<p>@swimdude006: could you please talk more about the swimming and water polo teams? I assume you have years of competitive swimming experiences. Did you practice year-round before PA? Are you still practicing year-round now?</p>
<p>I’ll pm you about the details</p>
<p>Can you guys leave the school and go out ( like groceries shopping) by yourselves or not? Or does someone go with u?</p>
<p>You can go anywhere in the town of Andover by yourself pretty much whenever you want. You can request overnight trips and day trips.</p>
<p>want to get an idea on how fast one has to be to swim on the varsity team? is 30sec for 50 meter freestyle good enough?</p>
<p>I’m honestly not in the position to tell you whether or not you would be a good candidate has a good chance to get recruited for swimming, nor if you could make the varsity team. No person is guaranteed a spot on the varsity team so the team could be completely different from year to year. I will tell you that PA does have one of the most prestgious programs in the country so ANYONE’s chance of getting on the team is a crapshot. If one can make it, then they are just very lucky honestly. It all depends on what the team lacks and needs on a particular year. BTW, the PA sports teams have very little input as to whether or not sports candidates get accepted to the school. PA tries to emphasise that it is an academic institution rather than some other schools who put more of a focus on sports. Because of this, even the top recruit for one year could get flat out rejected because of the fact that his academic credentials, interview, ssat, or recommendations were not at the rigor and level needed to succeed at PA. Sorry I wasn’t much help, but it’s the truth.</p>
<p>And this goes for anyone on this board, I will NOT answer any questions regarding “recruiting times” as these are non existent and I am in no position to deem whether or not you could make the varisty team/ be recruited.</p>
<p>I am asking timing qustion, is not for recruting purpose. I just want to understand the standards of swimmers and intensity of training.</p>
<p>We are in tropical country, so swim training 5, 6 times a week, all year around. Some of the 14 year old boy can swim 27 seconds for free style. </p>
<p>How about your school?</p>
<p>Look, you specifically asked if a 30 seconds freestyle would be competitive, and I simply don’t want to reply because of the fact that I would be judging your swimming ability. All of this info is posted online. Go to the team page on the andover website, and under boy’s varsity swimming (it’s a winter sport), somewhere in the description there will be a link to the unnoficial andover aquatics website where all the records and results are posted. Also, NEPSSA website has all the results as well. I just don’t want to be the person judging whether or not you will be competitive. I’m in no position to say so, and have no intentions to do so either.</p>
<p>And honestly, I am not appreciating the sass from your statement, “What about your school”. If you were literally trying to ask, then I’m sorry for my interpretation, but I’m sure many other people interpreted that statement like me.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for providing the link. It is very helpful. I took a look and it is very impressive and certainly competetive.</p>
<p>When you say, “it is a winter sports”, do you mean that the team only train in the winter? or they train during other seasons too in the school?</p>
<p>How hard was it to get in? I’d love to go to andover but I doubt I’d get in, so I’m not sure if I should apply.</p>
<p>pascale5678: I have a simple philosophy on BS applications. Apply to the schools you can see yourself attending, regardless of its exclusivity or acceptance rate. Andover is hard to get in, but it is all the worth to apply. I didn’t think I’d get into any prep school! I knew I would’ve had to hand in all my materials way past the deadline in order for the AOs to see my application, but I carried through with the process anyway. That decision led me to be a current PA student. Hey, you never know how it will work out!</p>
<p>rajriarup: We only train during the winter season. Assuming you’re a guy, many kids do cross country running, waterpolo, or crew in order to keep in shape. I personally do water polo because we do incorperate swim sets into the practice in order to be agile and mobile throughout the fall and winter. During the spring, I manage another team, and swim with one of the local clubs in Andover. Even though we are only a seasonal sport, the PA swim program is in the top 20 programs in the country, which shows how hard and effective our training is.</p>
<p>What did you get on your SSAT?</p>
<p>Math: 99 percentile
English: 99 percentile
Verbal: 75 percentile</p>
<p>overall: 93 percentile</p>
<p>My teacher told me she went to PA for high school. Does anyone know what PA was like 15 years ago in terms of tuition and the competitiveness of admission?</p>
<p>What did you write your essay about?</p>
<p>I wrote my essay on overcoming a difficult obstacle, and then using what I learned to help others do the same.</p>
<p>Regarding this, would it be possible for you to chance me?<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-chances/1408286-chances-getting-into-any-top-boarding-schools-andover-exeter-hotchkiss-etc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-chances/1408286-chances-getting-into-any-top-boarding-schools-andover-exeter-hotchkiss-etc.html</a></p>
<p>Did you always want to go to BS? Trying to decide BS over good private school…</p>
<p>Going back to your earlier response, I’m in a magnet program in a public high school that I got accepted to, but I’m applying for PA among others because I feel like I can be even more challenged. Would it be safer to apply as a repeat freshman and get the full experience plus not having to catch up with my peers, or apply as a sophomore where everybody knows each other, but we will be the same age?</p>