I'm home sick, want to go back to my home, Exeter

It's been more than a week not beening at exeter and i miss it so badly! Well, what makes me miss exeter is the people i met over there. I miss hanging out with them in class, eating at the dining hall together, the trips/ activities and even walking around campus with them! I especially miss the final dance, when I got to rock out and have a good time with all my friends. I was crying so much after the dance. Everyone had their face bright red and their eyes too, which made me do the same :-( But in the dorm they let us talk to each other and say our final goodbyes. We even stayed up the whole night talking to each other and crying some more! Exeter was a great experience that I wouldn't give it back. I was so lucky to get accepted and met new people. I loved the experience in Exeter, being independent and away from your parents and meeting new people. In exeter you get to make a new family that you don't want to leave. Good thing they have facebook, twitter, aim, gmail and other online chats to be able to communicate with each other. Exeter was a great experience and I hope other people can enjoy it the way I did!

Home

Here at Exeter I met people from all over the world. I've shared my things with those who needed them. I pulled a muscle working out at the gym, and almost died during my swimming lesson. I got sick with a really bad cough and gained about 10 pounds. I also was bitten by some nasty little insects. My point is that I had some good and some bad times at Exeter. To be completely honest this was the best summer of my life, I feel so strange being home now because it doesn't seem like home anymore, but PEA does. I'm going to miss everyone I met there, and hope I get to see them again. Even now that I look back at the last five weeks I cant think of anything I would change, not even all the crying I did today. PEA IS MY HOME AND THE PEOPLE THERE ARE MY FAMILY.

The last day

Well its the last day at Exeter and so far ive seen many sad faces. Im still laughing it up trying to cherish the time we have now. I know i will be Exeter-sick when i am home the same way i was home-sick. I want to see my family but i dont want to leave my new family here at Exeter. So many friends and so little time. We are already planning how we are going to meet up in NY and hang out one day. Im looking foward to that. Im glad i was able to have this experience and i wish the best for everyone. Adios!

Summer at Exeter

I had one of the best times of my life here at Exeter. I remember being scared to come in the beginnig and now Iwant to stay much longer. I love the teachers and had a great time being with them. I still miss my mom but I would stay for at least two more weeks. I am going to miss all my new friends I have made and in the words of one of them stop crying there is facebook.

The Final Week

It is our last week at Exeter and on top of having to leave all my new friends behind, my stuff was stolen. It sucks that i have to end my time here like this but im not going to let that stop me from having the most fun i can. I know i am going to miss everything on my first week back home but im going to excited to finally be back home and see my family again. Well all good things must come to an end.

I can't believe it's ending!

I can't believe that it is my final week here at exeter. I don't want to believe that this is ture. I love it here and my soule sisters are my closest friends here. Every moment here has been a wonderful memory and adventure that will have a lasting effect on me. I just can't believe that everyone is leaving this friday or saturday. I really don't want this time to end. This by far has been THE BEST SUMMER OF MY LIFE!

I hate the fact that we're leaving in 8 days. I denfinatly going to miss my soule sistas(soule is a dorm on campus near the book store). I will miss you exeter and my friends.

Week 4....

Its been four weeks without my parents and friends from home, but im still happy.
Sure one really bad thing about being at this school is not having the people that mean the most to you around all the time. What makes it all better is that there's great people here too. I've made good friends and I've had lots of fun here at the academy. The classes are great too, I get to do all the things I love. I get to study and learn new things about DNA every week, build things with my own hands and creat great drawings. I really like it here, the only thing I dont like is the homework , it brings me down even if its easy. I hope this week goes by slowly because sure this place is great but thats not what I'm going to miss, its the people and the fun times I've had with them. But I also cant wait to get back home and share my experience with my friends and family.

tick tock tick tock

I cant beleive we have less than 2 weeks left. I've made so many friends and Im going to miss them so much. im also going to miss my teachers. This was a great experiece. I hope everyone takes something worthwhile back with them. Also thanks to everyone who made this possible for us.

So Fast

Well I've just reached the end of my third week here at Exeter and things are going really great. I've made a lot of friends from all around the world and it's been really cool learning about them and where they come from. My dorm is really nice and so is my roommate. Even the laundry is pretty easy now. Everything is going really great but it's almost over now. We're already talking about the ways that we will leave and there are only two weeks left in the session. But it's been great so far and I know that it will continue to be so for the remainder of my time here.

