I googled Wolfeboro, and its there. I know many Choate students do work over the summer not to prep for upcoming classes but to skip levels in Math and language levels.
We know a kid with anxiety who qualifies for extra time on tests but doesn’t use it. Just knowing he can ask for it relaxes him enough to not even need it. He always got nearly-perfect grades on classwork and assignments, but bombed quizzes and tests. Once he was approved for accommodations (extra time) his grades on tests shot up — without actually getting any extra time. The mind is a complicated instrument!
I am applying to Andover and Exeter, no, I would not be convinced by OP to just abandon my application
Nor would anyone except that you would…
@Andoverguy the post isn’t trying to get people to abandon their applications: Its a full disclosure notice that the school is not the idealized place it is often made out to be
Because nothing is ideal, an important part of choosing a school (or anything significant) is trying to assess which imperfections will bother you least.
Regarding collusion I can give you a counter example. My daughter (white, NYC, public high school) applied to PEA, SPS, Milton, Choate, Hotchkiss, Loomis, Hill School, Tabor, Williston and was accepted at all. At the receptions for accepted students held in NYC before the response date we met many students with multiple acceptances and saw many of the same faces as we moved from reception to reception over a two week period.
There may have been a time in the past when admissions offices spoke with each other before acceptances are announce but I think those days are long gone.