<p>Again...the GZM software is NOT expensive! Not compared to an educational consultant.</p>
<p>I can get a 10% discount for anyone who is interested if they buy it through my on-line store.</p>
<p>One reason why WBTY is so expensive is that it bombards users with irrelevant data. The dating statistics are a perfect case-in-point. You cited statistics going back to 2004. It's 2007. All you need to understand your chances of hooking up in 2007-2008 is the dating data from 2006-2007. To go back and back and back in time, just dilutes the most relevant data...while costing more to acquire that data. GZM's "One Year Continuum" approach is more efficient, more relevant, and more economical -- particularly for those who buy the software through me.</p>
<p>Why are we looking at statistics for this? Where do you get statistics for this?</p>
<p>Maybe it's just because I go to Andover, but one of my friends came from an all-girls' school, and trust me, you won't be shy for very long. Boarding school boys are like no other, in my opinion--a huge step up from my old school. What school are you going to?</p>
<p>At Andover, people hook up... um, anywhere, and even though the teachers know about it, they don't really do anything about it. For example, the Sanctuary. No one goes into the Sanctuary to look at the birds. I doubt that there are birds. I'm sure the sanctuary was Thomas Cochran's elaborate ruse -- and the Log Cabin in the sanctuary? WHAT? I digress. But generally the faculty here sort of take a "Well, that's what teenagers do these days" approach to Andover intimacy. If a teacher on a morning run or something caught two kids making out in the sanctuary, he or she would probably feel awkward for a moment and then keep running. The library is slightly more awkward, but you would probably get a "go study" and then a stern glare, depending on the librarian. The only instance in which punishment could arise would be if something illegal were going on.</p>
<p>What do I dislike about dating at Andover? It's sort of incestuous. Maybe that's just me. Actually, I'm positive that's just me. But I feel like all of the best guys have dated/hooked up with my friends and now they're off-limits, and the Andover dating web is filled with crossed lines. No pun intended. Also, for dates, going downtown is a good option for privacy. Though another thing I don't like about dating in Andover is that eventually everyone finds everything out. If you want some sort of secret relationship, good luck, unless you happen to be a day student, in which case: congratulations, you have a car and some privacy.</p>
<p>Is there anything the school could do to improve relations between boys and girls? I think it's pretty good the way it is. Teachers aren't too uptight about visitation and parietals, so no one has to resort to that terrible five-o'clock in the morning thing they do at Exeter. It's all good, and I'm definitely looking forward to the new school year. :)</p>
<p>SsPixie17x, so what part of the Andover population would you say date? I know it probably depends on what grade it is, but I'm curious...I will be entering Andover (as a junior) this fall, and I've not a clue about dating because I've never done it before. Heh.</p>
<p>By the way, your commentary on the Sanctuary cracked me up. :)</p>
<p>hahahfives.
One of the parts of Exeter that this Exonian still can't quite understand. Maybe it's because I'm not a boy, but really: sleep, sex, sleep, sex. The choice is CLEAR! I values my caught Zs.</p>
<p>the door of the other person's dorm...Sunday morning, there is a mass exodus from girls' dorms to guys' dorms, sometimes vice versa, at 5 am. Even in the winter term.</p>
<p>Although the library has, can, and will always be a valuable, if somewhat endearingly dorky, hookup location. Also: the theatre (you do NOT want to sit down on those couches), the couches in the science lounge, the woods, the church basement (!), and classrooms when class is not in session. (ie, joining the "Harkness Society")</p>
<p>These locales are all based in hearsay, of course...</p>
<p>I'm trying to reconcile all this with the comforting rules in the Andover Blue Book...maybe I'll send for that viewbook from Academy of the Sacred Something after all.</p>
<p>As for what percentage of the Andover population dates? Hmmm... well, 2010 is really bad at relationships. And we're terrible at hook-ups for that matter, but much better at those than relationships. At its peak, we had maybe 1/10 of the grade romantically involved in something. The Lowers had a much higher percentage, but that's just 2009 -- everyone in '09 is doing SOMETHING. It's quite scandalous. Upper Year is a bad time for romance in general, but a lot more of them were dating than their Junior counterparts... Seniors were enjoying their last year, what can I say? :) </p>
<p>Oh, and I didn't mean to make it sound like Andover is a sex-crazed academy of promiscuity or anything...</p>
<p>Runefx, the only advice I can offer you about dating at Andover is to go for it because all you want to do in fall is get to know other people, and NOT TO ASK YOUR SADIE DATE OUT IN OCTOBER. Don't do it. Unless this person is going to be mobbed with dates, restraint is key. This year, one girl asked her date to Sadie in September and after that, the floodgates were opened. It was terrible. A lot of freshmen at Andover have never dated before and actually, most notably the Three-Day Couples... as in they got together within three days. One broke up after seven months, the others are still going... so don't worry about not having dated before, because you're not alone. It's fun, do try. :)</p>
<p>I love this topic.
Does anyone have insight on the dating situations in all girls schools (more specifically MPS). Their brother school is AOF but how many relationships are really apparent between the two?</p>
<p>i was thinking i could start a thread where people send me all the questions they really want answers to but are too embarassed to ask, then i could post them in the thread (with names removed) and give an answer. there must be a ton of stuff you guys are curious about that you feel like you can't ask anybody, i know that was the case for me anyways. this board has been slow as hell the past couple weeks.</p>
<p>Actually, why would one be embarassed? :D
No one really knows who you are, (unless someone hacks down your account and finds your IP address lol)
and besides, isn't asking those "embarrassing" questions what CC is for??</p>
<p>there are plenty of straight girls at all girls schools. some of them date. it isnt hard to find boys from all boys schools, or guys from just anywhere really. i wouldnt worry about it. there are more lesbians than at co-ed schools, though. just personal observation there. there's a lot of, "hey its convenient because we can be in each other's dorm rooms and pretty much everyone is doing it, so until i graduate, why not?" though....</p>