<p>1) Be completely obnoxious. It doesn’t matter whether you’re applying for aid or your parents donated the science building, being obnoxious increases your chances of aggravating your tour guide, interviewer, and whomever your tour guide happens to complain to in the admissions office. (Tips: Say things like, “Oh, but this school doesn’t have Ecology classes.” Tour guide: “Yes we do, actually we’ve got” Interrupting Mom: “But _____ wants to be a MARINE biologist.” or like “Oh that’s such a small whale you’ve got hanging in your science building.” Tour guide: “Well it’s rather large considering students cleaned it and catalogued it.” Mom: “But it’s still so SMALL.” (This will likely prompt your tour guide to wonder if you’ve got a bigger whale in your garage?)</p>
<p>2) Act like you’re better than everyone else. Acting like you deserve special treatment will definitely set off the admissions people. Also, if you’re a FA applicant, be super sensitive to everything said and get upset at everything including laundry, school bills (for snacks and stuff), and any mention to where your tour guide is from. Also, act like your tour guide should know where your from. Say it like one would say, “I’m from New York (or any other city that most people know about),” but instead, insert the little obscure town that you’re from and don’t give any more information about it (like the state, or country). When asked to talk about it some more, use some equally obscure term like “Near the (insert area that’s equally as unheard of)” and give your a tour guide a weird look if they still don’t know where that is.</p>
<p>3) When asked why you would like to come to Exeter, respond with “because my guidance counselor said so.” Don’t prepare any questions. In fact, act like you don’t have any interest in the school at all.</p>
<p>4) When asked whether you play an instrument, do an extracurriculars, have any interests, or hobbies, respond with a “no.” Also, when asked if you do (insert activity, language, etc…), don’t respond with a direct answer. Respond with something completely unrelated. </p>
<p>5) Have you parents whisper to each other secretively behind you while being toured. </p>
<p>6) Parents should act like children and also complain about why there are Assemblies three times a week and how it’s possible the whole school can fit into one room. Some comment like “Oh, but they’re BENCHES, not individual chairs, so I guess they squeeze in.” should suffice. </p>
<p>8) When shown an impressive building like the biggest secondary school library in the world, act totally unimpressed and don’t show any interest in seeing it. Say something like “Psh… They’re just books.”</p>
<p>7) Act like you’ve already been accepted and you are the one choosing which school to go to. Also, act like you’re doing the school a favor by considering them.</p>
<p>8) Most importantly, be really really rude. Forget the fact that tour guides take time out of their busy schedule to show you the school (in the dark, in the rain, and when they could be eating dinner). </p>
<p>Don’t forget: Although tour guides don’t usually contribute input for the admissions process, if you’re horrible enough, they’ll complain about you, and it WILL get written down. Good luck!</p>