<p>You don’t put yourself into the academic hell that is Phillips Exeter Academy in order to receive a one-way ticket with your name on it to Harvard. If that’s the only reason that you are even considering to apply here, then I strongly advise that you just save yourself the the time and effort and just drop the idea altogether. </p>
<p>Once you get out of Exeter, you will (in most cases) NEVER have to go through anything nearly as difficult as what you faced there. </p>
<p>If you go to a school like Exeter, in most cases you are severely cutting off your chances of attending an Ivy League school for college. You come here for the academic challenge that it gives you, not just as a stepping stone from point A to point B. </p>
<p>People just get caught up in the idea that Exeter = Harvard. Twenty years down the road, if you know what you want to do in life, its not going to matter whether you went to Harvard or the University of Oklahoma, as long as you stuck to your goal and went for it. </p>
<p>In simple terms, if you really want to go to an Ivy, don’t apply to Exeter.</p>