<p>If I go to Phillips Academy Andover, will that help me at all towards admissions?</p>
<p>Yes, and No. What’s your alternative?</p>
<p>Yes - because you will get a great education there.</p>
<p>No - because you will be competing with a lot of kids from the school.</p>
<p>Nah, the public school kids from Vermont rocked you guys at Fed Challenge.</p>
<p>In all seriousness though, it depends on what the alternative is. There are times when I wish I had been able to go to a great school like that, but ultimately I’ve got a great public school and would be silly to step away from it.</p>