<p>So, I don't know where I will be accepted but these are my top schools:</p>
<p>Deerfield
Exeter
Andover
Hotchkiss
SPS
Choate</p>
<p>I enjoy pretty much every subject except that I am NOT a painter or drawer type.</p>
<p>What are the pros and cons of these schools?</p>
<p>are those schools in order of preference?</p>
<p>ruffly. honestly, the top 4 are tied for me. my life will be so much easier if only one of them accepts me</p>
<p>hahaha deerfield is in the middle of nowhere from waht I heard and also Hotchkiss which I visited!</p>
<p>CHOOSE DEERFIELD!
I think the only con of deerfield is that it’s a bit rural :/</p>
<p>rural is better than urban.</p>
<p>Deerfield is up in the boonies but its still relatively close to greenfield and Northampton ( 
)</p>
<p>exeter is a nice little town</p>
<p>although deerfield is in the “boonies”, I still want to go there because I would be going there for the school and not the towns around it.</p>
<p>A lot of pple at CC love DEERFIELD</p>
<p>ilovethatree^^ AGREED :)</p>
<p>andoverr. the bestt !</p>
<p>Disclaimer: I have never been to these schools, I’ve just picked up the information on CC, their websites, and BoardingSchoolReview. All of the following schools are excellent, so you’ll be getting a great education no matter where you go!</p>
<p>Deerfield
Con: In the middle of no where, very rural.
Pro: Very preppy and athletic, most selective boarding school at 17%.</p>
<p>Exeter
Con: Kids considered nerdy, high strung, too focused on academics.
Pro: Academics and facilities top-notch; HUGE on Harkness method. More math and science oriented.</p>
<p>Andover
Con: The school is really big, so you could get lost in the crowd.
Pro: Great academics and a bunch of extracirriculars! More humanities oriented.</p>
<p>St. Paul’s
Con: It has a reputation of giving off a “creepy” vibe.
Pro: Campus is huge and beautiful, really nice people.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about Choate or Hotckiss!</p>
<p>lindha: I think it sort of seems the opposite, more people like andover and exeter, but I mean, how could you NOT love DEERFIELD!</p>
<p>haha its funny you picked those schools to elaborate on because those are my top schools. honestly, from the people I met, andover seemed more of the “nerdy” type than exeter. we all have our inner nerd and maybe my inner nerd was closer to the exonians, or maybe i just met the wrong people at andover</p>
<p>As for Hotchkiss, the pro: beautiful campus and facilities (especially athletic sites, many of the dorms, e.g. Edelman, and all of the music areas); 240 courses for 580 students; huge endowment per student. The con: THS suffered a drop last year in SSAT’s for entering students from 93% average ( once highest of all HADES schools) to 83% ( sign that THS is becoming more of a jock school than years past?); and college placement, although better than Choate, doesn’t seem as strong as other HADES schools. Still, a great school. (My son is a first year lower mid there, and he absolutely loves just about everything connected with Hotchkiss: the classes, the sports, the international flavor of the school, the tight community, the excellent teachers, the EC’s, the great programs, speakers and entertainment offered at THS, etc.)</p>
<p>Re; Hotchkiss Do you think it’s a shift towards a jock culture or a need for more FP? I don’t know if the % of new admits on FA changed last year or not. I know it did at Exeter. Maybe something similar happened at Hotchkiss. If it is for athletic recruits, I’d have a problem - for financial, not so much.</p>
<p>I’ve heard from a source that its really hard to get on an HK team if you’re not a super recruit.</p>
<p>neato, the SSAT drop could be based on drop in FA. Because, I understand, the FA decreased from 37% to 27% for new students last year and the SSAT’s dropped from 93 percentile to 83 at the same time, the SSAT slippage may be directly tagged to the decline in FA. </p>
<p>rad, some of THS students may be big time recruits in some of the big time sports (basketball, football, soccer, track, etc.), but I know that some of the minor sports have just regular kids filling out rosters. In this vein, my son has been wrestling first team varsity this season (with some success, I might add…12-2 last 14 matches) and, trust me, he was no recruit, big time or otherwise. Still, Hotchkiss must be recruiting in some sports in light of the fact it won 7 NE Prep championships during school year 2008-09.</p>
<p>7??? …steroids jk def talent if they’re recruits</p>
<p>just wondering di u applied to Hk rad?</p>