<p>When is this school supposed to be open? Is their a website?</p>
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What you need to discuss and compare: GPA of 4 year graduates versus all others. Day v Boarding is worthy of note. More important is the GPA of the student who has put 4 years into the program. How much higher is the GPA of the student who came in at the 3rd year entry point?
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<p>Believe it or not, the GPA of four year students are actually lower than two year students.
This can be proven from your alma matter, Exeter's, profile; <a href="http://www.exeter.edu/documents/Profile_2006_final.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.exeter.edu/documents/Profile_2006_final.pdf</a></p>
<p>46% of four year seniors, 47% of three years and 57% of two years scored between a 9.00 and 11.00.
If we only want to go have stats for students who received 10.00 to 11.00s we find out that only 10% for four years, 14% for three years and 23% for two years.
My best guess to this is that as the years go on, there are few spaces so the entering juniors are more qualified than their four year counterparts.</p>
<p>(please excuse my bad sentence structure/grammar...)</p>
<p>mad work and fightin skools: PEA and PA
great working and achieving skools: SPS, Hotchkiss, Choate, Deerfield, Lawrenceville, Taft</p>
<p>btw, i go to Hotchkiss and i;ve got friends at all these skools and thats how they feel about these skools...haha</p>
<p>whats a "fightin" school?</p>
<p>Post your stats, please.</p>
<p>'fightin'=more competitive?</p>
<p>Riiightt.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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<p>Attending an Elite Prep School is just better preparation hands down than 95% of Public Schools regardless of the wealth of the community. My D goes to Greenwich Country Day School and the small class size, the latest technology, the extensive course offerings, the engaged Alumni, the hefty endowment, the quality & educational level of the teachers and the fact that they can offer a Greenwich, CT address to 60% of their Teachers is an amazing recruiting tool. They also plan to be able to offer 100% housing in the near future to potential educators.</p>
<p>50% of the students go to Boarding School and 35% go to Day Prep Schools upon graduation. The students have a love of learning that is truly amazing for a Parent to see. Despite the wealth of the student body's parents, diversity is sincerely embraced wherein snobbishness is frowned upon The school is balanced in it's academics as well as it's nurturing, fostering good citizenship. Prep schools are wonderful and I wouldn't put my D anywhere else.</p>
<p>ATN03: the reason that the GPA's of 3- and 4-year students at Exeter is lower than those of others is that students who come in 9th or 10th grade are often blown away by the difficulty of getting even B's, but eventually acclimate.
Grading is 11 pts. No A+'s, only A=11, A-=10, B+=9, etc.
Only two students in 50 years had a straight A (11.0) average for 3 or more of 12 consecutive trimesters. One was in my class. The other had an 11.0 for 11 of 12 trimesters. He had a 6.something the other term. Weird story.</p>
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Only two students in 50 years had a straight A (11.0) average
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<p>Wow.......</p>
<p>I don't think that's all that uncommon in a number of boarding schools. Many students come from schools that give out A's like candy (see TX etal), not so in bs. My gut feeling is that B's are attainable with a good amount of hard work and A's are very very difficult to come by.</p>
<p>You should read Daniel Golden's book "The Price Of Admissions".</p>
<p>Legacy & money is almost a guaranteed ticket into the Ivies today. Read Daniel Goldens book "The Price Of Admissions". He's a Pulitzer prize winning Journalist.</p>
<p>According to Peterson's Prep Review, 7 out of the top 10 prep schools are NYC day schools. Only 1 boarding school is in the top 10. Trinity, Collegiate, Brearley, Chapin, Spence, St. Ann's, and Dalton are all in the top 10. National Cathedral from Washington DC is also in the top 10.</p>
<p>7 out of the top 10 based on what? Ivy matriculation? Do we really need to go over this again?</p>
<p>EDIT: Nevermind, just read the very intense NYC Day Schools Rank Higher than bding schools thread.</p>
<p>I asked the college counseling office about this (the stats below went against my prejudice that i would be at a huge disadvantage), and they said it's because incoming new uppers are very motivated and have college on their mind, whereas freshmen have a harder time adjusting because they're so young (and often times immature), and have many lessons to learn before they start succeeding (study skills/time management.. most middle schoolers really aren't that experienced w/ real studying).</p>
<p>if you add up the averages of each class of seniors (4 yr, 3 yr, 2 yr), the 2 yr students have the highest average...</p>
<p>GPA's are based on previous year's seniors.</p>
<p>class of 2005
2 YEAR SENIORS
10-11 GPA (A- TO A): 10/42 = 25%
9 - 9.99 (B+): 14/42 = 33%
B+ - A STUDENTS =58%</p>
<p>3 YEAR SENIORS
11/78 = 14%
26/78 = 33%
=47%</p>
<p>4 YEAR SENIORS
18/175 = 10%
63/175 = 36%
= 46%</p>
<p>class of 2006
2 YEAR SENIORS
10-11 (A- to A): 4/39 = 10%
9 - 9.999 (B+): 10/39 =25%
=35%</p>
<p>3 YEAR SENIORS
10-11: 13/78 =1/6=14%
9-9.99: 32/78=42%
=56%</p>
<p>4 YEAR SENIORS
10-11: 11%
9.99: 53/172 = 31%
=42%</p>
<p>In repsonse to who the top 10 schools are, I would have to say that naturally, the most well-known based on academic reputation are the three biggies, Andover, Exeter, and Choate. On the same level are Groton, Deerfield, St. Paul's, Hotchkiss and Lawrenceville. Middlesex has come a long way, and is beginning to be recognized as an equal to these 8, along with Milton who has always had an outstanding reputation. A common assumption is that Andover and Exeter are the top, based on their size, but statistics prove them equal to Groton, Deerfield, St. Paul's, etc. The size does play into how well-known the schools are, but making the decision to attend these schools should not be purely based on reputation. You also must take into account who you are talking to. 100 years ago, saying that you attended a Groton over an Exeter would have a completely different impact then it would now.</p>
<p>1- Phillips Academy</p>
<p>2- Deerfield</p>
<p>3- Exeter ( no endowment arguments , please. When the facebook kid gives
$250 million it will soar )</p>
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1- Phillips Academy</p>
<p>2- Deerfield</p>
<p>3- Exeter ( no endowment arguments , please. When the facebook kid gives
$250 million it will soar )
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<p>That's debatable :) Although, admittedly, I do attend Exeter. </p>
<p>Why do you rank your schools as you do? Especially declaring, "No endowment arguments." I think the large endowment is definitely something to be proud of; because of it, the administration was able to implement a very impressive financial aid program allowing almost everyone in the US to afford an Exeter education.</p>
<p>No fair you invoked the endowment:) What's the dif between 800m and 1billion. I did rank EA 3rd in the universe , however I like Andover for the large metropolitan feel and Deerfield for the sporty kid who likes formality. Exeter is fine.</p>
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<p>I asked you why you demanded we weren't allowed to include the endowment in ratings. It matters because PEA is now able to offer anyone financial aid, provided their annual family income is less than $200,000.</p>
<p>However, endowment is not the only thing we have on other schools. Ask your son or daughter (you mentioned that one of your children attends Andover) about the Green Cup Challenge that's happening right now. Started in Phillips Exeter Academy :D</p>