<p>So.... I got my acceptance package from Andover, and I called them and accepted the admission. Should I be expecting for another package? Like a course selecting package or something? And if there is such thing, does it not come until I send them the official confirm?
Thank you~ : )</p>
<p>It will take awhile to come…after revisiting day and after others accept. You could request one early and they’ll probably send it to you.</p>
<p>Congrats hooboo! A great school and you are sure to love it!</p>
<p>i was just wondering about this. i called at 8 am monday morning from the airport to make sure they knew my decision as early as possible. i was a bit disappointed at the lack of another package with placement tests and things when I got back. I’ll probably ask at the day student reception or the revisit day.</p>
<p>@andover2016,</p>
<p>Welcome to Andover! </p>
<p>Here’s a preview of coming attractions from what I remember from last year. The housing questionnaire last year asked newly admitted students to state their housing preference (single, if available or double), to list their major interests, and to describe the major interests they would like their roommate to have. It also inquired whether the newly admitted student preferred to go to bed early or stay up late, liked to study with or without music, was neat or cluttered, or had any housing preferences. </p>
<p>The course material packet last year included the Course of Study book, a course selection form, and painless placement tests in math, world languages, and music (if applicable). </p>
<p>I didn’t start Andover in ninth grade, but I think a new ninth grader (junior) takes English 100 and History 100 as well as a course in math, science, and world language. Andover will place you in math, science, and world language courses based upon your placement tests. I think most ninth graders take biology, but I’m pretty sure that those who excel on the math placement test can enroll in physics or chemistry. I also believe that new ninth graders can take a sixth course – typically Physical Education or an introductory course in art or music. Current ninth graders at PA: please correct me if I am wrong about any of this.</p>
<p>If you want to get a head start on your course selection, go to <a href=“http://www.andover.edu/Academics/Pages/default.aspx[/url]”>http://www.andover.edu/Academics/Pages/default.aspx</a> and choose the math, science, and world language courses that make sense for you. You can also determine whether or not you wish to take a sixth course, and, if so, which one.<br>
Depending upon your placement tests, the courses you select may not be the ones you take. For now, however, choose the courses you think are appropriate. You and your adviser will work out the final details of your course selection when school starts next fall.</p>
<p>There will be additional mailings as well. My guess is that you will get the housing questionnaire in two to three weeks and the course materials a couple of weeks after that. </p>
<p>Enjoy the process: this will be a fun time for you.</p>
<p>@SergeantFriday
Thanks!
And I have spent the last two weeks of my vacation figuring out which courses I will most likely be taking. I have read the course book from cover to cover, I picked one up last year. It is kind of my obsession. I will be taking English 100, History 100, Biology 100, Math 190 or 210, PE or an art/music/drama course (undecided), and I also can’t choose between French or Latin, I am currently taking both.
I’m going to be a day student so the housing questionnaire doesn’t apply to me.
Thanks for the great info though, I’m sure a lot of others will find it useful too!</p>
<p>@andover2016, </p>
<p>I’m happy to help! </p>
<p>Sounds like your schedule is shaping up nicely: good luck with everything!</p>
<p>@Sergeant Friday</p>
<p>Do you think I should take French or Latin, because I love them both, but like Latin a bit more, but French is going to be more useful, because people actually speak it. I’ve been trying to decide for months now and I can’t choose!
Opinions?</p>
<p>Also, I see in the course book that many courses say things like “four-hour course” or “five-hour course”, the other ones that say “five class periods” are pretty self explanatory, but what does the -hour mean?
Thanks</p>
<p>@andover 2016,</p>
<p>Choosing between Latin and French is tough. If it were me, I would choose Latin if I enjoyed reading and writing a foreign language more than speaking it; if I wanted to read Vergil, Ovid, Cicero, Catullus etc; and if I wished to learn etymological roots that might help me with SAT vocabulary. I would choose French if I enjoyed speaking a ‘living’ language more than learning the grammar of a ‘dead’ language; if I was more interested in French literature than Latin Literature; and if I wanted to learn about French culture. Another option is start a new language like Russian. Trust your gut. You can’t make a bad decision. </p>
<p>Basically, four-hour classes meet four times per week; five-hour classes meet four times per week with an extended period on one of those four days. This term English 100 (MTThF) and History 100 (MTThF) meet for one period four days per week; Biology 100 (MTWextd.F) and Math 210 (MTThextd.F) meet for one period four days per week with an extended period on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. 200-level French and Latin courses meet four days a week with an extended period on one of those four days. This daily schedule will help you better visualize how all this works: [Phillips</a> Academy - Daily Class Schedule](<a href=“http://www.andover.edu/Academics/Pages/DailyClassSchedule.aspx]Phillips”>http://www.andover.edu/Academics/Pages/DailyClassSchedule.aspx).</p>
<p>@SergeantFriday
Thanks so much! Great job explaining that, it makes so much more sense to me now!</p>