<p>Andover Search and Rescue used to rappel off the Bell tower. I found that lots of fun and was wondering if they still did that…</p>
<p>Ohh, Yes I read about S&R at Andover, I know that they do lots of trips but wether they do rappeling down the bell tower, that I do not know, maybe Tom can answer you. He currently goes there and he knows everything about Andover :D</p>
<p>I’ll ask my d. She took it last term and will be taking it again next term. I do hear that the legendary math genius (previously mentioned by TTC) can also climb like Spiderman.</p>
<p>i believe that i can meet the brightest students and coolest people from Andover.</p>
<p>Andover hardly has the momopoly on the brightest students at GADES. Of course there are a large amount of very bright kids but I think thats common at all top tier schhol. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>Tom(and everyone else), I’d just thought I’d let you know- Williams is better than Amherst. Everything from the town to the campus. Except maybe if you like snooty people with an obnoxious holier-than-thou attitude that they pretend they don’t have, really clustered together buildings, and an uglier shade of purple that seems really cold, or your into girls b-ball. Other than that AC=blehhhh
Though they do have a very nice science museum… but still WC is better 
[just sayin’]
*this is one of my many biases that holds base in fact ;)</p>
<p>How did the “best things about Andover” thread become the “Andover is not the best” thread? I say - unnecessary. All you guys’ favorite schools are great in their own ways. Be confident about your choice, happy for the fact that not everyone else is choosing the same school as yours as his/her number 1 (heads-up: the acceptance rate is 15% already!), and remember for the outrageous compliment or bashing on a school, a person or anything else, have a sense of humor. :)</p>
<p>sorry Benley :p</p>
<p>I didn’t look at the thread title. Andover is awesome anyway!</p>
<p>HAHA yeah I love Andover, Benley I saw that Andover has a 15% acceptance rate, I guess it kind of puts me out of the running, but we shall see on March 10th</p>
<p>maybe we are all freaking out about this increase in applications for nothing.
for all we know it could be a sudden surge of new applicants that arent really qualified…or people that wouldnt get in and are just applying for some weird reason. lets hope that(:
i love andover by the way(:</p>
<p>swissbrit, you are not necessarily “out of running.” The acceptance rate is lower than last year, but the applicants with similar things to offer to the school community as you, whom you are competing with, may not be more. My point is that a 5% increase of applications (i.e. about 135 more applications) really hasn’t changed the whole picture much, not from when you started the application process.</p>
<p>I am freaking OUT ! But I hope I get in!!!</p>
<p>I am freaking out too sandakm. I do not know if I am in the running or not but we shall see on March 10th</p>
<p>The best thing about Andover is that you no longer have to worry about Mr. Leet’s mystery meat (Peresky Commons looks gorgeous…).</p>
<p>(Only old dinosaurs like me will understand the reference…)</p>
<p>Yea all we can do is wait.</p>
<p>Swissbrit, we have ten minutes of passing time between classes. It’s necessary given some buildings are half a mile from the center of campus. I often find myself using my full ten minutes, but very, very rarely am I late for classes. For most people, the longest walk of the day is in the morning on the way from one’s dorm to class (or hopefully to breakfast in Commons). The walk from my dorm to the Gelb Science Center is about 15 minutes.</p>
<p>As for rappelling off the bell tower, nah, that doesn’t happen anymore, I’m afraid.</p>
<p>BlueRaven, of course Andover doesn’t hold a monopoly on the smart kids of the prep school world. However, I can tell you that large schools like Andover and Exeter do hold a virtual monopoly of the VERY MOST academic kids - especially in terms of math and science. Why is this? The SIZE of the schools makes it possible and practical to offer courses that go FAR BEYOND the high school level, while still offering classes that cater to the rest of the student body. I’ve mentioned these classes and I’ll mention them again; Chem and Physics 580, for example. They finish covering the AP curriculum in mid-February, and then go on into science that most kids NEVER cover unless they choose to MAJOR in it in college. My French 520 course did the same. Then, for the kids who complete these classes there are even more advanced ones: Fluid Mechanics at Andover comes to mind.</p>
<p>Most schools offer AP-level courses. That’s great. But relatively few schools offer courses that cover material usually encountered in the second or third year of college. That’s a SIGNIFICANT draw for the VERY brightest of kids. This is evidenced in Andover’s SAT range. Andover’s average SAT score is 2076, yes, but the curve is SHARPLY upward from that point. The 75th percentile SAT score at Andover is around 2250, for example. Andover’s breadth of courses due to its size is an important factor for some of the very most academic kids.</p>
<p>I have to admit Andover’s courses are phenomenal. I think that all prep schools have a lot of bright kids and although some may be less smart than others but overall, you have to be smart to get in, even safety schools.</p>
<p>What if I’m not so interested in math/sciences?</p>
<p>Will the teachers help me if I’m not doing so well in a certain subject?</p>
<p>yes, of course. See the section on Academic Support Services.</p>
<p>In particular, it is commonplace for kids to enter not having learned to manage their time. It isn’t that a school like Andover’s work load is unmanageable; but many kids haven’t had to work at their schoolwork before. And tutoring, both peer and other, is available.</p>
<p>To what I hear, Andover is very rigourous and that the work load is a lot but they teach you how to manage, making it easier but still. I once heard someone say that after Andover, college is pretty easy.</p>