<p>Freshman AVG: 93
Soph AVG: 93 APs=euro (94 avg 5 on exam) note: 95 or higher in all classes except alg 2 h (82) and euro
Junior AVG: 96 APs= us (95 avg 5 on exam) Stat (97 avg 5 on exam) bio (96 avg 5 on ex.)
Senior year 97 avg ( ap french, ap gov, ap econ, bc calc)</p>
<p>SAT 2320
SAT subject 2360 (took 3 tests)</p>
<p>of how much benefit would a postgraduate year for almost purely academic reasons be?
im thinking at andover. How much would a year at andover help in admissions?</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of a student taking a “postgraduate” academic year, but I believe that most elite schools frown upon it. Perhaps if you had a compelling reason to take an extra year due to some tragedy that befell you in high school, it would be worth it. But in general, if you’re going to take a gap year, it’s better to spend your time doing something that you could not otherwise do. I imagine that the top schools would look very unfavorably upon someone spending a year just studying at Andover instead of taking a gap year or enrolling as a freshman.</p>
<p>I’ll state it a bit more strongly: why on earth would you choose to spend another year in high school after graduating from high school with a strong record?</p>
<p>I go to a HADES prep school and there are a few academic PGs. Most went to pretty bad high schools, but some just didn’t get into Harvard and want to try again. If you were willing to make the sacrifice of another year in high school, colleges would definitely appreciate a strong term at Andover.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that Andover has courses like PG Math, PG English, etc. and the PG curriculum/system seems to be specifically designed for athletes. I feel like if this were a legit path to the ivies that more Tiger Moms would be on top of it.</p>
<p>At my prep school PG’s do not have to take the PG courses. The reason why people don’t take advantage of it is because many prep schools will not accept PGs who don’t bring a crucial athletic service to the school. Andover is filled with straight A math students; to get accepted as a “math” PG you would have to be on the olympiad team or have other stellar accomplishments. All of the academic PGs who I know go on to great schools, but most of them used a varsity sport as a hook to be accepted as a PG. Most prep school sports are a joke and all you really have to do is be captain at your high school to be recruited. So yeah, that and the fact that non athletic PGs don’t usually get FA is why people don’t take this route. </p>
<p>I go to Exeter btw lol. I think my anonymity is still in tact.</p>