<p>For a rising eighth grader, which summer program out of exeter, choate, or andover do you recommend? I'm looking more for overall experience rather than just academics... Any info helps. Thanks guys :)</p>
<p>I personally would recommend Andover as that’s the only one out of those you mentioned that I’ve been to. From one of my other posts about Andover summer session: I attended Andover last summer(I ended up in the brochure! Haha). I absolutely loved it and I was not on FA. It was honestly the best 5 weeks of my life and I loved my classes and roommate and the whole experience. I would say the challenge of the classes all depend on what you take. I took International Relations and Geometry so I was kept busy with hw but there were others who had an easier course load. Some nights I was up until 1 am due to hw so yes it’s a good prep for what boarding school might be like. I still remember sitting in our common room celebrating birthdays,watching the Olympics and the Euro Cup, coming in soaking wet because it was raining when we came back from the dances, and playing ping pong. The weekend and college trips were amazing and I would suggest going to at least one. I went to all college trips and weekend trips and thoroughly enjoyed them. The town of Andover is amazing and we went almost three times a week to CVS, Starbucks, and the yogurt place because it was so convenient when classes were over. Everyone was extremely welcoming, even though some people were in MS^2 it didn’t seem like they were in a different program, because we were all like one big family(as cliche as it sounds). No one really noticed anyone’s age because we all lived together( I was in Nathan hale one of the biggest dorms) my friends were seniors, juniors, and more, it was honestly a life changing experience. If you have anymore questions feel free to pm me.</p>
<p>My D loved Access Exeter - she took the CSI module. Loved the classes, (digital photography, forensics including visits to local law enforcement and lectures from real CSI, etc.) The class that year did 3 days in Boston and were assigned tasks of surveillance on another student without getting caught. She called it hilarious since the students knew someone was watching them. But also she got to try out sports she hadn’t done before - water polo, etc. Had to be dragged off campus at the end of the five weeks. Andover has more “town” than Exeter, but the PEA program was described as very fun by my D and her roommate who was from overseas. And it convinced them both that BS was the right path for them.</p>
<p>Thanks!! Does anyone know about the Choate program?</p>