<p>I was accepted at SPS but waitlisted at Exeter which was my first choice. What should I do?? Should I give up the waitlist for SPS or give it up to try for Exeter.</p>
<p>A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.</p>
<p>Go to SPS. You have a seat at one of the country’s leading schools. There are dozens or hundreds of kids who would give their eye teeth to be in your position right now. Go to SPS.</p>
<p>Go look at the SPS website again knowing that YOU could go their, if you choose to. See if you could really imagine yourself there. If possible, go to the revisit day! As many people on this board say:
Love the school that loves you!</p>
<p>While it is possible that will get off the wait list, the probability is low. Go to the school that loves you. If you are in the position that you can lose your deposit, you can deposit at SPS while pursuing
exeter. SPS has an outstanding reputation. You can be proud of your accomplishement.</p>
<p>Go to SPS.</p>
<p>I am in the same situation as you. Got into Choate, and waitlisted at Phillips Andover (my first choice). </p>
<p>I think you should go to the revisit day and go from there… That’s what I’m doing at least. SPS is a great school, like Choate! If you’re in need of Financial Aid, and got it from SPS, then it pretty much is a done deal. There is no guarantee that if you get off the Exeter list that you’ll get aid.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>SPSSPS, I think browneyedgirl8 said it all in that phrase “love the school that loves you”! I can’t tell you how much I would give to be in your place - going to boarding school is my dream! If you honestly think you couldn’t adjust and be happy at SPS, then wait and see if you are accepted to Exeter. But, in making this descision, do keep in mind that you may end up with no school to go to if you deny SPS. Its all in the potential, which means that nothing is certain and even if you are a spectacular applicant, you may not be the right person for the empty spot at Exeter. I would stick with SPS if I were you.</p>
<p>SPS and Exeter are both great schools and both are very different–and, for the most part, I think the AO’s are very good at selecting the kids who will fit best in their respective student bodies. You should revisit before you make a final decision–but as a parent of a child whose situation was the reverse of yours last year, I’d say, trust the process. Go to SPS.</p>
<p>Hey!
Go to SPS. Great school (i go there)</p>
<p>if you have any questions just message me or reply here! :)</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies. I have a couple of questions</p>
<p>-How much homework a night? Is it manageable or will you be doing homework all night?</p>
<p>-Is SPS really religious and make people take religious classes, go to chapel, etc.?</p>
<p>-How is the college matriculation? Does SPS seem to be a feeder school to anywhere just like Lawrenceville is a feeder to Princeton?</p>
<p>Sorry for all these questions! Just wondering are any of you posters on the Exeter waitlist as well? :p</p>
<p>Just thought of some more lol</p>
<p>-Im coming in as a 10th grader…how hard is it to adjust and make new friends?</p>
<p>-What is your favorite thing and your biggest disappointment when you first got to SPS?</p>
<p>-How are the dorms? Mostly doubles or singles? Also how east would it be to be able to get a single?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Bumppppppp</p>
<p>The amount of homework you will have will depend largely on what classes you are taking. Harder classes obviously require more work. The average workload for an incoming freshman or sophomore is probably around 2 hours a night. By junior year I would expect to be doing somewhere between 3 and 4 hours a night. </p>
<p>Favorite thing is probably the down to earth kids. </p>
<p>Biggest disappointment would probably be the lack of things to do outside of campus, but you can make it work if you try. </p>
<p>Dorms are very very nice. Much nicer than the dorms of other schools that I have seen. All dorms have both singles and doubles, and you can usually get either size upon request. </p>
<p>SPS is absolutely not super religious, although students do attend chapel four times a week. Chapel generally consists of a reading, hymn, some sort of presentation and announcements. Most students actually enjoy chapel very much. </p>
<p>The SPS college matriculation is excellent, definitely on par with Exeter’s. SPS does not really have a feeder school in the sense that Lawrenceville does. If you search around these forums you can find information on exactly which schools students matriculate to.</p>
<p>Just because Lawrenceville is geographically close to Princeton, and has a number of Princeton faculty children attending, in no way shape or form is it a feeder school to Princeton. The days of a prepschool being a feeder to anything are long gone.</p>
<p>You are like choosing between Columbia or Brown!! SPS is an ivy too, haha!!</p>
<p>Go to SPS unless you have a local option that you love and your reluctance is more about BS in general. I really doubt if there is any more structure at Exeter than SPS. </p>
<p>SPS is one of The Great Schools.</p>
<p>Besides, Exeter isn’t truly an option today is it? You could give them a call and tell them that even though you are pleased with your options, Exeter is really where you want to be and see what happens.</p>
<p>as everyone here knows, I went to St. Paul’s so you know what I am going to say. But realize the same year I started at St. Paul’s my brother started at Exeter. If I did it over, it would be easy, I’d do St. Paul’s again. My brother and one of my best friends were both at Exeter. If they did it over they would have gone to St. Paul’s.</p>
<p>Go to revisit. Ask questions, keep your eyes and ears open. Then decide. But fair warning, it is pretty hard not to fall in love with the place.</p>
<p>Bumppppppp</p>
<p>Spssps. Bring your question to the main thread. A lot of students and others will find you there more easily.</p>