<p>I chose Lville for the wonderful house system, and it changed my life as well. It has a great sense of school community. However, I do admit that among those who do not know boarding schools, it is practically unheard of. People who don't know boarding schools usually have heard of only Exeter and sometimes Andover. In terms of preparation for college though, all the top BS are equal (Lville, Choate, St. Paul's, etc)</p>
<p>You couldn't be more wrong about Lawrenceville's national reputation.</p>
<p>I agree. ^^</p>
<p>And I think Andover might be slightly more famous than Exeter, at least from my experiences.</p>
<p>I was just saying from my experience even some people from NJ haven't heard of it...but, as I said, it's just as good as it's more famous peers.</p>
<p>Yes, Andover seems to me definitely more famous.</p>
<p>really? i always felt that exeter was more well known amongst the general public because of all of the movies and books written about it. but i guess that might have changed in the past few years because of bush.</p>
<p>I feel, exeter is deffinetly more well-known than andover. andover may be publically recognized now more than ever because of bush, but then again that's not something to be proud of :).</p>
<p>even before bush, ive felt andover was more. like if you say andover...people will be ilke "yeah" and with exeter they'll do it but not so much.</p>
<p>I agree with Olivia.</p>
<p>i see where your coming from, maybe my opinion is just biased, as i attend exeter, and they are both great schools ... fame has nothing to do with getting a great education</p>
<p>I know, of course not.</p>
<p>I'm not quite sure whether that's true, but I think it may have to do with that Andover's in Massachusetts, close to Boston, whereas Exeter's all the way in New Hampshire. This means that people in Boston are probably more familiar with Andover students than Exeter students, just because they come in more often, and the things that people in Boston know tend to spread. A lot.</p>
<p>don't think the nation as a whole knows much about specific private high schools in general.... and as prettyckitty said, i think it all depends on where you live, who you know... andover known for its higher-class reputation + its ties with the bush family, and lville is very well known in NJ, b/c it's in the princeton area...</p>
<p>I would just like to point out that, if you're going to Lawrenceville for the academics, be prepared to deal with jackasses. A good portion of the student body (~30%, I'd say) is compromised of jackasses. Which is good if you happen to fit into that group, but I was really surprised by the quality of the bottom of each class. Expect to meet many people and wonder how exactly it is that they got in - honestly, if it weren't for those top 20-30 people in each class, I would've withdrawn from the school after the first year.</p>
<p>You go to Lawrenceville for the teachers and campus, not for the uniformly excellent student body.</p>
<p>lvilleslacker: I expect that many people (myself included) would consider someone who takes pride in being a "slacker" to be a "jackass".</p>
<p>Fair enough. Most, however, will wait until meeting someone before branding in such a way. Given that you don't even know me, I would hardly call your attack well founded.</p>
<p>In any case, you're not exactly refuting my point (if that is indeed your goal...I'm not really sure what you're trying to do, besides make a personal attack). Perhaps my comments struck a nerve?</p>
<p>Oh, and I realize I sound bitter, but don't worry as people like myself were the minority at the school. </p>
<p>Back on topic: Lawrenceville's college placement is outstanding, but you still have to do the work yourself. Don't expect a 3.4 to get you into the ivy league (besides maybe cornell ED), but you CAN expect to get you into at least one top school if you put in the effort.</p>
<p>On the Princeton matter: Lawrenceville historically has fed to Princeton, though this has become less prominent in the past few decades. Roughly 9% of this year's class did manage to get into Princeton, though, a particularly strong showing. Very few students are children of princeton faculty (I believe there was one in the class of 2007, and he went to Harvard in any case). There are, however, many students with Princeton legacies/connections.</p>
<p>The school also has a particularly good relationship with Georgetown, though is not so good with MIT/Caltech/Yale.</p>
<p>lvilleslacker: I didn't refute your point, as it is completely subjective. Your point seemed to be that "A good portion of the student body (~30%, I'd say) is compromised of jackasses", which is a pretty strong attack on the Lawrenceville community. Your statements weren't even in response to anything, and in fact you were completely switching topics on an already dead thread. If you are bitter about your choice of schools, that is quite unfortionate. You're entitled to your own opinion, but I would venture to say that few would agree with such a statement. </p>
<p>You're other comments regrarding college matriculation are pretty accurate.</p>
<p>And few would agree because either they belong with the jackass community or manage to get along with them (not to difficult to do, I must admit. Most of the time peoples' behavior is amusing and harmless).</p>
<p>As you said, I'm entitled to my opinion and I've presented it.
Though I must admit that I find it ironic that if I am indeed a jackass, it only provides more support for my claim. Anyways, time to let this die providing everything else has been resolved.</p>