<p>oh. im sorry for my mistake. we all make them! haha. but i’m sorry for that confusion.</p>
<p>I have no regrets I choose DA over exeter, Hotchkiss, Choate, and Groton and I feel really GREATT about it my decision. I just cannot wait to leave September 11…I LOVE THAT SCHOOL and I think it is the best fit for ME than any other schools out there.</p>
<p>i got into kent, choate, and exeter. i was denied from sps and deerfield.
i thought that choate was a great school - it was beautiful, there was a filipino community (pretty critical to me; i’m filipino and going to boarding school, home is just SO far away), and the people were warm and friendly. exeter was the same - i had great memories of it because i spent a summer there and met amazing people. the campus, gorgeous.
i had a talk with my dad when i was deciding where to apply. of course he’s a little biased because he’s alumni (yay for the legacy kids!) but he reminded me that if i went to exeter, i wouldn’t have to question “what if?” because exeter is the “ultimate” in a sense. it’s kind of the highest you can go. if i went to choate, i felt that i would have somehow questioned “what if i went to exeter?” but at exeter, i didn’t feel like i’d have to ask “what if i went to choate?”
i did feel that exeter’s atmosphere had a stronger emphasis on education. i can’t wait to challenge myself.</p>
<p>Yeah that was what I loved about Exeter. I am constantly told that I really am going to what is considered the best school in the US. My is managing director at an investment bank, and he has quite a couple Exeter alumni working for him in his team. it was really cool to talk to them and get their perspective. He also has someone from Hotchkiss and someone from Lawrenceville.</p>
<p>i know, and i feel like i really lucked out in going to one of the best boarding schools in the country (trying not to be biased here!) why not aim high, right?</p>
<p>Yeah. I hate when people say we are so “lucky”! We worked really hard to get in and mostly the people excepted deserve. Not saying that people wait-listed or rejected didn’t, but “luck” has nothing to do with it.</p>
<p>I think it’s spelled accepted. 
It happens anybody.</p>
<p>It happens <em>to</em> anybody. Wow, that’s pretty ironic. :)</p>
<p>Oh yeah thanks I was pretty tired haha</p>
<p>I’m not so sure cutedida: without dismissing any of your qualifications, I do think you’re lucky (as is my son!). Maybe you clicked with an interviewer, or your particular profile matched a particular need at a school…not recognizing the role that luck plays diminishes the many, many good, smart, gifted, hardworking kids who didn’t get in.</p>
<p>By the way, as a college English instructor, I love the way you guys politely correct each other’s spelling…it’s refreshing to see in this era of texting sloppiness.</p>
<p>classicalmama, I wanted to say something similar about luck but you said it much better than I would have. We feel that our son was very lucky, as well as having earned consideration through his own hard work. However, there are so many well qualified, hard working kids applying that luck certainly does play a role, perhaps a big role too.</p>
<p>Many people when they hear about me going to Exeter tell me it’s going to be tough, but some of them say I’m lucky too…</p>
<p>Mainer95 and classical mama are your children going to Exeter?</p>