Difference Between Loomis Chaffee, Phillips Exeter, and St. Paul's

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Just a few more questions:</p>

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<li><p>What section of the SSAT does each school care about?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there a certain subject that each school values more than the other?</p></li>
<li><p>How much do these schools care about the SSAT?</p></li>
<li><p>Do these schools have programs that are substantially better than others? (For example a phenomenal science program or arts program)</p></li>
<li><p>What is the social scene at each school?</p></li>
<li><p>How are athletics at these schools?</p></li>
<li><p>How are the music programs at these schools?</p></li>
<li><p>Which school provides the most clubs and community service?</p></li>
<li><p>What constitutes as formal and informal dress code?</p></li>
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<p>Are u agonizing over which of these schools to apply to? Or are u agonizing over which of these school’s admission offer to accept?</p>

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<p>Okay, I think people have been pretty accommodating here, but you really, really need to not ask questions about stuff–like clubs, athletics, SSAT scores–that you can easily find answers to on boarding school review. Each school defines formal/informal dress code differently, but looking up the specific dress code on the school website (look for the student handbook) is easy. And all of those other questions have been answered many times on this board. Frankly, you’ll show more of the independent, inquiring, intelligent mind that defines a student that goes to one of these schools by doing more research on your own and asking more finely tuned questions.</p>

<p>And agree with GMT (while remaining deeply skeptical of his barbecue joint :slight_smile: )–the time for thoughtful comparisons is AFTER you get accepted by more than one of these incredibly selective schools.</p>

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Does it really matter how many clubs a school has if u don’t care about most of them? How many different cable tv channels do u have at home? When was the last time u watched MSNBC or CSPAN?</p>

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<p>More clubs means more opportunities. For example one school may have more service clubs than the other and I actually do watch MSNBC often.</p>

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<p>@needtoboard, you’re missing the point. Most of your questions can be answered by spending a little time at boardingschoolreview.com and the individual schools’ websites. Put that time in.</p>