<p>All I ever heard about clusters were the much appreciated midweek cluster munches.</p>
<p>Besides the meetings and munches the cluster system determines intramural teams and hosts events (such as PKN Block Party, Quad Day, WQS Fashion Show, etc.)</p>
<p>They are a great way of building school spirit and also provide another support group/group of friends that cross gender and grade. In some clusters, you also get to know your Cluster Dean really well (hopefully not in a disciplinary sense). In PKN, Ms. Murata is the best!</p>
<p>TiaB: I completely forgot to mention that Alumni got wireless last year. Wireless was a more useful commodity under the stricter bandwidth policy, but it’s still nice to not have to worry.</p>
<p>Wireless can be nice, but I spent 2 weeks putting the blue internet cables in the rooms for a reason ;).</p>
<p>Does double brick have wireless?</p>
<p>Does B. Bailey have wireless?</p>
<p>To my knowledge, Bertha Bailey has wireless, but Double Brick does not.</p>
<p>Ethernet is faster than wireless anyway. So, if Uroogla did install ethernet cables in everyone’s rooms, we should be fine.</p>
<p>SoontoBoard is right. Wireless really isn’t that exciting. It’s only useful for bandwidth heavy activities like watching videos online or large downloads, which can be done in the PACC or any building with wireless just as easily.</p>
<p>Well it’d be nice to use wireless on my ipod in my dorm.</p>
<p>When will the class schedule for new students come out?</p>
<p>New students will receive their class schedules on Sunday night/Monday morning of New Student Orientation.</p>
<p>Oh, so they won’t be posted on PANet before the school year starts, which means no discussion about the placement and no possibility of buying books elsewhere?</p>
<p>At times we thought about using the booklist to get textbooks a little cheaper via the internet, but the folks at the Andover Bookstore are really nice, will keep a parent’s CC on file so kids can buy whatever they need, and will take returns up to a certain point in the term (or place a special order if something needs to be added). They are almost an extension of the school - and it’s also a neat little bookstore in its own right.</p>
<p>During orientation kids will meet with their adviser and go over their schedule. They will then have the opportunity to meet with department heads if they are unhappy with their placement. You can still order books online. The library has copies of most of the books or kids borrow from a friend until theirs arrive. Teachers are understanding if you don’t have a book the first week or so. As Padre13 said the Andover Bookstores is quite nice. They sell used copies so you can still save a little that way.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, sugerkim and Pardre13.</p>
<p>BUMP this thread deserves to be on the first page</p>
<p>I agree. 11 days! Who’s excited?</p>
<p>Has anyone been checking the Andover class of 2013 Facebook group? Some comments are a little concerning; any input on whether or not that accurately represents the school?</p>
<p>My son told me it was just this one person, who made cruel jokes on others. He got kicked out. Anything else we are not aware of?</p>
<p>As Dean Murphy mentioned on the page, it’s not necessarily true that all of those people are Andover students. I will mention that teenagers are teenagers and Facebook makes one think one has anonymity that one truly doesn’t have. Some of the conversations struck me as true Andover conversations, while others stuck me as immature even for Andover freshmen (no offense is meant by that comment - people tend to do a lot of growing up at boarding school).</p>