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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can’t really go wrong either way. One is an idyllic scholarly community tucked away in the NH countryside, with world class facilities, acres of pristine nature, and the [b]most elite HS minds from all over the world[/b]. The other is among the best of the suburban Boston high schools. [/quote]

What a silly thing to say. Not every brilliant child in the world applies to boarding school.[/quote]

No, but the kids at Exeter and Andover are mostly exceptionally smart. As in, kids who can test out of BC calc in 9th grade.[/quote]
No they are not all like this....[/quote]

I didn’t say all; I said most.

I went to one of those schools, so I know from personal experience.[/quote]

um... I went to one too and this was NOT my experience.  in fact I took BC calculus in upper (junior) year and there were no lowerclassmen.[/quote]

Ok, you didn’t need to explain what upper year is. :)

I knew several kids in my year who tested out of BC calc as juniors or lowers. YMMV, but it definitely happened.[/quote]

OK, your previous post says “most.”  Very different from “several.”[/quote]

I said most are exceptionally smart and gave the BC calc thing as an example. It was not meant to imply that most kids test out of BC calc as lowerclassmen.[/quote]

NP also went to one of these schools.  Absolutely not the case.  We all knew of the handful of people in our dorms that did, but it was not normal.  The schools are large.  There are many well rounded, independent kids and I’d say about 10% of the class was exceptional in math/sciences.[/quote]

This is 16:07.  My DC is a current student.  Based on the students we've encountered and also ones we know who did not get admitted to A/E I think most students today are exceptional at something.  The baseline is that you must be an excellent student.  Some are exceptional in an academic area, some in the arts, some in athletics, etc.  There are no average classes so if a child isn't coming in as a strong student they would struggle even taking the minimum course load.[/quote]

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