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建議選HOTCHKISS,為什么呢?首先她不是很偏僻,EXETER在NH更偏僻。EXETER是一個1200左右的大學校,之前有學生被這兩個學校錄取,也是選擇的HOTCHKSIS,HOTCHKISS很全面,幾個畢業生走向都不錯,哥大,賓大,康奈爾。最起碼都是藤校。EXETER更像一個大學,完全靠自己,和我們合作的EXETER招生官也是說去EXETER需要學生更加主動去做很多事情,老師不會主動找你。而HOTCHKISS更溫馨,像家一樣。EXETER很多學生也進了普通的學校。
選校,關鍵在于學生的個性和特點,沒有絕對的對和錯,我們的建議始終是建議,孩子的體驗也只能一次,但是不可能同時在兩個學校就讀,所以選了一個,另外一個就沒有機會體驗了, -
我建議選擇Exeter,今年雷杰納隆少年獎獲得者就是來自Exeter的韓國學生。Exeter和HK是不是一個層面的學校,Exeter是第一梯隊的。
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HK however feels very different from Exeter because it is a small, very tight knit community. You have to really imagine yourself being in the HK family for 3 or 4 years.
Exeter's campus blew my mind. It was insane. Out of the four you listed, Exeter had the best campus. The Hotchkiss campus isn't as good as Exeter's campus.
On a side note, as for dorms, I'd go with Exeter having the nicest dorms, but Hotchkiss having the best dorm "situation." Let me explain: at Hotchkiss, there are lower-classmen dorms and upper-classmen dorms. At Exeter, all the grades are in the same dorms. I like the idea of having 9th and 10th graders better than having grades 9-12 living together. That's just me. Also, at Hotchkiss, I heard the only way you can get a double is if you request one. At Exeter, it appears most new students have a roommate. To be honest, my first year I'd prefer not to have a roommate (I want a little bit of privacy, and I'd only want to room with one of my friends).
As for the dorms themselves, Exeter had slightly better dorms from what I could see, but Hotchkiss was a close second. I was extremely impressed with Hotchkiss's dorms.
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Exeter,如果喜歡藝術可以hotchkiss,hotchkiss我個人認為實在是太偏僻了,但是如果在nyc的話,也未嘗不可周末回到nyc。
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首先恭喜收獲兩大牛校的offer,鑒于今年的錄取形勢,能收到Exeter 和Hotchkiss的錄取,證明孩子是非常有競爭力的,學校能錄取,其前提條件是已經充分的思考了孩子是否能在學校適應的問題。所以到底去哪個學校我覺得可以從孩子自身的性格和能力來分析。
舉個例子,像我們今年錄取的一個學生,在exeter和hill之間徘徊猶豫,同樣也是擔心在exeter的適應問題,因為用她自己的話說,她充分的知道自己,就是很擔心適應不了。后來我們幫忙聯系了在校的學長,孩子和孩子之間更好溝通,學長分享的信息讓學生明白了高中沒有躺贏的可能,不管在哪個學校,都要勇于走出自己的舒適圈,最后我們的學生選擇了自己理想的學校。
如果孩子是自主獨立的能力很強,很抗壓,那我建議還是選擇exeter。如果孩子本身沒有那么大的野心,也很喜歡舒適一點的環境,那肯定hotchkiss更好。 -
Exeter名氣更大一些。但名氣歸名氣,孩子是否適合該校的生活更重要。我曾經有一位學生入讀Exeter,但畢業后也就去了一所排名100左右的二流大學。相反,當年和他一起初中畢業成績更優秀的四位學生選擇了就在當地的私立學校就讀,高中畢業后,兩位哈佛,一位普林斯頓,一位耶魯。