Exeter or Andover???

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Wiseman222, I totally agree with your bottom line.</p>

<p>Whoops! I was going by boardingschoolreview's stats. But, as I have come to realize of late, boardingschoolreview is notoriously unreliable... They list Florida Air Academy's SSAT average as the 1550th percentile.</p>

<p>Haha, I wish I were a Phillipian, and hopefully (and with a huge amount of luck and maybe a random act of GOD) I will be soon enough! Although, as I said before, I would love to go to any of the schools to which I am applying. But I'm not entirely sure I'd be able to muster as sharp a fanboyish defence of any of the others ;-)</p>

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<p>haha I wish I could share the same enthusiasm about going to schools...</p>

<p>I'm applying only because my dad is moving and we absolutely hate the schools in the area we're moving too... so I kinda HAVE to go to boarding schools</p>

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<p>oh, seriously?! i'd kiiill to be you. the schools in this area suck too, but my parents don't care. they're all "equal education, kelly! get over it. back in our day, we had to walk _____ (always fluctuating) miles to get to school, blah blah blah"</p>

<p>my parents are totally hesitant. i'm set on going to boarding school, and luckily i still have 1 year to convince them. haha. :P</p>

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<p>The internet ban is true for Exeter, my cousin goes there and he said the 9th graders can only use the internet 'till 10:00-10:30</p>

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<p>haha my parents pull that "back in my day" stuff too but they're really concerned with the quality of my education... which is fine but I'm not that concerned with it untill college level, but I can't do anything about that</p>

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<p>Only freshman though right? How are you suppose to work on a research project till late in the night if internet goes off at 10?</p>

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<p>lol I have no idea I'm secretly hoping my cousin was messing with my head ...</p>

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<p>i visited Exeter the other week and i didn't like it as much as i liked Emma Willard. The whale skeleton is pretty cool but the library is not as big as I expected it to be :|</p>

<p>i probably won't get accepted at Exeter or Andover so I'm not worrying as much.haha!(:</p>

<p>oh wow.i have a big problem</p>

<p>well good luck to everyone!(: if only we can all go to Exeter and/or Andover...that would be a lot easier and less stressful.</p>

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<p>asiankid29, Exeter's library is the largest secondary school library in the world! Just how big were you expecting it to be? ;-)</p>

<p>And steph107, no, your cousin wasn't messing with you. This was mentioned to me by my Exeter tour guide; apparently the admin's decision to put a time limit on internet access was really controversial in Exeter's student council.</p>

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<p>Tom, is this school wide? I can imagine how this would be controversial. Or did they set u pa separate network for juniors and seniors maybe....I just can't imagine internet going off at 10.</p>

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<p>Internet shuts off at 11pm/1am Saturdays. I don't really mind it. We already get no sleep as it is -- I know I'd be up until 2am every day (and not just on some days) if Internet didn't shut off. </p>

<p>If you have a laptop though, there's always the option of sitting outside faculty apartment doors and bumming wireless off of them. I've pulled a few all-nighters that way.</p>

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<p>Don't you have to check in at a certain time?</p>

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<p>How about getting a cell phone with unlimited internet access?</p>

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<p>Haha!! bumming wireless off faculty. :D</p>

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<p>It goes off at 11, not 10-10:30.. don't be ridiculous.</p>

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<p>"How about getting a cell phone with unlimited internet access?"</p>

<p>Yes! then connect the phone via usb to your laptop in case u need to work on MS office apps for assignments. Son does it all the time</p>

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<p>azn exonian,</p>

<p>i like the way you type A/E like E/a. like Exeter is better than andover and is in first place. lol</p>

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<p>Won't work out very well. I had 0 bars at Hotchkiss and Kent. Andover has great reception and Exeter was so-so. I couldn't get on the internet from my phone to check a football game while I was there... Nearly 15 minutes to load after 3-4 tries. </p>

<p>It was horrible inside the dorms(Well no duh...Concrete).</p>

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<p>GAHHH!!! Seriously? Verizon or ATT?</p>

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<p>BAM, azn eXonian!</p>

<p>FIVE BARS ANDOVER WITH NICE DORMS, TWO BARS EXETER WITH CRAPPY CONCRETE DORMS!</p>