<p>Hey y'all! I remember spending hours
on this forum last year so I thought it would be nice to help out the new generation. </p>
<p>I applied to PA, Milton, DA, and PEA, (got in everywhere as a new upper) but chose Exeter for many reasons. Really love this place, probably the best decision of my life. </p>
<p>Feel free to ask anything you want!</p>
<p>How is the role of the one-year seniors or pgs at PEA ?
Are they usually star athletes starting in their sport ?
Also, do you know how are their application stats when they get in ? (gpa,sat wise)
Thanks.</p>
<p>Even pgs and one year seniors are very diverse. Not all of them are simply athletes. Some PGs i know from this year are both athletes and try to excel academically as well. Certain pgs can be international students wishing to prepare for us colleges. </p>
<p>In terms of stats, their gpas are generally lower than those of in the top 10% but there isnt a huge gap between pgs and the rest of the student body. The average gpa at pea is B average and some pgs get higher than that altho sat stats may be lower than average.</p>
<p>Thank you very much. Good luck this year.</p>
<p>Is ‘In Essence’ only for seniors? I’m really interested in that</p>
<p>whats your current gpa?</p>
<p>I dont sing but I know people who do
in essence. I dont think thats a senior only thing, most clubs at exeter are skill based.</p>
<p>I have an A- average but there are people who came in with me as uppers and have higher grades.</p>
<p>Hey, I hope you get this (bit of a bump), how much do you think the interview matters?
My interviewer was Mr. Lynch (well, the third;), and it went pretty well. Does this have an effect?</p>
<p>in essence has students from all four years as members. my D sang with them all through her time at PEA.</p>
<p>Hey I think your interview matters a lot because it’s the best way they can learn about your personality and interest and figure how you will fit with our community. Have you had more than one? Who else interviewed you? I didnt have an on campus interview because I’m international so I can’t exactly say much about them.</p>
<p>I only had one interview with Exeter, isn’t that the norm? I only had Mr. Lancaster Lynch the Third.</p>
<p>Is it common/normal to have more than one interview???</p>
<p>How is the workload? Do you have much free time? I’ve seen a lot of threads talking about the massive workload at exeter.</p>
<p>It is normal to only have one interview. Yes, the workload is great, but it is manageable. If you come in as a senior, there are fewer requirements, so you can take more classes that interest you. There is still probably going to be 3-5 hours of homework each night.</p>
<p>Upper year is by far the hardest so if you come as a PG or a one year senior, you have missed the 330 and the biographical narrative essays of Upper Year–which is the peak of the Exeter work-load. On the other hand you will be coming into Harkness classes with kids who have been used to what happens around those tables for a couple to three years and you will have little “ramp-up” time.</p>
<p>How accepting is Exeter of students who are gay? What’s the gay environment like? And how prominent is the gay portion of the student body(are a lot of students out? Are they freshmens, seniors(?), are there gay couples between students, etc). Just curious…</p>
<p>There is a very active BLGT club with many straight people as members too. At PEA there are no problems being out, having relationships, etc… In fact one student was complaining to the former Dean of Residential Life that the Academy “discriminated” against straight couples as there are no same sex parietals at all but there are are for boys and girls-- :)</p>
<p>How much do you think the interview is counted? The essays? SSAT? Recs? etc? Could you give like a very rough percentage breakdown? I know it won’t be accurate but I kinda need to reassure myself here.</p>
<p>At Exeter, our advisor has told us, the interview counts more than at other schools because they are measuring a child’s ability to thrive in the Harkness table environment. A non-speaking smart kid would not be well served at PEA. (My son who went to Eton and then Harvard would have done very poorly at Exeter bc he rarely if ever speaks in class and doesn’t want to whereas my daughter was an Exonian and then Williams was a Harkness type kid). </p>
<p>I doubt that there is a quantitative breakdown of the factors. Rather all of them give a Gestalt of the applicant. If one or another of the factors are out of sync, the committee will look deeper to figure out why, but usually they give a fairly consistent picture. Thus if one has done well academically, has strong ECs and SSATs but had a poor interview-- the AC will look carefully at the elementary school’s recommendations --and may even call the school to find out if the bad interview was a “one off” or if there may be a lack of fit between the applicant and Exeter.</p>