<p>A year ago my d received a similar letter, but I can’t remember if it was from Andover or Exeter, and it started our boarding school journey. I found this forum right away and other resources that greatly helped us. We expanded our search to include a variety of schools. She also attended the Access Exeter summer program. After the summer program she did not want to apply to Exeter, but dad thought it would have been a waste of money for the summer program if she did not apply for the school year, so she did. Two weeks ago she received a call from a student at Exeter asking if she had any questions about the school. She was rejected at Exeter. D didn’t care since it was about last on her list, but I was surprised. The schools want as many applications as possible so they can have lots of options, I think applicants should make sure they have lots of options also.</p>