Kuaila

Exeter has Harkness...no other school can compare, full stop.

xoxcookie

Lots of schools teach seminar-style, just because Exeter features it doesn't make it the number one school..

Kuaila

sorry cookie it does....the way they teach is student led, discussion based. Students know how to listen, comunicate, move through material indepth and still at warp speed. The students graduate as educated human beings & it's not about where you get accepted for college. It has been said that you get your education at Exeter and you get your ticket punched in college. There are other wonderful prep schools too. Andover, SPS, Hotchkiss to name a few but PEA is miles ahead. Sry.

Gunner__33

like 20 other schools have harkness method

erkybk

The following is the 2007-2008 ranking determined based on SAT score, College matriculation data, number of AP class, endowment/student by
a prepschool preparation institute.

1
Phillips Exeter Academy

2
St. Paul's

3
Phillips Academy Andover

4
Groton School

5
Deerfield Academy

6
Choate Rosemary Hall

7
Hotchkiss School

8
Lawrenceville Academy

9
Milton Academy

10
St. Andrew School (DE)

11
Thacher School

12
Middlesex School

13
Peddie School

14
Taft School

15
Concord Academy

16
Cate School

17
Loomis Chaffee School

18
St. Mark's School

19
Westminster School

20
Emma Williard

21
Woodberry Forest School

22
Episcopal High School

23
Webb school (CA)

24
Miss Porter's School

25
Blair Academy

26
Mercersburg Academy

27
Asheville School

28
Hill School

29
Governor Dummer Academy

30
Brooks School

31
Northfield Mount Hermon

32
Pomfret School

33
Kent School

34
Tabor Academy

35
Suffield Academy

36
Cranbrook Schools

37
Stevenson School

38
Western Reserve Academy

39
Portsmouth Abbey School ( C)

40
Williston Northampton School

41
Santa Catalina School ( C)

42
George School

43
Masters School

44
Madeira School

45
St. James School

46
Westover School

47
Holderness School

48
Virginia Episcopal School

49
St. Catherine's School

50
Salisbury School

51
Annie wright School

52
McCallie School

53
St. Stephen's Episcopal School

54
Kimball Union Academy

55
Berkshire School

56
Canterbury School ( C)

57
Cambridge School of Weston

58
Lawrence Academy

59
Gunnery

60
Avon Old Farms School

61
Proctor Academy

62
Dana Hall

63
WESTTOWN

64
Worcester Academy

65
Culver Academy

66
Baylor School

67
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

68
Mount Michael Benedictine (C )

69
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

70
Cushing Academy

71
Ethel Walker School

72
Stony Brook School

73
Wyoming Seminary

74
Millbrook School

75
Lake Forest Academy

76
Tilton School

77
Brewster Academy

78
Wilbraham & Monson Academy

79
Trinity-Prawling School

80
New Hampton School

81
Putney School

82
Hun School

83
Foxcroft School

84
Darlington School

85
Shattuck-St. Mary's School

86
St. Timothy's School

87
Christ School

88
Webb school (TN)

89
Wayland Academy

90
St. John's Prepatory School (c )

91
Kiski

92
Purnell School

93
Blue Ridge School

94
Villanova Prepatory School ( c )

95
Hawaii Prepatory Academy

96
Vermont Academy

97
Kents Hill School

98
Gould Academy

99
Stoneleigh-Burnham School

100
Walnut Hill School

101
Subiaco Academy (c )

102
Colorado Rocky Mountain School

103
Hebron Academy

104
Chirstchurch School

105
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

106
St. Bernard Prep ( c)

107
St. Stanislaus College Prep ( c)

108
Girard College

109
Andrews School

110
Northwood School

Born2Board

Peddie is up and coming and will soon be a top 5 school.

erkybk

I received an information based on different factors' consideration.

