<p>I'm just curious about the individual schools, so could you please fill out this:</p>
<p>Name of school
Number of hours of homework per night, on average
Hardest course so far
Number of hours of sleep on exam night
Which school do you consider the most rigorou?</p>
<p>Until recently a current student...
Exeter
3-4 hours a day (some done at night, some during free periods/got ahead)
Existentialism
8 or 9 hours of sleep. There's a three or four day exam period, depending on the trimester. It's a different schedule from the usual week. There's a lot of free time to get studying/paper writing done. Big cumulative exams are mostly restricted to science courses, and not the norm., even then. Usually you get papers, debates, final tests that aren't cumulative, oral presentations for the final, and you know a week in advance so you can plan.
Exeter/Andover/St. Paul's/Deerfield</p>
<p>It's not really a Prep school. Just Residential.</p>
<p>Name of school: MS School for Mathematics and Science</p>
<p>Number of hours of homework per night, on average: Mandatory 2 hours and it depends on how many classes you have the next day.</p>
<p>Hardest course so far: Cellular Biology (4 questioned tests kill me)</p>
<p>Number of hours of sleep on exam night: 6-7 Most get fewer. It is called The School that Never Sleeps</p>
<p>Which school do you consider the most rigorou? I don't know of any.</p>
<p>Name: Illinois Math and Science Academy
Homework: average 3-5 hours, sometimes as much as 10 or 12
Hardest class: AP Chem (you learn almost nothing and get graded super-hard)
How much sleep: 4-6 on average, plus MANY naps.
Which school is most rigorous: I don't know...</p>
<p>Exeter
2 hours
Islam (I think religion courses are the hardest. Also, Latin is mad hard at Exeter)
What a dumb question. No one sleeps at Exeter. Only day students. It's stressful and hard but wonderful
Exeter/Andover/St. Paul's/Deerfield/Choate</p>
<p>Andover
It depends on the night, but anywhere from 1 1/2 - 3 1/2
math - I've never been very good at it, and it's harder at prep school
on exam nights I usually sleep 9 hours, but on normal nights I get around 6 hours
Andover/Exeter/St. Paul's</p>
<p>Milton academy</p>
<p>2.5-3
latin 2/3
10 hours </p>
<p>andover/milton/belmont hil/exeter</p>
<p>I've always thought of Andover and Deerfield to be more "hand-holding" schools when it came to the classroom. The schools have a lot of student athletes, and have an ample personal/support/advising system to make sure everyone is learning and keeping up. This, as opposed to Exeter, where I hear academic competition is pretty tough, with its sink or swim attitude.</p>
<p>Andover
About 3-6 hrs a night, some done in free periods or study halls
Bio
I usually get about 7 hrs of sleep
Exeter/Andover/St. Pauls/Deerfield and many others</p>
<p>AceRockolla is correct, Andover does a good job keeping in touch with their students through the academic advising program. Academically, Andover is still rigorous, but it never seems cuthroat or overly intense. I'm not sure if other schools like Exeter have similar advising programs.</p>
<p>Exeter
My junior year: 1.5-2.5 hours monday-friday, who knows how much on Sunday. I really became a great expert at slacking off and getting A- / B+ grades [I maintained a 3.5 average, :( ] What can I say, I'm an expert at coasting. But I know that I need to pick that up so I expect to encounter what I recognized my 10th grade year: that it's a lot easier to go from a B+ to an A- than from an A- to an A at Exeter. So these numbers, esp. going into senior fall, will become horrible.</p>
<p>I get around 7 hours of sleep, but that's because I'm a night person. Do work while on internet after activities in the evening; Internet goes off at 11pm, start homework, go to bed when done, wake up around 7:30... that's the pattern. A terrible pattern, but a pattern nonetheless.</p>
<p>I don't know which is most rigorous, I've only been to Exeter!</p>
<p>Deerfield
~3-4 hours on hw each night.
Honors Chem
On exam week, I got plenty of sleep, around 7-8 hours. On normal school nights, I got 4-5 hours.
From what I heard, andover, exeter, milton, deerfield, choate, etc etc but I've only gone to one so I can't say for sure.</p>
<p>oh addendum: on exam nights, lots and lots of sleep. exam week is very kind to most students--unless you're taking three sciences, you have a lot of good sleep ins, a lot of free time, a good balance, generally speaking. it's very student-friendly.</p>
<p>some people are having too much fun to get much sleep, but aside from that, lots o sleep.</p>
<p>Andover
3+ if you take real courses
Math 600 (BC calc in 130 days) but there are harder courses out there.
9 and 1/4 hours. But I make a point of that.
I think Exeter is the most academically rigorous.</p>
<p>Miss Porter's School
About 3 hours(it really depends on how much you commit to your work)
Math(Algebra 2)
7 hrs (When I really won't to crunch down and work hard, 5 hours)
Where to go for prep school depends on the person. I go to a girl's school and I honeslty think there is no other boarding school that can compare to the academic rigor and personal achievement you get from single-sex ed. But if you're not a girl, I'd go with St. Paul's or Exeter. Those are both schools that you will get a lot out of your years there, academically and personally.</p>
<p>Name of school: Andover
Number of hours of homework per night, on average: 4-5 hours, but I usually spread it out during the day so its not in one big chunk
Hardest course so far: Chemistry...ugh. I'm more of a humanities person though. Most kids don't seem to have a problem with it.
Number of hours of sleep on exam night: 8-9 during exam week. Normal week: 5-6 hours
Which school do you consider the most rigorous? andover/exeter/sps/choate/deerfield.</p>