<p>It is generally considered a good deal (15 dollars a week) because the washers and dryers also cost several dollars if you do your laundry yourself, and things are returned ironed and hung up. No irons allowed in the dorm due to fire risk, and you cannot share another person’s laundry plan.</p>
<p>The laundry fee at Exeter is quite a bit lower than at many other schools, though I agree that it does feel like a big extra expense. Still, it has been worth if for our kid. It’s nice at a school likes Exeter where boys are wearing dress shirts and ties all the time to have clothes washed, pressed and hung on hangers or folded. The plan also comes with a card which allows kids to use the dorm laundry machines for free. We actually upgraded to the the look sharp plan this month because we found that the extra dry cleaning fees (for ties and uniforms) ended up being about the same cost. As 2prep mom points out, you’d probably end up spending half that doing laundry in dorm machines.</p>
<p>Could you try it out at first and then drop it after the first term if you decided you would rather do your own laundry?? And, are there any dorms that don’t have laundry machines…??</p>
<p>who…15
I don’t know if you can discontinue the laundry service once begun, suggest you call E&R and ask, they would have to send you a refund because it is paid in advance for the year.</p>
<p>I would imagine all dorms/houses have some laundry arrangements, but a call to the Dean of Residential Life should get you someone with more details.</p>
<p>I don’t think there are any dorms without laundry machines. I imagine it might be easier to join the laundry plan late than to drop it, but agree with 2prepMom that emailing or calling EandR is your best bet. Do keep in mind that it costs to use the machines, buy detergent, etc. when you’re calculating the overall worth of laundry service. I suspect it might be more doable for girls, especially if they tend to dress casually.</p>
<p>In our experience most doubles do not have a common room. My son has been in a double for the last two years. Most kids switch roommates every year. I wouldn’t worry about not liking your roommate to much. Most kids are respectful of each other, even if they aren’t quite friends. My son was really excited to pick his roommate last year, and he was a little bit dissapointed that they didn’t get along as well as hoped. </p>
<p>Our daughter had a single and loved it. She was never lonely as her whole dorm is singles. It might be different in a dorm that only has a few single rooms. Since noone has a roommate in her dorm, they all seek each other out. It will work out for the best and every experience at Exeter is an opportunity to grow.</p>
<p>I’m starting to get a little worried about my course load for next year because I’m planning on taking three 300s courses (CS, Chinese and math) with physics and English.
Does anyone think that this will be too much for a prep?</p>
<p>@cheddarcheeseyum - I would recommend talking with your temporary adviser. My son’s adviser has been very helpful in guiding his initial course decisions.</p>
<p>I can’t remember exactly, I think it was pretty late in the summer that the schedule got e-mailed to students via Lion Links. Not parents. The placements are fixed at that point, until the students actually start classes when there is a lot of switching around in levels. The individual class teachers are very helpful in recommending level changes, and the advisor can help too. Departments reserve the authority to make the final decision. </p>
<p>There is a letter that goes to parents in the summer asking us to please buy an alarm clock, teach the students how to use it, and let them get themselves up and going on time without assistance during the summer, as a practice for the fall. And it was tough!!</p>
<p>As a prep? New to Harkness and PEA’s workload? Don’t forget you’ll have health, Spaz (PE)/athletics and if you play an instrument an orchestra or group? Do you plan to volunteer or have other extracurricular activities? Do you ever plan to procrastinate? If you’re worried you probably know the answer and the foreboding is your gut check - I suspect others will add similar thoughts.</p>
<p>Uppers don’t hangout compared to preps and lowers because they have a lot on their plate and sounds like you’re planning to have an Uppers schedule as a prep. Plus Uppers get the benefit of two years of practice with the Harkness before getting hit with that huge workload. Search google for Phillips Exeter honor roll and you’ll see PGs which are 13th graders that are new to PEA rarely ever end up in Highest Honors because it is tough without any practice to make As. Also the highest honors thins out during Upper year with a lot less people. Take one maybe two 300s that you know you’ll do well in but taking three plus physics as a prep is probably crazy! IMO.</p>
<p>My son checked his courses and he did get his language placement and it looks like his math placement as well. He was placed into accelerated Chinese. Does anyone have any information on what that course it like?</p>
<p>Yay ! I got the courses I wanted for math and Spanish. I have to say though, I’m thoroughly surprised I got into Spanish Transition 1, even after barely understanding what half of the placement test was talking about. :p</p>
<p>I’m going to be coming in next year as a prep and I had a few questions:
Is Abbott a good dorm? (I’m trying to decide between Abbott and Wentworth)
Also…what’s the social/dating scene like here? Is it normal, or completely non-existent</p>
<p>What a parent hears about the social scene (so no idea how accurate this is)…groups of friends form, which include boys and girls, and they go do stuff all together or “hang out”. Long term serious exclusive dating relationships are infrequent, but happen. Remember you will be seeing/living with these same people every day for 4 years, so think about “after the relationship.” My daughter thinks being in a boarding school decreases the frequency of serious/long term exclusive dating relationships, but increases “casual relationships” for many students (whatever that means).</p>
<p>In a hard to understand if you are an outsider way, Tuesday Evening Prayer “EP” is apparently the hottest dating scene at Exeter, and couples are usually introduced by mutual friends. Upper classmen enjoy introducing preps from their respective dorms, for example.</p>