The ranking was determined based on SAT score, endowment/student, number of AP classes, number of Sports club, number of Extracurricular activities, boarding students ratio, students to teachers ratio, percentage of the advanced degree holding faculties, students per class, and its history(foundation year)

1. Phillips Exeter Academy, NH

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

2. Phillips Academy, MA

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

3. Groton School, MA

US News Top 13

4. The Hotchkiss School, CT

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

5. Deerfield Academy, MA

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

6. St. Paul’s School, NH

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

7. The Lawrenceville School, NJ

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

8. The Taft School, CT

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

9. Choate Rosemary Hall, CT

US News Top 13, 10 Schools Admission Organization

10. Milton Academy, MA

11. St. Andrew’s School, DE

US News Top 13

12. St. Mark’s School, MA

13. Mercersburg Academy, PA

14. Episcopal High School, VA

15. The Thacher School. CA

US News Top 13

16. Middlesex School. MA

17. St. George’s School, RI

18. Cate School, CA

US News Top 13

19. Woodberry Forest School, VA

Boys Only, US News Best Boys School

20. Georgetown Preparatory School, MD

Boys Only

21. Peddie School, NJ

22. Western Reserve Academy, OH

US News Top 13

23. Concord Academy, MA

24. Miss Porter’s School, CT

Girls Only, US News Best Girls School

25. The Hill School, PA

10 Schools Admission Organization

26. Emma Willard School, NY

Girls only

27. The Loomis Chaffee School, CT

10 Schools Admission Organization

28. Northfield Mount Hermon School, MA

29. Westminster School, CT

30. The Governor’s Academy, MA

31. Kent School, CT

32. Westover School, CT

Girls Only

33. Blair Academy, NJ

34. Lake Forest Academy, IL

35. Cranbrook School, MI

36. Asheville School, NC

37. The Madeira School, VA

Girls only

38. Brooks School, MA

39. Pomfret School, CT

40. Indian Springs School, AL

41. Fountain Valley School of Colorado, CO

42. Tabor Academy, MA

43. Santa Catalina School, CA

Girls only

44. Culver Academy, IN

Military Type

45. The Webb Schools. CA

46. Westtown School, PA

47. The Williston Northampton School, MA

48. Stevenson School, CA

49. Wyoming Seminary, PA

50. The Masters School, NY

　

51-60 (알파벳순)

Avon Old Farms School, CT, Boys only

The Canterbury School, CT

Chatham Hall, VA, Girls only

Dana Hall School, MA, Girls only

McCallie School, TN, Boys only

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, GA

Saint James School, MD

Saint Mary’s School, NC, Girls only

St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, TX

Suffield Academy, CT

lvilleslacker

peddie is nowhere near top 5.

Aussie13

LOL, wow Lvilleslacker, what did ol' Peddy do to u?
lol

xoxcookie

Kauila, sooo many schools teach in this manner. No method of teaching is the "best" because each student has different needs, and different teaching methods could be great for one student and terrible for another. Also, with the college competition as it is right now, no school can claim to be definite. Have you attended Exeter? If you have you aren't proving to be a very good example of the open-minded student that the school is said to produce. If a school could be called the best, it would not because it taught seminar-style, this is a trait of many prep schools, calling it 'Harkness' doesn't change its effectiveness

shore

I got into Andover, Groton, Choate, Milton, Taft but rejected from Exeter. I was mostly straight A's at a private school in Sydney and I did reasonably but not brilliantly in SSATs. But my interviews and essays were my best bits. I felt Andover was the best fit for me but it was a toss up between Exeter, Andover and Groton. Exeter rejected me (waiting list/deferred) but Groton was a little small and I prefer Andover because it seemed such a friendly and illustrious community.

theone24

Wh is Mercersburg not top 30?

bballprep

i got into choate, SPS, taft, deerfield, hotchkiss, loomis...and i choose choate becuase of the people i met that day...also i loved the campus....

bigblue09

Thanks Kuaila for the enlightening information; I was not aware that no other school can compare to Exeter.

xoxcookie

i was accepted at milton, choate and loomis. i am going to choate because i feel like it has a lot of the creative spirit offered at milton, but with better educational facilities and opportunities.