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PHILLIPS ACADEMY | ANDOVER 2019–2020 Profile for College Admission Offices THE ACADEMY Phillips Academy (also known as Andover), a residential secondary school, seeks students of intelligence PHILLIPS ACADEMY and integrity from diverse cultural, racial, socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. 180 Main Street Andover, MA 01810-4161 NEED-BLIND ADMISSION ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE School Code Number: 220030 In 2007, the Academy adopted a need-blind Under the trimester program, the school year admission policy. The Academy meets 100 is divided into three terms, each consisting Jim Ventre, Interim Head of percent of demonstrated need. of approximately 10 weeks of classes plus an School assessment period. Many courses are yearlong, EQUITY & INCLUSION some are term-contained, and others are COLLEGE COUNSELING OFFICE Andover is committed to establishing a organized as two-term sequences. Students are Sean M. Logan, Dean community that encourages people of diverse normally expected to carry five courses each backgrounds and beliefs to understand and trimester. Most courses meet four or five periods Katherine B. Fritz, Director respect one another and be sensitive to per week. Some courses, as noted in the Course of differences of gender, ethnicity, class, and sexual Study, meet six or more hours per week. Eleventh- ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS orientation. Andover’s constitution charges graders or seniors who face an unusually the Academy to prepare “youth from every demanding term occasionally are advised to Latasha L. Boyd quarter” to understand that “goodness without enroll in four courses, provided at least three of Anya P. Brunnick knowledge is weak… yet these are advanced courses. knowledge without goodness Postgraduates usually take five Meghan M. Dangremond is dangerous.” Students of color courses per term (see list of Karina E. Hernandez-Guarniz* constitute more than one-third 1778 Advanced Courses on page 2). of the student body. A typical YEAR FOUNDED Over the span of their last two Susan P. Kinney entering class includes students years, students are required to 1 from 40 or more states and 25 13 complete at least 27 trimester Jermaine Matheson or more countries. AVERAGE CLASS SIZE units. Aya S. Murata CAMPUS LIFE Andover’s academic program Nicole K. Shadeed In order to bring the 300+ is based upon the premise advantages of a small school to AVAILABLE COURSES that students are capable M. Kenneth Shows of studying independently, Andover, we have adopted the LaShawn N. Springer cluster system. A cluster system responsibly, and with is a group of residence halls in self-direction. As a result, Taylor C. Ware the same area. The cluster system includes five students spend a significant number of hours on groups of about 220 students each. Each cluster homework, research, and other out-of-class study functions independently, managing its own and projects. *sabbatical 2019-2020 social activities, academic advising, disciplinary In most courses, especially those taken to meet counseling, and athletic affairs under the diploma requirements, class time and homework CONTACT INFORMATION leadership of a cluster dean. together can be expected to require a total of about nine hours per week per course. Thus, Phone: 978-749-4150 LEARNING IN THE WORLD a typical student enrolled in five courses can Fax: 978-749-4160 Andover students can participate in several off- expect to spend at least 45 hours each week on campus study programs both in the United States academic pursuits—and more than that when [email protected] and in other countries. Some, such as School Year significant papers are due or to prepare for Abroad, are designed to last the entire academic exams. year. Other programs take place during a single trimester or occur during the summer. DISCIPLINARY POLICY Students and college counselors will work ACTIVITIES together to address questions about serious Each student spends approximately two disciplinary infractions (suspension and hours every weekday afternoon in a required probation) when asked on college applications. supervised activity. For most students, this is an athletics commitment at the varsity, junior varsity, or intramural level. For others, afternoons focus on volunteer work through the Community Engagement Program, independent musical pursuits, or physical fitness/endurance activities (e.g., Outdoor Pursuits, martial arts, dance). Prepared August 2019 ACADEMY COURSES ACADEMIC STANDING Students are not ranked, and we do not COURSE NUMBERS calculate a cumulative grade average. The first digit corresponds to the “level” of the course. The second and third digits (as in ART225) reflect organizational schemes at the departmental level and, therefore, will be used differently by different departments. Letters also are used for these purposes. • Level 1 = 100; for courses that introduce a subject • Level 5 = 500; for courses equivalent