<p>Hey, I have friends at almost all of the schools you listed, so I’ll try to help you out…</p>
<p>A common thread amongst all these schools is that they are all acdemically very intensive…If you want to do well, you’re working 3-5 hours a day…Your extracurricular activites are a function of the amount of time you have left after you “believe” you’ve acomplished your day’s goals academically. Some may say that the bigger schools are more challenging based on their couse catalog - but the reality is you will be very challenged at any of these schools. </p>
<p>Also, the size of the school changes its personality. For big schools (eg Andover) there are more defined social groups than at the smaller schools (eg Middlesex). All schools seemed to be accepting of people’s differences.</p>
<p>I know about 30 people dispersed amongst the boarding schools you listed (I go to MX)…if your goal is to go ivy, you can do than from whichever school…believe me…</p>