<p>Hmmm… Well he did ask where I wanted to go to college (I don’t know haha), what other schools I’m applying to, what I do out of school, at school, etc. It was a fun conversation.</p>
<p>Why do you think the interview went well? Like did you feel like you and the interviewer “clicked”?</p>
<p>You hit the target ayzswim. I could really feel a relaxed and flowing interview going on.</p>
<p>[The</a> Exonian](<a href=“http://theexonian.com/2011/10/06/news/19_exonians_inducted_into_early_cum_laude_society]The”>http://theexonian.com/2011/10/06/news/19_exonians_inducted_into_early_cum_laude_society)</p>
<p>Does anyone know more about the early cum laude society process? Is it something done for every school, or just in Exeter? What year(s)’ grades are considered? The article says it’s granted to the “top 5%” of the class, but 19 is more than 5% of the class isn’t it? So I suppose there were “ties”?</p>
<p>I think it mentions it in the article, but there were a few people who had GPA’s so close to the cutoff that they accepted them into Cum Laude anyway. I believe that Cum Laude selection is based solely off of cumulative GPA from the student’s career at Exeter. I am not an expert on this topic, though.</p>
<p>Thanks musisat. That sounds right to me.</p>
<p>Can you be admitted to the Cum Laude society if you start Exeter as a 10th grader?
Also, what is Harkness society?</p>
<p>Yes, you can be in Cum Laude if you are a 3-year senior. If you are a 2-year senior, you may have to worry.</p>
<p>Hi! I am applying for exeter for 2014-2015. Im taking my ssats in 2 weeks and I am a pretty good test taker. Oh, and i live in southern California. I am applying for grade 9.
Grades: All As since before i could remember. I have recieved school awards for math, language, history, and leadership.
Last year i was in my schools student government (Asb) class as an elective. I skipped pre-Algebra and took advanced 8th grade math instead. (honors algebra 1) I was the top of my Algebra class. At the end of the year, I was a team captian for mathletes as well. In terms of Language Arts, i am in GATE (Advanced) with a+ (also the top of my class).
This year I am in Geometry and Gate LA again and doing well. I am also a student Ambassador.
(sorry not bragging just describing how serious i am about my education)
The annual cali. state test: i get advanced everything in the 490-500s (out of 600. average is 380)
ECs: I played volleyball for 7 and 8 grade at my school. I also play for a club team and compete around the state. I am obviously really interested in playing at exeter.
I have danced since I was 3 and i am in advanced tap and pointe now.
I love to ski except i don’t do very much considering i live in Southern cali.
I am a very good interviewer having competed in scholarship pageants (kind of like the miss America organization) and i will be taking an off campus interview.
I am very interested in harkness because i enjoy public speaking and being part of a lesson.
I am applying for fa
I may have left a few things out… but by the looks of in, what are my chances?</p>
<p>sblanchard: Change your user name (too easy to identify) and post in the Chances forum. This is the spot for questions about Exeter as a school, rather than about your chances to get in.</p>
<p>Hi, two questions.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>How much free time is there daily (I have some pretty intense personal projects going on)?</p></li>
<li><p>Are you allowed to miss school (This relates to the personal projects possibly)?</p></li>
<li><p>How will Exeter help me change the world (interpret this ask you like)?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>For mine, I didn’t realize I was doing my interview until after. Had a good laugh.</p>
<p>@erick.</p>
<p>Free time? Ha! In terms of unscheduled class time – an hour for lunch plus a couple hours’ break during the day between 8 and 6, depending on your course load. After 6 – it depends on how long it takes you to do your homework, and/or whether or not you play a sport seriously. (Varsity or JV sports take up the full allotted “sports time”; if you’re like me, you can half-heartedly stroll on a treadmill for fifty minutes as part of “Intro to Fitness” and have the rest of the time off.)</p>
<p>Apparently you lot don’t have Saturday classes, so I suppose you’ve got weekends, too.</p>
<p>Bear in mind that ajadedidealist also graduated top 5% of her class and is at Oxford…So how much free time you have depends on innate genius, too.</p>
<p>LOL people tend to exaggerate when it comes to the time question at exeter, but it varies so much on the person, so i guess theres some degree of truth to it.</p>
<p>GENERALLY:
When youre a prep/lower… you should never complain about having too little time.
When youre an upper or a senior, the amount decreases dramatically, no matter how much free time you thought you had your lower year, but still, it depends on the person.</p>
<p>I’ll also give you a more personal side - I don’t kill myself over academics, but then again, its not to say I have a horrible gpa (how much time you spend on your work/how efficient/speedy you are at it ultimately determines the answer to this question). I’m super efficient when i get down to it, so I manage my time based on that, and only do homework at times when i know i can be super efficient, and I probably have 3-6 free hours a day, depending on the extremity of the homework due tomorrow. I’m a senior, I play a varsity sport, head of multiple clubs/programs. <- this just goes to show that you CAN have free time even when you’re working hard. knowing yourself and managing your time accordingly is the key though.</p>
<p>@erick
Missing school at Exeter is tough, because of the Harkness method the discussions are very important, and there are rarely texts that can be used to catch up. Students can arrange for some time if needed for special events (one student was just performing at Carnegie Hall) but parents and advisor would have to work together to plan that time away carefully. </p>
<p>Any Boarding School is very demanding of time, and planning to continue a time-demanding personal activity in addition to school is frankly not something I would recommend without a lot of family support (including transportation logistics if needed).</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses everyone. I have another question.</p>
<p>Are semi-formal admissions essays acceptable?</p>
<p>What on earth does that mean?</p>
<p>i.e. use of contractions, or humor</p>
<p>Maybe “informal essay” would be a better term.</p>
<p>I have no idea what sort of essay is most acceptable or most effective, but I do know that my son’s essays have been fairly informal in style, so you won’t be the only one. His Exeter essays were the most formal of the lot, however, for whatever reason.</p>