<p>I’d go for Groton :p. I’m a little biased though. But seriously, what do you like to do? Do you want to go to a smaller school? I don’t know much about Choate but I’ll be going to Groton next year. It was an easy choice for me because I always liked Groton even though I was accepted elsewhere. Mabye you should go to revisits and then make a list before and after of what you like about each school?</p>
<p>hey - thanks for answering…i like theater, debate, MUN…I’m not sure if a small school environment will be good for me or a big school…my parents are now saying that I should go for revisits…when do you join? which other schools did you get into?..and why was groton an easy choice?</p>
<p>If theatre is your primary interest, there may be no better BS than Choate. The list of Choate alums now starring in film and stage are incredible. If debate drives you, then look again at Hotchkiss. It is quite renown in this area. But debate and theatre aside, if your final selections are Groton and Choate, then Groton appears stronger in such critical elements as endowment per student, college placements, SAT’s, etc.</p>
<p>going for revisits now…hotchkiss and choate clash - can only do one…my cousin has got into choate - he is waitlisted at groton…i like doing all the other extracurricular stuff (debate, theater, MUN, music) and my worry is - i hope groton doesn’t turn out to be a school which is so academic that is does not allow me any time to pursue my extracurriculars…this decision is turning out to be tougher than I thought…your’e right - groton has better SAT scores and better placements…choate’s location is better (closer to NYC)…groton is a bit difficult to get to…so still confused</p>
<p><em>ChoateCHOATE CHOATECHOATE</em></p>
<p>Choate seems a better fit for you- Good theater, It seems like it would have good debate, I think my interviewer or somebody said they had good MUN…* (correct me if I’m wrong) and its pretty! ;)</p>
<p>I got everything but my test scores there on time, I should hear back from them in 3-7 days. I’m praying I get in. I’ve wanted to go there since I was little. I heard that they give generous amounts of FA. About 40% of the student receive some amount of aid. I applied for aid too.</p>
<p>Groton’s close to Boston, personally I think that because it’s a small school you’ll get more opportunity for ECs because there isn’t as many people competing for EC spots. Also I know that you can exchange a term of sport for theatre if that’s what you wanted. I debate and Grotons oldest club is Debating, I heard that they have open student debates at school as well as competitively. ANd Rad the interviewer is hardly impartial about whether or not Choate has a good MUN! :p… I was just reading the viewbook (again I know hardly impartial) and it talked about because of Grotons size you didn’t have to choose between being a scholar, a musician or an athlete. Good Luck on your choice! I may see you at revisits. I was Accepted at Hotchkiss and Groton, WLed at DA and SPS with no rejections…</p>
<p>Got into SPS, the only school I applied to. I got in as a repeat fifth former.</p>
<p>Blue- DUH! but that’s what they said AND what investigated! dehhhhhh 
MEH :p</p>
<p>got into exeter, then waitlisted at deerfield and rejected by andover.
i feel like exeter admitted out of pity or something, and i dont feel accomplished because of the WL and R…i know people usually dont get into multiple places but it still gives me a weird feeling. exeter was my first choice thankfully :D</p>
<p>Gabiiwoz,</p>
<p>With the number of kids applying to bs this year, I doubt that exeter admitted anyone out of pity.</p>
<p>I know DA almost half its size and the issue of last year’s over enrollment of freshman girls made them cut back in every class, boys and girls.</p>
<p>If exeter was your first choice and you got in, be happy and greatfull many kids were not selected anywhere.</p>
<p>got into milton
wl andover deerfield choate hotchkisss
rejected by lawrenceville</p>
<p>Alexz, I am entirely greatful for being selected at Exeter, don’t get me wrong, but the waitlist and rejection just give me a weird feeling.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>Exeter and Andover have completely different styles and sometimes they take the same students, but I haven’t seen that to be the case often. If Exeter is your first choice, then the universe put you where you belong. The waitlist thing? Don’t sweat it. Alexz825mom is right - it means they liked you but couldn’t find a spot. But they turned a lot of good candidates down.</p>
<p>Looking at these boards my daughter realized how lucky she was given how many people were left without any choices at all. Having a spot is a blessing. Go with the karma!</p>
<p>Got into Deerfield and Exeter.</p>
<p>I don’t know why, but all my friends are mad at me for choosing Exeter over Deerfield (they go to Middlesex, Lawrenceville, Andover, and St. Paul’s). Even my dad was edging towards Deerfield! But I’m happy and sticking to my first choice. Exeter all the way yo!</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at Deerfield but got into Loomis. Does anyone think I should take the risk and stay on the waitlist for Deerfield and leave Loomis?</p>
<p>nah dude, a bird in the hand is better. run with it while you have the chance to cook it for dinner. you get what i’m saying?</p>
<p>I agree with Rad-in-Plaid96. SPS was my first choice but I got waitlisted there too. So I chose Exeter. Seize it by the beard because it is bald behind. Catch my drift?</p>
<p>I kind of promised myself that I would go to the first school I got accepted into because I was afraid that if I beat around the bush that I may screw it up for myself, but I actually took the third school that I got into. a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush!!!</p>
<p>It’s actually pretty strange, because I sat down and listed all 5 schools I was applying to according to preference. The weird part? I was accepted into my top 3 schools, and waitlisted at my bottom two schools…go figure.</p>