<p>I got admitted into both.</p>
<p>How do you compare them? I get different impressions from everyone. How do you compare their workloads? What about athletics?
Everyone i know at both schools absolutely love it. I know i must wait until revisits but it's been driving me crazy.</p>
<p>Andover is a much better school. I'm so jealous you got admitted to both (although I'm no where near high school period...haha I'm a college student)!!! </p>
<p>Andover, in terms of college, is like Yale. Hotchkiss is along the lines of Rice.</p>
<p>missyujin's post is an epic fail.</p>
<p>They are both great, I got admitted to both. PM me and I will be glad to speak with you!</p>
<p>They ARE both great. Andover is just better in terms of acceptance into top-notch colleges, prestige, etc.</p>
<p>Uhmmm... Epic fail again...</p>
<p>You can't say Andover is like Yale and Hotchkiss is like Rice.... </p>
<p>Sorry but true.</p>
<p>These two are VERY impressive high schools. You are very lucky! I got waitlisted to Andover but I did get into Milton!
I think it's what suits YOU best. You can't really say how a certain high school is like a certain university.
I believe that Andover is more well-known globally but not any better than Hotchkiss. They are both incredible and I think you should go to their re-visit days and see for youself!</p>
<p>I don't think that missyujin's post is a "fail". If you go out into the real world more people are likely to have heard of Andover than to have heard of Hotchkiss. However, this does not necessarily mean that one school is better than the other. Plus missyujin is a college student, which means that she(?) has more knowledge on how well the schools are known.</p>
<p>Yeah but:</p>
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<p>I don't think you can generalize a school better based on that...</p>
<p>Sorry I said it was "fail"...</p>
<p>It just depends on who you are. Some people may think that the sole success of a school is seen by looking at its college matriculation, while some may think that a school is better because they dominate at sports and so on. But I get your point.</p>
<p>Hey, guys, I understand. :) I accept the apology, principalviola (I must admit I was a bit freaked out by the blunt comment when I only meant well). I guess I should have been more clear about this. :)</p>
<p>When I was in 8th grade (about two, three years ago; I started college early) I too was applying to these schools. Andover, Exeter, Choate Rosemary Hall, Deerfield, Hotchkiss, etc. I ended up not going (I didn't get accepted to the ones I wanted to go to), but I did a LOT of research on these schools. While it is true that Hotchkiss is an awesome school (I got waitlisted there), you guys have to remember that Andover really IS a better known, more prestigious school. I didn't come up with the college analogy, I've heard it from many different people and actually is generally accepted. I talked with people from Andover and they actually admitted that they're the best in the U.S., and more people know about Exeter& Andover than they do of Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>It really should depend on what you like better. Andover is a huge school and Hotchkiss is a smaller, more united community. I was simply speaking in terms of what will be better for you in college admissions, that's all. :)</p>
<p>Well of course people at Andover admitted that they are the best in the US...</p>
<p>More people in Formosa know about Harvard as opposed to Princeton, is it any worse than Harvard...</p>
<p>It may be more well known (though it a a good hell of a lot better known than your public school... haha, adcoms will look at them as equally good) but the program is just as good. </p>
<p>By the way, I do not go to Hotchkiss and am not trying to defend it... As a matter of fact I may be choosing Milton (very well known among HYPM not so well known among rest) over Exeter, Andover, Hotchkiss, SPS, and Deerfield... All great</p>
<p>Thanks though :D</p>
<p>ok so Andover is more prestigious. But does that make it significantly harder to do well? Also whats the most comprable school to Andover besides Exeter?</p>
<p>Andover is no more prestigious than Hotchkiss. They both consistently achieve well in college matriculations and their academics and athletics are superior - at both schools.</p>
<p>Also, prestige doesn't mean harder to do well. You'll find that at prestigious schools many of the teachers and classes are so inspirational and engaging that, with willpower and effort, you'll be able to succeed.</p>
<p>By prestigious...I kind of understand it as accepting less people. Sure, Hotchkiss is a smaller school, but taking me for an example...I got rejected flat by Andover and waitlisted by Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>But then again, I did send my financial info only to Andover...</p>
<p>Just because you got WL at Hotchkiss and rejected at Andover means nothing... Prestige is not equal to selectivity...</p>
<p>Look at the college scene, there are a handful of colleges more selective than HYPSM but those are (and does not mean those are the BEST) the most prestigious.</p>
<p>If you look at this year's and last year's master lists of decisions, you'll see that there are both people who get accepted at school A and rejected at school B, and people who get accepted at school B and rejected at school A. Schools look for students that they think will be a good fit for their school.</p>
<p>And Andover is need blind, so it wouldn't have mattered that you sent them your financials.</p>
<p>Schools who claim to be need-blind...aren't need-blind.</p>
<p>They knew that if they don't give me aid I couldn't apply anyway, and according to my fin aid they would have paid for it 100%.</p>
<p>Getting back to the original question: Andover vs. Hotchkiss. A few differences to consider, just as examples:</p>
<p>Andover is larger than Hotchkiss.
Andover is in a suburban area, 30 minutes from Boston. Hotchkiss is in a small town in a more rural area.</p>
<p>Neither of the above factors makes one better than the other....But which place will make the original poster more comfortable as a student? Only s/he can answer that question. S/he will get a great education at either place.</p>
<p>First of all both schools offer an equally brilliant education. Both schools were feeder schools to Yale and both would be comparable to Yale. If you want to use your college analogy I would say that hotchkiss is like Princeton wheras Andover is like Yale. Both are equal educationally and it is ridiculous to suggest otherwise. As for name recognition while it is true that the average joe in the street is more likely to recognize Andover employers would recognize both schools. In some places luke NY and Wall Street hotchkiss is more prestigous than Andover. If you are looking for name recognition to enchance your job prospects then in the business world hotchkiss trumps all. Just look at the major companies today ford's chairman is an alum, a former prez of Goldman sachs is the head of our board, the founder of Morgan Stanley is an alum as is the head of investment banking at citi group. In the world of high finance hotchkiss is more prestigous. And that type of prestige can actually get you a job not some random stranger being impressed with your school. Prestige really means zilch connections however are far more important. If we were to go by prestige then perhaps we should all go to eton? It after all is far far globally recognized than AE and hotchkiss... What you should really be looking at is which school exells in the areas you are interrested in.</p>
<p>You mentioned your interest in sports for instance... Well hotchkiss is the best in new England in the following sports: football boys and girls tennis field hockey volleyball soccer track and a few others hotchkiss also has the best debate team in America as well as BEng one of the top debate teams in the world tell us what you are interrested in and we can give you more info</p>