<p>What you face by going to Andover is that a high percentage of your classmates are legacies at top colleges, will be recruited atheletes and are from rich and powerful families. Therefore, the playing field when you apply to college will be far from level. </p>
<p>It is not the top 35% of the class that gets into the top colleges. The connected apply ED/EA, and when that round is over, they see how many more they will take from Andover. If you have 8 Harvard legacies in your graduating class with decent stats, no unhooked kid will probably get in your year.</p>
<p>Ugly, I know, my school is the same.</p>