<p>Does anyone know anything about Exeter's summer program Access Exeter? Including how hard is it to get in, and all that?</p>
<p>I had a friend that went. Said it was the best 5 weeks of his life, not hard to get into. According to him... He said honestly that some of the teachers there seemed like they didn't care because it was the summer program... But he doesn't get along with teachers.</p>
<p>Thanks so much :)</p>
<p>It has a 6k price tag attached to it. That's all I know.</p>
<p>That is proportional to exeter tuition mate, so all in all it is like paying for exeter for 5 weeks.</p>
<p>Don't think that they are making a killing letting all the kids that don't go to Exeter get to pretend for 5 weeks.</p>
<p>italianboarder-
I think you may be confusing the regular session upper school with Access Exeter. AE is for rising 8th and 9th grade students who want to experience a trial boarding experience before their fall application cycle. Some kids end up loving the boarding experience, and some decide it is not for them and happily apply to day schools instead. I think it allows young students to understand more fully what their lives might look like for 4 years, whether at Exeter or someplace else. I never got the feeling that they were pretending anything - the work was substantial for the age group and the ups and downs very real (roommates, homesickness, dining hall etc.), albeit for a finite duration. AE students are segregated from the upper school (rising 10th -12th grades) for all classes and social activities. The upper school is far more fluid as to requirements - there are many who board and take the full 5 week course schedule, but there are also many local students who take one or two classes for enrichment, often squeezed in between jobs and family obligations. They work hard, play hard, and take the summer session seriously. In my opinion, the instructors take their students seriously, as well. We did not have any experiences with teachers that did not care because it was 'just summer' (your friend's comment, not yours).</p>
<p>Thanks everyone :)</p>
<p>I LOVED ACCESS EXETER.
I went there the summer I before I went to actual Exeter for the regular school year (I got accepted and then decided that I wanted to go to the summer program too, just for the heck of it) and like literally had the BEST 5 WEEKS OF MY LIFE.
The girls I lived in the dorm with were amazing, and I could trust them with practically anything. People there didn't care half as much as grades and work as people during regular session, but they're really a fun bunch, and I would suggest it if you wanted a fun, realaxed summer with a little bit of studying. But that's not to say that they're complete bumbling idiots who don't do any homework, just saying that it doesn't compare to the regular session.</p>
<p>My son loved ACCESS Exeter between the 8th and 9th grades. It was worth the huge price tag. We were much less impressed when he returned the next year for the summer session; we felt there was less supervision, his fellow students were not all that impressive; and that it was less cohesive and just a collection of classes.</p>
<p>ickleronniekins, do you feel that the summer program would give a student a realistic sense of boarding school life?
What's different in the summer versus the school year?</p>
<p>The summer session is for the older kids, am I right?</p>
<p>i didn't go to access exeter, but i did the upper school program there the summer after 9th grade. exeter in general is amazing. but overshadowing all of the classes (though they were interesting) was the diversity of the other students. i got to meet so many people from around the world. that was exeter's "wow!" factor for me. b'smom is right about it not being as cohesive in the upper school, but if you have many different interests and none of the programs for access exeter seem right, you could wait until you can attend the upper school program.</p>
<p>I have a friend who attended and I also went to an Exeter presentation on it. It is not nearly as hard to get into as the school. My friend says that it was a lot of work...including lots of "homework" to be done outside the classroom. Though she had a lot of fun, she thought it was very strenuous for the summer and wants to do things that require less work now that she is planning to go to boarding school in the fall. Overall she liked the boarding experience, but wants to save schoolwork for the school year from now on.</p>
<p>I attended Access Exeter and it was great. You get a lot of free time, the teachers are intelligent, and the classes are interesting. Concerning the workload it's not that bad because you get a mandatory two hour study hall every day and all you need is another thirty minutes to an hour which you can easily fit in to your schedule.</p>