<p>I think that Exeter Dad was upset because he felt that the early acceptances handed out to the Joneses would have gone to his son had he stayed home. Then the barrage of comments about how narrow minded and superficial he was came in and the thread was closed. I will say, the tone of the posting was rather anti-Exeter posted in a forum of parents, some of whom are considering Exeter and the like. It was rather inflammatory in that respect.</p>
<p>HarvestMoon - I think that you and others are right and everything will be fine by March/April. </p>
<p>However, the original issue/question remains - Does attending Exeter paradoxically hurt one’s chances for being accepted at certain highly competitive schools. Many people have had strong reactions to this question. It is probably unknown as the number of variables included in the equation confound any meaningful analysis. But I would leave this to GMT who I am sure could figure it out. </p>
<p>Then there is a separate issue of whether it even matters as one should not consider college matriculation and only consider goodness of “fit” as this will translate into lifelong happiness and success. </p>