to college GRADING SYSTEM (SPA100) or that are typically taken by 9th-graders freshman classes, sometimes, but not always, • The grading scale is from 0 to 6. (BIO100, ENG100). indicated by explicit preparation for an AP exam. • A few courses are graded as Pass/ Fail. • Level 2 = 200; for courses that are the second level • Level 6 = 600; for courses that would typically • Assessment periods conclude November in a sequence (SPA200) or that are typically taken be taken by majors in the subject in college, or 21, March 6, and June 3. by 10th-graders or 9th-graders (ART225, HSS201). for courses typically taken after the first year of college. • Beginning with the 2014–2015 academic • Level 3 = 300; for courses that are the third level year, there is no honor roll designation. in a sequence (SPA300), or for courses that are • Performance-based credit = 900; for course credit appropriate for 11th-graders (ENG300) or for 9th-, associated with performance in music or theatre 6 Outstanding (High Honor) 10th-, and 11th-graders (PHR300, CHM300), or for and dance. 5 Superior (Honor) courses with assumed prior experience (ART3XX). 4 Good • Level 4 = 400; for courses that are the fourth level in a sequence, or for courses that are appropriate 3 Satisfactory for 11th-graders or seniors (but do not qualify for 2 Low Pass, but certifying the 500 or 600 designations). 1 Failure ADVANCED COURSES 0 Low Failure Listed below are all advanced, honors, and accelerated and/or Advanced Placement courses. Please note that students receive Pass/Fail grades These rigorous and demanding courses require extra preparation and study time. Most use college texts and for English and history courses in the fall of 9th grade. are paced to match undergraduate offerings. For this reason, we do not compute a grade point average for this term. A few 300-level, some 400-level, and all 500-level courses are at or beyond typical AP level, and the 600-level courses are typically the equivalent of sophomore-level college courses. For course titles and descriptions, refer to Andover’s Course of Study, available at https://www.andover.edu/files/COS2019-2020.pdf. THE 2019–2020 STUDENT BODY Art Mathematics Boarding 862 All 300–600-level studio courses are at a level All 280-595 level courses are at a level appropriate for Day 284 2 appropriate for students interested in assembling an students interested in assembling an AP portfolio AP portfolio Math 630: Honors Seminar and Math 650: Multivariable Total 1,146 Art 441, 442, and 443: History of Art are at AP level Calculus and Linear Algebra are beyond AP level Students of Color 50% English Computer Science 500: AP Computer Science All 500-level courses are at or beyond AP level Computer Science 630 Honors Seminar is beyond AP level History and Social Science Music and the Performing Arts History 300A, B and C are at AP level Music 400, 410, 460, 500, 540, 550, and 901 All 500-level and above are at or beyond AP level CLASS DISTRIBUTION Philosophy and Religious Studies World Languages Grade 12 305 (includes 21 postgraduates) All 500-level courses Chinese 120, 220, and 320 are accelerated Grade 11 302 Chinese 420 and 520 are advanced Science Grade 10 291 Chinese 440 and 540 are heritage-track courses Biology 501, 502, 503 is at AP level Chinese 500 and 600 (discontinued as of fall 2014) Biology 581, 582, 583 is beyond AP level Grade 9 248 Chinese 621, 622, and 633 are beyond AP level Biology 600 and 620: Molecular and Cellular Biology: Laboratory Research Total 1,146 Classics 150: Ancient Greek is accelerated Chemistry 550 is at AP level Classics 400 and 500: Ancient Greek are advanced Chemistry 580 & 610: Organic Chemistry are beyond French 400, 401, and 520 are advanced AP level French 620 is beyond AP level Physics 400 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION German 150 and 250 are accelerated Physics 530: Astronomy Research 43 German 400 and 520 are advanced Physics 550 and 580 are at AP level number of states (plus Washington, D.C.) German 600 is beyond AP level Physics 600, 630, and 650 are beyond AP level Japanese 400, 420, 500, 520, and 600 52 Theatre and Dance number of countries Latin 150 is accelerated All 300- and 400-level electives are appropriate for Latin 520: Vergil and Caesar is at AP level 192 portfolio preparation number of international students Latin 600 is beyond AP level THD510: Advanced Acting Russian 150 and 250 are accelerated THD539: August Wilson Russian 520 and 600 are advanced THD900: Andover Dance Group Seminar Spanish 401, 402, 403; 411, 412, 413; 501, 502, 503 THD901: Advanced Practical Theatre Application FINANCIAL AID Spanish 521, 522, 523, 621, 622 and 623 THD902: Advanced Studies in Dance Performance THD903: Advanced Studies in Technical Theatre Percent of student body 47% Production Total annual THD910: Studio Production financial assistance $24.2 million CLASS OF 2020 STANDARDIZED TESTING ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS 168 candidates from the Class of 2020 sat for 645 examinations.