HELP! Exeter...? -- I have until tomorrow to decide.

Prep School Admissions
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<p>I'm current a grade 11 student in Canada. Recently I was admitted into Exeter Phillips Academy for my senior year. I understand that not a lot of people go for their last year, the ones who do are usually recruited athletes or PGs, but I was wondering if it would be advantageous for me to go in terms of applying to US universities. If I go I'll be losing several leadership positions, but I'll be able to apply from an American school. However, at the same time, I'll be applying from a sea of extremely qualified applicants, which may make my application seem very "average". I do like the school, and I think it has a lot to offer, I'm just concerned it will affect me negatively when it comes to applying to schools. I have to decide before April 10th, so that doesn't give me a lot of time. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Also, for those of you currently at prep schools. Do one year seniors have a good chance of getting in, say, ivy leagues? Or are they at a disadvantage...?</p>

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<p>I think that you should go to exeter, because you have so many opportunities for clubs (which can go to your college ap), and many other things. regarding the college applications, i don't really know, but I do know that if you go to Exeter, you will get an experience that you will remember forever. And that experience is more valuable than the college you go to, cuz it prepares you for lifes challenges and college. </p>

<p>By the way, I recommend going to Exeter. I'm going to be there, but as a 9th grader!</p>

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<p>you are better off (much better off) applying as a foreign student</p>

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<p>NO
if i were you, i'd stay to show commitment, ivies love commitment</p>

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<p>Commitment to what? Your school? What the Ivies want is a student who takes advantage of opportunities. In life, you don't just stay committed to one company, you take advantage of greater opportunities that come to you.</p>

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<p>bdawa - why do you say that?</p>

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<p>You're making a mistake if you're coming to gain admissions to competitive US universities, and not personally grow from the experience.</p>

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<p>i agree with blairt
if your trying to game the system
your odds are better as a foreign student.
fewer applicants per country, less competition</p>

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<p>keep in mind that you will be doing college apps just a few months after arriving at exeter. this is impt in terms of recommendations, activities etc.</p>

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<p>I agree with drnancie about the short notice on applications and such. If you have the option of staying for a PG year, it might be better in terms of getting yourself established for recommendations and such.</p>

<p>And even then, you'd still need to be in the top part of your graduating class to really improve your matricualtion odds to an Ivy League. This applies no matter how many years you attend. If your aim is the next tier of universities below Ivy League though, it definitely improves your chances of admission (although not as much once again with the senior year only).</p>

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<p>stay in your local school.... you have better odds there.</p>

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<p>exeter prepares you well for college,
the 1 year seniors i know are all incredible anyways, and they do stand out here too, and they get a lot out of the experience, its one of those things you won't ever have another chance to get.</p>

<p>but yeah, if you only care about going to an ivy, you should stay. only go to exeter if you want the exeter experience</p>

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<p><a href="http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:DL4oP2F7eDwJ:www.exeter.edu/documents/Profile_2006_final.pdf+college+matriculation+2006+exeter+academy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:DL4oP2F7eDwJ:www.exeter.edu/documents/Profile_2006_final.pdf+college+matriculation+2006+exeter+academy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>blahlala - college matrics aren't representative or indicative of one's chances. many of those kids are legacies/donors/etc, and are not necessarily at the top of the class.</p>

<p>OP - i will be attending exeter as a new upper (11th grade), coming from a school where i would be valedictorian and would have 2 years of college credits (not by AP tests, but by dual enrollment.. if AP was included, somewhere near 3 years of college credits), and thus entering as a junior at college (if i skipped the last year of high school and went at 17, otherwise i would be a senior at 18). Looks good to colleges, yes? An internship as a journalist, one w/ a psychologist and an apprenticeship w/ a pro artist. Captain of college cross country and part-time amateur surfer. Pretty good for high school extracurriculars. Plus leisure time.. Not bad. But I want to be challenged. I want to - for once - be the dumbest person in class and actually learn something. I would like to try new things.. and I don't mind sucking at it and working at it until I'm good. And I don't mind if that takes me until senior spring, after I was rejected from every name-brand college. I'm going for the experience. The kids who don't - the grade grubbers and coddled achievers -will most likely be absolutely miserable where they're not at the top (being in the top 75% is quite the achievment at Exeter, I would say).</p>

<p>Exeter/Andover/Etc. is not for the student who will not be comfortable never feeling smart again.</p>

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<p>"Mistake </p>

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<p>you are better off (much better off) applying as a foreign student"</p>

<p>that's a big fat JOKE...it depends on which country u apply from. Try applying from Hong Kong or korea ...</p>

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<p>lol?
are there that many international students applying from Korea??</p>

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<p>yes...</p>

<p>but being a korean applying from the US or candada doesn't improve your chances; you're still korean. you're still overrepresented at top colleges. be proud of it.</p>

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<p>exeter is almost 9% korean, btw
^.^</p>

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<p>...wow...
and yes im proud :)</p>