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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Sounds like George Bushes.

Schools like Exeter and Andover require a mature and confident student at 14. The experience at smaller more nurturing and structured environments like Middlesex and Groton may have yielded the exact opposite effect. Exeter and Andover are like going to Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore ... 4 years earlier. Some kids can't handle and manage the course choices, athletic choices, club and activity choices. These choices seem infinite. For the right student (fit) mature with excellent organisation and management skills an opportunity like Andover and Exeter is God sent. For others, there are smaller and more structured and nurturing environments equally as life changing.

It's very important to match the kid to the school environment and ethos. My older child would thrive at Groton over Exeter. The younger one would thrive at Andover, Exeter, or Choate. The child may outgrow Groton/Middlesex before the 12th Grade.[/quote]

I guess for some Sidwell may turn out a disaster over Maret depending on the child. [/quote]

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