I am going to be a freshman at Andover next year, and was curious to see if anyone else is repeating 9th grade? I am aware it is usually a common thing, but is it at Andover? Also an Andover discussion could be cool for the revisit days and upcoming roommate process etc. Best dorms, people deciding which school to go to (it should be PA!) or anything else. Go Big Blue! Heres also a good resource for those of you deciding between Andover and Exeter.
I would also like to note that I am aware that the grammar and spelling isn’t top notch for that^. I would like to remind everyone that this is College Confidential and not a 25 page essay for the Andover writing sample.
There are certainly people at Andover who repeat ninth grade, but this is a group that is almost exclusively made up of sports recruits. Notice how I said “almost” When I was a freshman at Andover(now a senior), there were a decent number of repeats. I would venture to say it is less than 20 people, of which at least 3/4 were sports recruits. Despite this, it’s safe to say that NOBODY will care that you are a repeat ninth grader. Believe it or not, one of my friends was a repeat ninth grader, and I didn’t find out until the middle of upper(11th) year. If you have any questions before revisit, feel free to PM me. I’m on spring break now, and have way too much time on my hands!
should students go to each revisit day or only one? are some more popular than others?
It doesn’t really matter which one you go to. There will be a reasonable amount of people at each one, and the activities offered/class schedules for each of the days will be the same.
I’m going to be a repeating freshman at Andover next year and recently had to choose between Andover and Exeter too! Have you received your housing card yet? They said it would arrive in mid-April, but I havem’t gotten one yet.