Just as teachers at the Harkness table create a student-centered learning environment, PEA counselors foster active and open-minded collaboration with students. In this supportive environment, students learn to identify their goals and inter- ests, to manage a complex and stressful process, and to make healthy and confident decisions about higher education. Fundamentally, we believe that each student should control the self-evaluation, research, and application writing that is

Type of Institution..............................................................................................................................5 Student Body and Gender...............................................................................................................6 College Setting....................................................................................................................................6 Enrollment Size...................................................................................................................................7 Geographic Search.............................................................................................................................7 Major Fields of Study........................................................................................................................9 Campus Life.........................................................................................................................................9

Housing............................................................................................................................10 Extracurriculars...............................................................................................................10 Campus Employment......................................................................................................10 Support Services..............................................................................................................10

Athletics...............................................................................................................................................11 Advanced Placement.........................................................................................................................12 Financial Aid/Scholarships.................................................................................................................12 Admissions Selectivity - Category I, II, III, and IV.......................................................................13

PSAT/NMSQT - Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test..............................14 SAT I - Reasoning Test.....................................................................................................15 SAT II-Subject Tests.........................................................................................................15 ACT - American College Testing Program.....................................................................15 AP - Advanced Placement...............................................................................................16 TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language............................................................16

Tours.................................................................................................................................21 Group Information Sessions...........................................................................................21 Interviews.........................................................................................................................21 Class Visits........................................................................................................................22 Overnights........................................................................................................................22 Meetings with Coaches, Music Teachers, Learning Specialists.....................................22

Early Decision and Early Action \u2013 Is applying early right for you?.........................................27 Early Evaluation and Early Notification.........................................................................................27 Rolling Admission...............................................................................................................................27

State Applications............................................................................................................28 British Universities..........................................................................................................28 The Common Application..............................................................................................28 Institutional Applications................................................................................................28

DECISION PLAN....................................................................................................29 NAME.......................................................................................................................29 ADDRESS.................................................................................................................29 PARENT AND SIBLING INFORMATION.............................................................29 PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY INFORMATION..................................................29 FEE/FEE WAIVER....................................................................................................29

LISTING SENIOR COURSES..................................................................................29 INFLUENCES ON YOUR DECISION TO APPLY..................................................29 QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE ELSE YOU ARE APPLYING................................29 LANGUAGE, IF OTHER THAN ENGLISH............................................................30 INTENDED MAJOR................................................................................................30

COMMITMENT TO ACTIVITIES..........................................................................30 LEADERSHIP...........................................................................................................30 VOLUNTEER WORK/COMMUNITY SERVICE...................................................30 HOBBIES/OUTSIDE INTERESTS..........................................................................30 ACADEMIC HONORS OR AWARDS.....................................................................31

SECONDARY SCHOOL REPORT (SSR)................................................................31 CLASS RANK...........................................................................................................31 MIDYEAR SCHOOL REPORT FORMS..................................................................31 ACADEMIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TEACHERS....................................31 THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974.............31 ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................31