Time flies

I told everyone before i left that the 5 weeks would go by quick. I myself didnt believe that but it helped me know that they wouldnt miss me as much because it would be a quick return. I have now learned the hard way that the time does go by pretty fast. My friends and I were speaking about how it feels like we barely know each other and now its almost time to leave. Im going to miss everything BUT the homework. I am blogging now to delay my doing of the dreaded homework. It has been an excellent experience so far and im hoping these two last weeks are really awesome so i can have more stories to share when i get back home.

Almost over

I can't believe it's been more than three weeks at Exeter! Everything is going by so fast! I had a fun time at exeter. My cluster got to go to see the blue man group, Captin America and cool museums. I also got to go to Water Country which was also fun. I'm also excited to go to the final dance. I had made many friends here that I don't want to leave them anymore. Well, it was a nice experience while it lasted, I hope the weeks would pass slower than faster. I was a fun experience I will never want to give away.

living at exeter

Im having fun for one thing also everybody is extremely nice here.My schedule is really hectic so i havent been able to blog. Im glad that im busy because if im not i dont feel like im acheiving anything. My favorite class has to be oil painting but with journalism i get to be in the paper which im also really excited about. Everyday is something new and i look for to it. I hope the rest of you are having as much fun as i am.

New Trips, New Experiences!

I'm so exicted for this Saturday!! I had woken up in the morning at 4:40 to see Harry Potter. At first I was the third person in line and then ended up being the 30th!! Well, atleast I got my tIcket to go see him, i'm ssooo excited!! Then when I return from Harry Potter, at "night" there will be the summer school dance!! It's going to be a very busy week but it seems awesome! I also got to go to Polar Bear swim! When I got in the water I couldn't feel my legs because the water was so cold ! I signed up to go again, the best experince in my life!! I can't believe I'm enjoying myself much more than I had imagined! I was really lucky getting accepted to Exeter, there so many activities for you to do that make you have a pleasent time here. I just can't wait until Saturday!!!!

Harry Potter and common ground

I have gotten my Harry Potter ticket.Most of my friends waited with me. It was really fun because I never waited for somthing like this. I always have my tickets in advance or the day of. I really want to see the final movie with all my new friends and I written a letter to my mom because I don't have any minutes on my phone.So I had to do it really old school.I kinda liked it and Ican't wiat for her respond to it.

My First Week at Exeter

This first week was great. I met alot of interseting pepole form places all over the world. I met some pepole from Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Germany and even Turkey. At first I thought I would have nothing to talk about with them, but we have alot in things in common. For example we all LOVE HARRY POTTER and plan to go see it once the tickets are out. Also being hear has defiently opened my mind to try news things and learn from the pepole around me. People have all these stereotypes about where the friends I've made come from and its just not ture. Its the same way pepole have stereotypes about what its like to be an American. Overall its a great learning experience and the pepole hear are great. I cant wait to see what the rest of the summer has in store for me!

Awsome summer

I really loving this this school and the town around it.I went to dinner with some of my friends and ordered take out to. Most of the restraunts around here know my dorm so, that has to do with the fact that my dorm is orinially a boys dorm during the regular year.But it is still cool and I really like my language class. I really like my schedule too because I don't have an A format or C,D format. I barily miss my mom. I don't feel a lot of homesickness but I miss my mom's cooking. I wish could have come here during the regular year.

A Week Already Here

Sorry I haven't been on the blog for a long time but I've been having such a fun time here so I had forgot all about it. Well, in the first week I felt alittle werid in my class because there were 14 guys out of 16 kids in my class. But, I still enjoy my classes as if it were a equal amount of male and female ( I'm in the problem solving cluster) I have been making a lot of friends from in and out of my doorm. It were as if I already had known them from my life before coming here. I have enjoyed the trips there were so far, I had a great time at the carnival, dancing like crazy. I have really been enjoying myself here. At first I thought I was going to get home sick but I didn't, I didn't even have the slightest feeling of saddness ( really weird) maybe it's because it's so wonderful here. I signed myself in an awesome sport (tennis) and I'm going to start signing myself to trips. Well, I've got to go!!

The experience has been way better than i expected.

I'll be honest, if it wasn't for the homework i get every night, this would be the life. I have my friends close by and free food. So much to do in one day and great people to share the experiences with. I'm not home sick but i do miss my family. It is weird being without them for so long. I know the weeks will go by fast but i don't want them to!

