Phillips Academy Andover
- Andover, MA
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Tuition:
$69,600
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Enrollment:
1165
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% Students Boarding:
73%
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Acceptance Rate:
13%
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Average Class Size:
13
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Student-to-Faculty Ratio:
6:1
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Receiving Financial Aid:
47%
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International:
15%
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Students of Color:
61%
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Phillips Academy (also known as Andover), a residential secondary school founded in 1778, seeks students of intelligence and integrity from diverse cultural, racial, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. It is charged with ensuring its students learn 鈥渢he great end and real business of living.鈥� Inspired by this charge, Andover seeks to cultivate in students the capacities鈥攁mong them analytical rigor, imaginative thought, and nuanced skepticism鈥� necessary to identify and attain a great and worthy end: human flourishing. To prepare its students for life in the world, Phillips Academy offers a liberal education. Resisting specialization in favor of breadth, it initiates students into connected fields of understanding and prepares them to lead lives characterized by learning and understanding, responsibility and freedom.
Academic Program:
Under the trimester program, the school year is divided into three terms, each consisting of approximately 10 weeks of classes plus an assessment period. The average class size is 13 students. Many courses are yearlong, some are term-contained, and others are organized as twoterm sequences. Students are normally expected to carry five courses each trimester. Students who face unusually challenging terms or extenuating circumstances, may be advised to enroll in four courses. Postgraduates usually take four – five courses per term. Andover鈥檚 academic program is based upon the premise that students are capable of studying independently, responsibly, and with self-direction. As a result, students spend a significant number of hours on homework, research, and other out-of-class study and projects.
Activities and Athletics:
Each student is required to participate in an athletic activity. For most students, this is a commitment at the varsity, junior varsity, or life sport level. Afternoons focus on volunteer work through the Community Engagement Program, Community and Multicultural Development (CAMD) office or Brace Center for Gender Studies, independent musical pursuits or physical fitness/endurance activities (e.g., Outdoor Pursuits, martial arts, dance). Our Student Activities Office supports the more than 100 student clubs and organizations on campus that appeal to a variety of interests–academic, artistic, musical, community service, cultural, charitable, political, and more.
College Admissions Highlights:
The Class of 2023 enrolled at a diverse array of institutions, with the most attending the University of Chicago (21), Harvard (12), Yale (12), and Stanford (11). In addition, over the past three years (Classes of 2019-2022), 30+ students have matriculated into Harvard, the University of Chicago, and Yale. Over 20 students have enrolled at BU, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, NYU, Northeastern, Stanford, Tufts, and UVA.