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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=sparky]I'm wondering how I can prepare my elementary school sister to Andover or Exeter. I was always stressed out due to the competition in a magnet high school, and I hope my sister has a better secondary school experience. I did get into Princeton, however, but I don't think fighting for the spot in a public school isn't worth it vs going to a private school where 20% of the population go to an Ivy. I want help send her off to the Lower School and then the Upper school if possible. I talked to my parents and they seem to be positive about the idea, as the district they are moving to next year isn't the best. How should I help my sister go about this?[/quote]

I call this a bad troll job.

1. Neither Andover nor Exeter have a lower school. They are high schools.

2. No older sister has this much influence over a younger sister's academic experience.

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Sorry, but this isn't a troll job. I can verify I am a Princetonian if you would like. I mistook Andover's lower school for a middle school. I got mixed up with the terminology from my local day school, where a lot of my friends attended. I didn't look into Andover/Exeter that deeply as well (didn't have too much time, should have done more)[/quote]

If you haven't looked into them enough to even know that they're high schools, then why are you so sure that they're right for your sister? Andover doesn't even use the terminology "lower school." The only use of the term "lower" is to denote a second year student (the terminology for the grades is junior, lower, upper, senior).

Also, these are very intense places (I went to Andover, so I know). Succeeding at them requires your sister to be the one who wants to go. The worst thing you could do is try to force her into applying. For one, the schools will be able to tell it isn't her decision when they interview her, and if she does get in, she'll crash and burn if she doesn't want to be there. Andover's unofficial motto is "sink or swim." These places are not for the faint of heart.

For now, encourage your sister to do as well as she possibly can in her classes, and to pursue her passions. When she gets to 7th grade, research these schools and if they seem like a good fit for her at that point, then approach your parents and your sister about it. Until then, it's pointless to look. [/quote]

reputation, stats. Was wrong to do that honestly[/quote]

It wasn't wrong to think of them as reputable schools. You just have to do some level of research on them before thinking that they're right for your sister. [/quote]

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