<p>Phillips</a> Exeter Academy | Phillips Exeter Academy Is Free to Those With Need</p>
<p>Yes, as of the fund drive Exeter did two years ago, Exeter is very affordable indeed. The Exeter student my son knows best (they instant message each other regularly, as they were summer program classmates) is definitely from a moderate-income family, and he has had no trouble going back to Exeter for a second year of studies. It has been my dismay to notice that both of the guys my son's age in this state who have been as conspicuous as he in AMC tests are now at Exeter--it's hard to keep up a good academic peer group if the peers move out of state for high school.</p>
<p>Well, I posted this link because the best "math kid" from the HS I hope my son will attend just started at Exeter this year. I here I was, thinking that my DS will join this kid in a math club. Not going to happen, unless he applies to Exeter :) So I totally feel for you, Tokenadult</p>
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<p>This is no accident. Exeter recruits high school students who do well on the AMC tests. They offer many college level math classes for these students that they could never get at a regular high school. That's why they have such a great math team!</p>
<p>Yes, my son gets those recruiting letters. He got one from Andover last week too. (Andover wants to grab some of those math kids from Exeter, its arch-rival.) My son is on a high school math team here, and he was on the Minnesota ARML "B" team last year and has a reasonable chance of getting on one of the Minnesota ARML teams this year, but his</a> high school has a much different balance of math-oriented and humanities-oriented students from Exeter. That's good for him becoming "well rounded," but not so good for becoming "well lopsided." His local</a> math program is pretty good, and in combination with his high school still allows him to make forward progress in all subjects. But, yeah, I totally get why some young people go off to Exeter if they are math-oriented.</p>
<p>My perception is that gifted kid is well taken care of in a school like Exeter. He or she is challenged without the parents having to nag the teachers about it (my biggest obstacle so far - they tell me my S is accelerated and don't hear when he says that it is still too slow) But I am surprised to find out that Exeter kids take classes at online HS.</p>
<p>Going back to the original post, do you think this change in policy will mean more applications from less affluent families? Exeter and Andover are known for offering full scholarships to "Top" (I know, that unfortunate word again) students, they go after them to lure them in. So is this going to change anything?</p>
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<p>No, I'm not aware that they do. My son is in the EPGY Online High School. His buddy is at Exeter. Different trade-offs for different families. </p>
<p>As for financial aid at Exeter, Exeter was restoring its endowment by a fund-raising drive when my son and we looked at it most seriously, two years ago. Shortly after the admission application deadline passed that year, Exeter announced that it had met its fund-raising goal and could fully meet the demonstrated financial need of all enrolled students. My son's buddy, who applied in that admission cycle, has been enjoying the results of that policy. Andover has had a huge endowment for longer (Exeter's was diminished by bad investments in the 1980s) and presumably has had really great financial aid for longer. Both "prep" high schools have long had a particular interest in low-income, high-ability students, and both are like elite colleges in liking to have students from all over the United States and indeed all over the world. (I don't think there were ANY Minnesota students in the younger grades at either school the year we were looking at them. My son's buddy was admitted to both, preferring Exeter because of its math coaching.) </p>
<p>Exeter and Andover are definitely both worth a look, and should be affordable for any family from anywhere in the world. The financial aid is also very good (new and improved, this year) at the online high school. My son likes the challenge of being part of the pioneer class at a start-up organization. I'm sure anywhere he applies for college will be older and more established, even if he applies to Olin.</p>
<p>Sorry tokenadult, I misunderstood your post.</p>
<p>I'm glad to see that Exeter is becoming more affordable. I've looked through their catalogue - it's course offerings look more like those of a small college. Even if we could have afforded it, I don't think I could have sent a child to a boarding school for high school. There's just too many things going on in their lives to not be there with them.</p>
<p>Now that my S is a junior at Princeton, it's clear that he is not at all academically disadvantaged by going to a regular old public high school. He didn't even take any math classes his junior year in high school. Not only is he a math major now, but he's doing extremely well.</p>
<p>I took the AMC in the school I go to (International School of Beijing), and I got 24/25. What kind of scores does Exeter look for?</p>
<p>You should definitely mention getting a 24/25 on an AMC (which AMC?) if you apply to Exeter.</p>