<p>Hey everyone!
I'm looking at Phillips Exeter, and everything on this site seems to point that Exeter is veeery much so a math/science/technology school. While I do love science, math and I aren't the best of friends. I'm definitely more into Language, History and English (I just got an A on my last paper for the term. Whoo!) and I'm wondering how this would look to the ADCOM. Would I appear "lesser" because my grades are stronger in humanities than STEM...?
Thanks!</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Dig a little deeper into alumni (Dan Brown is often mentioned), teachers (Many are published and publishing authors in history, poetry, fiction), guest speakers (Natasha Tretheway was in residence during her simultaneous tenure as Poet Laureate of the United States a couple of years back), and students (including scholarships and awards granted).</p>
<p>So, No.</p>
<p>Rough guess, about 20% of the students are STEM oriented. Other stellar academic offerings are classics, history, economics, Russian and other unusual foreign languages, music and art. </p>
<p>Oh god. I’m an Exeter grad and it’s where I totally fell in love with all the Humanities and Social Sciences. Exeter is where Harkness was born, and it’s more useful in humanities/social sciences rather than STEM. Please do not think Exeter is math/science oriented! Also I’d have to say that the sciences are pretty weak there. </p>
<p>Also if you have questions about the language program/History/English let me know. Those are all the subjects I excelled in during my time there.</p>
I was just thinking back to my Exeter education. Now I go to a college that is very much STEM-oriented, so Exeter seemed like a “liberal arts” education. Yes, the math and science programs at Exeter are great, but what really stood out to me and probably made the most difference in my education were the humanities classes. I have never been so engaged in the reading or had so much expected of my writing than I did at Exeter. I am thankful for getting low grades on essays or for my discussion style (yes, you get graded on Harkness at Exeter!) when I was there. I feel somewhat unfulfilled when I get a decent grade on a paper in college without having put in much thought or effort, or when class discussions seem a bit dry. Maybe Exeter has spoiled me.