Questions about Recs and Parent Statement (Exeter)

ThacherParent
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:10:19 +0000

Classicalmama raises a great point, although it’s often hard to know in advance who the passionate, well-written advocate will be.

On the parent essay, we took a couple of characteristics that we thought were differentiators (and relevant to the school) and provided paragraph-long examples that validated the claims. We wanted the Essay to be as interesting and fact-based as we could make it, and readable in less than 5 minutes. Parent essays are especially important in small school environments. They are equally good barometers of the parents and the family dynamics/values.