<p>Has anyone noticed there is a lot of exeter bashing going on lately when people talk about which school they will attend? Lot's of people don't seem to like Exeter! It IS a top school but people seem intent on pretending like it isn't desirable- "the students there seem depressed, there's too much work, my child was accepted to a better school" ect... I don't see people doing the same bashing about Andover.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone's pretending that it's not desirable. I think just after all the talk about HOW desirable it is, the people that have never liked the school (or desire other schools more) feel the need to state their opinion about the school. I don't believe anyone's pretending or not being truthful about their opinion.</p>
<p>I think some people would ask why the love feast also lol. "OMG I didn't get into Exeter" "Your choosing somewhere else over Exeter" ...no one says those things about andover. So I guess no one feels the need to balance out the opinions on here with negative opinions about Andover or any other top school.</p>
<p>well, if people didn't like Andover, then they would bash it. I guess more people happen to dislike Exeter. Though one of my good friends has a brother at Andover and he is hating it.</p>
<p>I do admit to bashing Exeter a bit... It's just that I didn't get a spectacular feel from the school. You would have to be out of your right mind to question the quality of the academics...</p>
<p>In my mind I would rather go to Andover because I thought the campus was more beautiful than Exeter, and it is slightly harder to get into...</p>
<p>But I mean, the two best schools in the country are Andover and Exeter.</p>
<p>I guess I was just being sensitive because Exeter is the ONLY BS my son was accepted to and I kept reading all these negative posts. Sorry...</p>
<p>Benevolent4Them you saying, "the two best schools in the country are A&E" is incorrect,extremely subjective, and sounds like some sincere but misguided sabre rattling to me.</p>
<p>I agree Sarum. But I'm going to try really hard not to say anything that could be mis-interpreted as bashing Exeter. I have nothing but respect to all the top boarding schools. And acknowledge that Exeter is the reason many people even look into boarding school.</p>
<p>True guys, it's just my opinion. Many people would toss around some other schools like SPS, Hotchkiss, Deerfield, and Groton.</p>
<p>There is a right school for everyone, but E and A are probably the most prestigious. Once again, just my opinion.</p>
<p>Bah Humbug!</p>
<p>Most prestigious and best school are two totally different things. Yes..they are the most prestigious. But ya ...no more Exeter Bashing!!..I don't think anyone will feel the need anymore now that we're all in our respective prep schools.</p>
<p>That is true but then again Cambridge and Oxford are more prestigous than Princeton does that make them better ? Eton and Harrow are more prestigous than Andover and Exeter perhaps we should all go there instead ? </p>
<p>Prestige does nothing for a self confident person. If you are sure of who you are you should not need a name to reinforce your confidence. </p>
<p>You should be looking for the school that provides the best education for you and caters to your needs and talents best not how many other people know your schools name but probably nothing about the school itself.</p>
<p>Agreed (ten char)</p>
<p>And we are not bashing exeter ... we are meerly bashing the people who sing exeter and andovers praises just because everyone else sings them without providing any evidence to back it up. Now if you said exeter is probably the best at Math i would agree with you since you can back that up with its results at the Harvard MIT math competition. If you said hotchkiss was the best at debate i would also agree with you since you can back that up with Worlds results. But to just say that Exeter and Andover are the best arbitrarily without any qualifying statements then that is why we disagree with statements like that and "bash" them. No doubt exeter and Andover are top schools but so are many others - and there are many areas where other schools are better than exeter and andover and vice versa. Just because more people know the name of your school it does not make it superior. I would rather not have all the secretaries at my job interview know the name of my school but my interviewer being an alum of the school rather than have them all know the name of my school but not having that connection ... </p>
<p>So yeah we wont bash exeter if it is not unduly praised - although it certainly deserves to be praised for numerous reasons.</p>
<p>It's certainly a very different school than it's peer schools and typically yields a different kind of kid. That's whay visits are essential.</p>
<p>Hope there is someone from Exeter that will glance at this page. My son is considering Exeter among a few other offers. Was looking over their course catalogue, and trying to work through what a typical course load/schedule would look like over 4 years. As I understand it, kids can take up to 5 courses a term. Would a 4 year plan look something like the following???</p>
<p>Junior Year:
1 Junior Studies
2 English
3 Math
3 Science
3 Classical/Modern Language
3 Art/Music/Drama</p>
<p>3 Health & Human Develpment
3 Physical Ed</p>
<p>Lower Year:
3 English
3 Math
3 Science
3 Classical/Modern Language
3 non-US History</p>
<p>3 Physical Ed</p>
<p>Upper Year:
3 English
3 Math
3 Science
3 Classical/Modern Language
3 US History</p>
<p>3 Physical Ed</p>
<p>Senior Year:
3 English
3 Math
3 Science
3 Classical/Modern Language
2 Religion
1 Computer Science</p>
<p>2 Physical Ed</p>
<p>Seems that if you take a core of 4 years of English, Math, Science and a Foreign Language, plus other required courses, then ability to take other courses such as additional history, art/music, or second foreign language is very limited. On the other hand, the "daily schedule" blocks seem to have room for many courses (A thru H blocks????). Have I got this all mixed up?? Thanks</p>
<p>Under prep year you wrote:</p>
<p>"3 Art/Music/Drama"</p>
<p>Those courses are referred to as electives. After selecting your english/science/math/language course you have one more class of your choosing. This could be an art, music, or drama course...It could also be history, religion, etc. Generally one wouldn't take an entire year of art, because you do have course requirements you need to complete to receive your diploma. My prep year I took Roman history, "religion and popular culture", and computer science.</p>
<p>And regarding your question about having many blocks in the schedule -- Two of them are for sports, and most people have one block free every day.</p>
<p>As I read the course guide, students are required to take 3 terms of Art/Music/Drama at some time over the 4 years. I just put it all in the Junior year for convenience. I assumed that since these were required courses that they would count against the 5 max per terms... or are electives not counted? As I understand it, outside of english/science/math/language, students are required to take 3 US history, 3 non-US history, 3 Art/Music/Drama, 2 religion, 1 computer science. Do you have to, for example, give up a year of optional science beyond the 2 years required if you want to take an additional year of history? Is it actually possible to take all required courses as well as 4 years of two foreign languages?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>hmmm no more exeter bashing please! that's the school i'm going to this fall and i've learned to really like it.</p>
<p>i think that the reason behind all this bashing is that some people have their own preferences on what makes a "good" school and perhaps exeter doesn't meet that agenda. regardless, every boarding school has it's high and low points and exeter is no different. i guess there's just a higher concentration of people who dislike exeter on this forum? however I feel that bashing is unnecessary, just keep it to yourselves you guys! but if it's friendly competition between exeter and andover, then "bash" away! :D</p>
<p>"some people have their own preferences on what makes a "good" school"</p>
<p>Exactly, so in my opinion if some kids on here would refrain from the "Exeter is obviously the best school in the world, don't consider anywhere else" comments..the bashing would most likely stop. No other HADES school gets it because no one who likes those schools make sweeping statements like that, not just a higher concentration of people who dislike exeter. I don't think anyone dislikes the school, just some of the kids on here that love the school get carried away.</p>
<p>Not bashing at all. I haven't taken a look at the Andover course book/schedule yet, but I imagine it is nearly identical. I suppose there are just a limited number of hours in a day. Given the high demands on the students, limiting to 5 may be the only practical solution.</p>