Exeter is just too cool

So the friends I hav alreadyy made they fel as if I've known them forever, they are so cool and I can't gety enough of them. My roomate is so crazzy and and fun and so are the people in the my dorm. Hope everyone else is having a good time and I'll probably see you guys around campus. :)

Finally Here

I at exeter and my day going are amazing well.I made a lot of new friends and the classes are amazing.The round is something I can use to. I do my everything in NYC. But this is a new experience and why not try something new. Is that not the point of this whole summer program.

Important info about CASH at Exeter

I just e-mailed this to all of you. I was frustrated to learn about a new policy this summer that they forgot to tell me about before I met you in NYC! Be sure to reply to my e-mail like it says to below, if you haven't already.

 Hi Summer Scholars.

There's been a change at Exeter Summer School this summer that I wasn't aware of when I met with you in NYC. It's about money. You need to tell your parents about it right away.

--As always, the money that went into a spending account for you here (from your families or maybe your schools) can be used to buy books, trips, and snacks at the Grill on campus using your ID card. That's most of the buying you'll need to do. Any money you don't spend from that account gets returned where it came from (to your family or school).

--What's new is that you CAN'T get cash with those ID cards. They're only good for buying things on campus. Any cash you want to bring to campus has to come with YOU, or else you need a prepaid debit card, a parent's ATM card, or a parent's credit card in order to buy stuff off campus.

Here's what you might need cash for:
1) Snacks off campus (in town) [approx $30]
2) Spending at the optional off-campus excursions (snacks at Water Country, stuff at a mall, etc.) [approx $20]
3) For Access Exeter students, snacks or souvenirs on your weekend trips off-campus with your cluster [approx. $20]
4) The bus ride home (if you're taking a bus back to NYC at the end of the summer) [approx $30]

If all four of those apply to you, I'd estimate $100 total (maybe a bit more) is a good amount to have in cash (or prepaid card, or parent's card). Remember that your family can get back leftover money on the ID card system to balance out this cash you'll be bringing with you.

I'm sorry about the last-minute news; I just found out about this change today! Apparently it was mentioned in the info that went to your parents, but I know I didn't discuss it when I met you in NYC.

Please reply now, just to let me know you got the message, and show it to your parents right away!

Call me at 917-751-3451 if you have questions.

See you soon!
Burke

Exeter Here i Come!!

There is officially 1 day left until we leave for Exeter! i am getting excited by the second. i bought almost everything i need and the last main thing i have to do is pack my bag. i just cant wait to go there and be independent and free for a whole 5 weeks!it just seems so amazing and exciting that's why Exeter is like the only thing on my mind these days. anyway Junisha, you needed help putting money on your Lion card right? well, first go to your Touchnet account (Exeter sent info about it on your parents E-Mail) and go on the deposits section, the drop down menu will be set to summer '11 and summer session, next press select and make a deposit to "summer deposit" and press select again, after that it will ask you to make a Payment Amount and that just means how much money do you want on

your account? finally select a payment method and follow the steps. its that

simple! hope i helped! anyway see you all on Sunday...Bye=)!

Exeter!!

I'm very excited to get away this summer and go to Exeter. Im looking forward to meeting new people and experiencing something new. But I have to admit that I am nerves and a bit scared. I have never been away from my family for so long, but I'm not so afraid to be away from them because I'm very independent. I just keep thinking of how much I'm going to miss my dog, I love him like if he was my own child. I am also not so sure how to set up my lion card and put money in it. Its very confusing to me, I would really appreciate it if someone were to help me out with that.

Almost there

I'm officially out of school and waiting until this weekend.I am leaving on the 2nd of July.My bags are packed and I'm worrying about the classes and how well will I get along with my roommate.I also wonder about if there will be other people who watch the same shows as me on T.V. but I can survive 5 weeks without t.v. I really wish that my mom can stop saying that I need so much to go.I think I already knew that but I'm really going to miss everyone and everything about new york city. This is my home but I have try new things. Just a few more days to exeter and I can't wait anymore.

My mom is making me nervous

So obviously I"m really excited to go to Exeter but my mom is blowing it really out of proportion. Now I can't go 10 minutes with her alone in a room without her telling me to make sure I'm social and "participate". I mean what does she think I'm going to do, and when I said I wanted to wat the last Harry Potter on the weekend she gets so excited and thinks I'm going to have a million friends to go with. maybe I will and maybe I won't but really her hyper active attitude is getting to me and now I cant go to sleep til almost 2 in the morning. *Sigh* but I guess I can't blame her though, but I'm really hoping my roommate isn't rude or puts people down because then I KNOW we won't get along. Things are getting tense only 5 days and my family in Jamaica is pretty upset that i won't be coming and I'm upset too but they support me and that's all I need, so see you guys on Sunday!!

