<p>I finally found the page for the 233rd admitted class. According to that page PA received around 1,756 applicants for the ninth grade. So back to doing some acceptance rate math. So, assuming that 3/4 of those applicants were boarding students applications we find that there were 1,302 boarding student applications in 2010. (1,756x0.75=1,302)</p>
<p>Just in case you didn't know PA generally accepts around 220 new boarding students. Note that this is not the number of boarding students who actually wind up going to Andover. </p>
<p>So now let's find the 2010 acceptance rate for ninth grade boarding students. We find that the acceptance rate is 16.8%. (220/1,302=0.168=16.8%)</p>
<p>Now let's find the acceptance rate of "academically admissible" applicants. First let's find the number of "academically admissible" applicants. On the PA website it states that 75% of the applicants were "academically admissible". So we find that around 976 ninth grade boarding applicants were "academically admissible". (1,302x0.75=976.5)
So now let's find the acceptance rate of academically admissible applicants. We find that the acceptance rate is 22.5% for academically admissible applicants in 2010. (220/976=0.225=22.5%)</p>
<p>All I can say is that this thread is a lot like my older thread accept that it gives the statistic s for 2010. Again, I assume that this shows us that admissions is beyond our control and that after a certain point, there is nothing we can do. Doing this math at least calms me down enough so I can prepare for my interview at Andover tomorrow. Good luck other applicants of 2011!</p>
<p>lol you sure like doing acceptance rate math. Good luck at your interview tomorrow, I have mine coming up too. </p>
<p>What about 10th grade applicants? (Especially day students). Wanna do the math? haha</p>
<p>“lol you sure like doing acceptance rate math”
he seems to like Andover even more!</p>
<p>@polodolly,
Lol yeah I really want to go to Andover! It’s probably my top choice right now. =)</p>
<p>@2010,
The day student acceptance rate is 20%. PA received 330 day student applications and admitted 69. Assuming that 75% of those day students were “academically admissible” we find that the acceptance rate of “academically admissible” applicants is 27%. (69/247=0.27=27%)
[Phillips</a> Academy - Day Students](<a href=“http://www.andover.edu/Admission/NewStudentExperience/Pages/DayStudents.aspx]Phillips”>http://www.andover.edu/Admission/NewStudentExperience/Pages/DayStudents.aspx)</p>
<p>The tenth grade acceptance rate will be a little hard to find. Assuming that we have 78% yield, we find that 96 tenth graders are admitted out of 400. So the acceptance rate for tenth grade applicants is 24%. (96/400=0.24=24%)</p>
<p>Now for the “academically admissible” tenth graders. First, 75% of 400 is 300. So the acceptance rate of “academically admissible” applicants is 32%. Wow! That’s a ton for PA! =)</p>
<p>[Phillips</a> Academy - 10th Grade](<a href=“http://www.andover.edu/Admission/NewStudentExperience/Pages/10th.aspx]Phillips”>http://www.andover.edu/Admission/NewStudentExperience/Pages/10th.aspx)</p>
<p>Now after all that let’s find the acceptance rate of tenth grade day student applicants. Assuming that one fourth of the applicants for tenth grade are day student applications (100) and that one fourth of the admitted class is day students (96/4=24) Then we find that the tenth grade day student acceptance rate is 24%. (24/100=0.24)</p>
<p>Now for the “academically admissible” tenth grade day student applicants. We find that the acceptance rate is 32%. (24/75=0.32=32%)</p>
<p>Tenth grade year is actually the easiest year to get into Andover. So good luck! And lol doing this math keeps me sane. I guess different people have different ways of dealing with stress. =) Good luck @2010!</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>This is why I hate acceptance rates, there is a great variance between grade, boarding vs day, and gender that you never can trust that the rate they post is the rate for yourself specifically. I wish schools would break them down more like this.</p>
<p>Honestly, statistics don’t matter. Do the absolute best you can, and hope for the best. If you get in, you get in, congrats :D</p>