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<p>In one of his essays, DS wrote something like “I want to go to a school where my friends don’t say, “Dude, school’s over - why are you still talking about math?’”</p>
<p>For our son, the decision of where to apply, and ultimately, where to attend, came down to the peer culture at the school. We got the best “feel” for that at different schools by parsing through stats (average SSAT and SAT scores, % day vs boarders), the visit and interview (really critical for us), and closely following the websites and social media for different schools for many months.</p>