Waiting can be boring

I am going to exeter in 8 day!!!!I really want this last few days of school to past by.It was just a few months ago that I was accept and now I finally feel the reality of everything.It's right in my reach now.I can't wait any longer.

Home away from home

Do you ever feel like time is either going too slow or too fast.Since schools out for me i feel like time is going even slower.Thats kinda making me more nervous.All these worries and ifs keep popping into my head like what if i dont have nice roommate, will i like the classes, i hope the teachers are easy to get along with ........etc.I tend to make everything a bigger deal than it actually is but at the end i wish that it couldve lasted longer.

The wait is killing me!

I'm really excited to go to Exeter. I just want to get there already. I feel that once i'm over there, the stress will be gone and the fun can begin. I cant wait to meet all the new people. Its nice to finally get out of my house and do something new. I just pray that my roommate is completely antisocial. That would make it more difficult for me to actually open up and be myself. If someone feels nervous and wants to talk to someone, I'm your guy! Cant wait to get there!

Exeter

So I'm really nervous to go to Exeter in about a week. The most I'm really nervous about is meeting the other people. Its not that I'm not a social person but I hate that awkward first meeting with people. And I also hope that my roommate is cool and that we just click with one another. What I'm excited about are the classes that I'm going to take and the professors that I might have. I'm kind of a nerd in that way, but the class that I'm looking most forward to taking is Intro to French. I really want to learn how to speak another language and hopefully Exeter will help me out with that. MOST OF ALL I can't wait to get away from home this summer and try some new things.

- Wish me luck !

Can't wait!!

I'm excited that in about 2 weeks im going to be leaving my mom and not going to Jamaica for the whole summer for the first time in my life!! Even though im going to miss spending time with my family and friends in Jamaica I have a great feeling about Exeter and the affect it is goin to have on me...and that's how i kno i wont be so disappointed when i leave my mom. I hope im right!?!?

CONFUSION (both excited and worried)

OMG!
I can't believe that in about a week we will be in Exeter, taking our first class/ cluster. I'm so excited to meet new people but at the same time worried about doing my own laundry and who my roommate will be!! It's so confusing, what should I feel, happpiness or fear (mostly happiness). I just can't wait. Being in a new place surounded with new people, taking new sports, new trips, it's all exciting to me. It makes me feel more independent, a bigger person. I just can't wait to go to exeter ( I'm also excited about my graduation, which is a different story) :)!!!!!

Checking for assigned books

Good question Theo!

Normally, you can check for summer school books for your cluster or courses by following this link:

But it looks like they haven't posted yet.

So the best bet is to call them: 603-777-3500.

Tell them you're a summer school student trying to  find out what your assigned books are. They'll either ask you what your courses/cluster are or they'll tell you when you can call back and find out.

If someone finds out more from them, write a blog post to let us know!

Nearly There

School is nearly over and the next thing thing to look forward to is Exeter. There's gonna be a lot to do there, classes and blogging are just two of them. I'll admit that I'm still kind of nervous. When I first applied I thought that there was NO WAY that I was getting to do this, and now it's more real than ever.
I'm nervous about lots of things like who my roommate will be and doing laundry. (I'm still completely stymied by it). I'm also worried about the homework. I hope that the workload isn't as big as it is at my school now, 'cause if it is, I'll scream.
But even though I've got all these worries, I'm still greatly looking forward to going there.

P.S. Does anyone know how to find what books we need? I don't.

Excited as Ever!

now that there are exactly 12 more days left until Exeter i am getting as excited as ever!when i was reading the blog from last year many people said they were nervous and just wanted to get it over with but i'm feeling the complete opposite. i think its coming by very quickly and the closer it is the more excited i get. currently I've been shopping for all the things i need and it seems to be coming along quite great, i'm almost ready but i still didn't start packing yet. the only thing i am worried about is who will be my room mate? and is the food good?that's all for now but i cant wait to start on another post later on!

Bye=)

Getting our blog up and running

Hi everyone!

I'm writing a short first post so you can see what the end product looks like.

I get to go to Exeter next week, and it's one of my favorite times of year. A lot of the staff members have become good friends, and many of them are people I've known for ten years now. We have a flurry of meetings and other preparations to get the campus, dorms, and classes ready for you to have the best summer of your lives. I'm really excited.

I'll write again once I'm on campus...now it's your turn! What are you thinking and how are you feeling in these days before you come to Exeter? What are you up to in NYC in these last couple weeks before you come to New Hampshire?