is current head of democratic club--she just had to take into account travel time for events and things on the return end, since once she got back to campus she would have to then drive home.</p>
<p>Where in Southern NH? Even people in MA have been perfectly fine as day students in terms of social life and extracurriculars. Until 11th grade all her peers have check in at 8 pm so it isn't a big issue anyways.</p>
<p>You'll get a spread of different responses from different day students; good people to ask are those who have made the switch from day / boarding or boarding / day. I can get you the emails of these types of people if you would like.</p>
<p>Beware: day students recieve exc3ess help from their parents that boarding student can not recieve. they are also put under more pressure to cheat there for being kicked out.</p>
<p>When one does not need Addrenal or Ritalin, it is cheating. For those who do ligitimatly need it, it raising their skills in that area to make them medically "better". However, taking it without need makes ones abilities one those areas higher than medically needed; a little like pretending you have hemophilia so you would have extra clotting factor. Okay, admittedly, bad example, but you get the idea. Those drugs are medicine, and it is dangerous and unfair to take them when not needed. That being said, there is a fine line, and sometimes it doens't seem fair to say that, perhaps, comsuming a lot of caffeine right before a test or to pull an all-nighter isn't cheating, but taking a medicine that has the same effect is. I think it is, but there as circumstances when I would probably say it wasn't.</p>
<p>its is completly cheating, bettering your imporovment by any means such as taking such medecins gives you an advantage to other studetns even if your need for the medecin is "nessisary" I believe that students who recieve drugs of such should have their scores on standerdized tests and stuff lowered porportionaly</p>
<p>rbupe makes an fair point. I have debated with myself about that sort of thing for a long time. On the one hand, medically, it makes sense that they take something have not have their scores, etc. adjusted because they were diagnosed with a scientific disorder. However, on the other hand, those tests are measuring how well you can take those particular tests. People with those disabilities ("differences" is the politically correct term now, I think) would score badly on those tests, because those tests usually measure how much of something someone has (i.e. attention span, abilty to concentrate), so they lack it. It doesn't mean they're less smart or less hard-working, but if that's what you're measuring, then maybe those scores should be lowered. I don't think so about grades, though. I think a lot about this, because my dad has a "learning difference", though you wouldn't think that, because he's very intellectual.</p>
<p>Yes, there is definitely illegal use in prep schools. That environment has a lot of pressure, and sometimes kids just can't take it. In The Overachievers, the Secret Lives of Driven Kids, Alexandra Robbins writes about that. I would advise anyone and everyone, but especially the people on CC, to read that immediately.</p>
<p>even if you have ADD, it's wrong because ADD is a novel "disorder".. people have been struggling with this for centuries and adderal has been around for a few years.. looks at all of the people whohad to overcome this alone. i did. when i was younger, my mother figured daydreaming and being forgetful was just part of my personality and because i did so well in school and was so clean, she never second guessed herself.. i just learned how to control it w/ pure brain power and self control. i was diagnosed after my brother was because i saw the similarities. i still dont take drugs or caffeine because i prefer knowing that its me and not the drugs or the drugs and me thats smart.. im sure people who take these drugs harbor great guilt and question their own abilities. if not, theyre.. sociopaths. also, the long term effects are entirely unknown! a new report came out about this kids who was put on adderal as soon as it came out and now his IQ is 40 points lower and he cant think straight. he's really slow because his brain has been reliant on the amphetamines for executing actions and synthesis on the microbiological level and now that hes off of it he's... he's retarded. seriously. and when he does take the drug, it doesn't work much anymore because his brain is just so worn out.</p>
<p>blairt, I disagree with you. If you are able to overcome your ADD with "pure brain power" that is fantastic, and you have a right to feel quite proud, but you must appreciate how lucky you are. If you believe that anyone can get over it, you have no idea what some people go through with that disorder. People has struggled with it for centuries, yes, and you know what happened to them centuries ago? They were oftened deemed worthless and incompetant and sent to do menial labour, or, if wealthy, struggled and were miserable through years of schooling that totally went opposite what they needed. It is unfair to say that people who take medication are "sociopaths" if they don't question their abilities. ADD is a diagnosis of a medical problem, and those who need it deserve treatment. I certainly do not believe that Adderalll or Ritalin is the solution for all people; it is a mistake to put kids on Ritalin at the drop of a hat, as many people are eagerly doing today. However, to make a blanket statement that it is wrong and that no one needs medication is unfair and unfactual.</p>
<p>um, I don't think that cheating is the first issue that comes to mind when I think of day student vs. boarder. I also don't think that day students have an advantage by having their parents easily accessible. By the same token, boarders can go to their older peers for homework help (or, in some cases, to have their older peers DO the homework).</p>
<p>The main issues, IMO, are social life (I wouldn't want to be a day student and miss out on all the late-night fun) and transportation. I don't know how it affects admissions but I know that not everyone is as cerebral ("obese-brained") as is maintained. Strong interest is a pretty good thing.</p>