<p>I have the same question. I will be a repeat 11th grader, and I would like to take both biology and chemistry classes next year. (I worked it out so it would fit in my schedule with all of my credits.) I think that I am more of a math and science person, so I feel that I will be okay, but are the lab courses super tough?</p>
<p>Actually I took acting fall term and I’m pretty sure it was just a four time a week class but anyways you don’t actually get any arts credit for doing the mainstage production (although you do get athletic credit) so you don’t have to take the acting class your first year you can take it any year. Yeah if you like science so you can double up on science</p>
<p>Hi PEA Teacher. Thanks for putting up the thread, its been a great help to me although I haven’t yet read it all. I just wanted to ask if Junior Studies is pass/fail or just graded.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Junior Studies is graded (even though a lot of people think it shouldn’t be)</p>
<p>Sorry for the long silence. I’ll have more time to check CC now that summer has started. urbanflop, taking two science classes as a lower is generally not a good idea. You have enough requirements to take care of that it makes more sense to diversify. Occasionally lowers take two sciences, but it’s very, very rare. I don’t think I would recommend it for a new upper like musisat either, but that’s worth discussing with the interim adviser you were assigned.</p>
<p>What “types” of students do you, as a teacher, find are the most successful and happy at Exeter?</p>
<p>There have been some wonderful posts from Exonians on this issue, but I’m curious about a teacher’s perspective.</p>
<p>My interim advisor never responds to my emails and I was wondering what the admission stats were. When would be the right time to request a single bedroom?</p>
<p>Interim advisor? How/when did you get one? Son has heard nothing about that.</p>
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<p>I don’t think in terms of “types” of students. There is enormous diversity at this school. Some of the most successful students are as different from each other as you can imagine. But I would say that you are generally more likely to be happy and successful if you are genuinely excited about learning; if you’re good at managing your time; if you have a ton of energy; if you enjoy interactions with adults as well as with peers; if you have a critical mind and love to discuss issues; if you’re willing to listen and learn from your peers and never assume that you already know everything; and if you’re not afraid to ask for help when you need it.</p>
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<p>We do have busy lives and can’t always get to e-mail as promptly as we would like. I don’t recall the latest admission numbers, sorry. They will be up on the website soon.</p>
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<p>Now would be a good time. Contact the Dean of Students.</p>
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<p>I’m quite sure that all admitted students get an interim adviser. Wasn’t anyone in touch with your child about registering for classes? Is your child checking his Exeter e-mail? It’s essential for him to do so regularly. If there were no e-mails regarding this, please contact the Dean of Students’ office and inquire.</p>
<p>Okay so I just finished my prep year at Exeter and I love it and classes are amazing and all of that. But my parents weren’t completely happy with my grades so I will not be attending next year. I was wondering if I did bring up my grades and show that I could actually put some effort into things that I would be able to apply again for upper year. Would I be able to do that and what would the chances of me getting in be?</p>
<p>I guess I should have said, “what characteristics do the most successful and happy students have.” I suppose I don’t use the usual metrics when I think in types (geographic, social, economic, racial) so your answer was exactly the kind of thing I was looking for (and what I suspected). Thanks</p>
<p>iamsdfgh, it’s not common for people to leave and then return. You can reapply and see how it goes. You’ll be considered with all the other applicants. The fact that you got in the first time around is a good sign, but you’ll be in a different applicant pool now.</p>
<p>Would you say that there is a particular personality of child that would not cope well with a boarding school environment? I’m a very passionate student and I love to learn, but I’m worried about being away from my family. We have a very close relationship. I also have anxiety and mild depression, which are now very much under control thanks to parental support and some medication. Do you think that someone like me could succeed at a school like Exeter, or that it would be a good fit?</p>
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For better or for worse, we have been encouraging (i.e., requiring) him to do all of this by himself unless he runs into something he can’t understand or can’t handle by himself. That hasn’t happened yet. So, yes, he is now registered for classes, took placement tests in both math and Spanish, and seems to have been assigned appropriate classes in those subjects. However, I asked him today if he’d been assigned an interim adviser and he said he hadn’t. Does that all tie together in some way?</p>
<p>Mainer: Check his Exeter e-mail (you can do it when he’s not looking 
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Nope. I read every piece of email there and there was nothing at all from or about an interim adviser. How concerned should we be about this?</p>
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All of that email - about class registration, placement tests, etc. - came from the Office Manager in the Dean of Students’ Office. In retrospect, it would have been nice to have had someone assigned to answer a few questions, but, lacking that, son felt that he should muddle through it on his own.</p>
<p>There’s no reason at all to be concerned. You’re son is registered and placed. My son received an email from a faculty member offering to answer any questions, but since he didn’t really have any questions about anything, son never contacted him.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>I haven’t gone back to check, but I’m almost certain that there was an email from the dean of students office that, among other things, said that an interim adviser would be emailing, then soon after an email from the adviser. If he’s already registered, then as far as I can tell there’s no more need for that adviser, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it.</p>
<p>Mainer, if you’re concerned that you’ve missed something else, pm me and I’ll copy you a list of all the emails my son has received–it’s not long.</p>
<p>Well, again, I’m quite sure that he has an interim adviser, and I’m not sure why you haven’t heard from him/her. If I were you, I’d be in touch with the Dean of Students about this. Even if your son has already registered for classes, it’s good for a teacher to take a look and make sure that his selection looks all right and/or suggest alternative options.</p>