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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the above poster:

[b]Do you think that everyone knows this going in? But each thinks they will still be at the top?[/b]

My child attends a peer school. We always knew they could not compete with the very tippy top at his school, but he could get an outstanding education and still be top 1-3% nationally, even if not highly ranked in the class. As the Ivies get weirder, we think the best future network is in a fantastic boarding school with wide representation. Most importantly, the rigor and small class sizes provide the best education.

Different way of looking at it?[/quote]

I think a lot of families without experience at Exeter and the other top boarding schools (Andover, Choate, St.Paul's, Lawrenceville, etc.) have a hard time conceptualizing how competitive they are internally. They understand their kid might not be the very top student. But almost everyone seems to assume their kid will be in the top 20% Almost no one thinks their kid will be in the bottom half of the class.

Again, I've witnessed students with sterling 4.5+ GPAs at their public school transfer into Exeter and immediately fall to a 9-9.5 GPA (B+) They're stunned to see the same quality of essay that easily netted an "A" at public school receive a "B" or worse at Exeter. These students would've received better grades and be better positioned for college admissions had they just remained in public school. [/quote]
Is a 9-9.5 still in the top quarter? The middle 50% SAT range of Exeter is surprisingly low (1360-1550), considering it’s pretty competitive to get into the school![/quote]

So you’re saying a 1550 is the 75th percentile? Meaning that 25% of the kids score higher than a 1550? How is that low? [/quote]

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