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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your Andover description may be a distinctively private school experience, but class size, location, text, and workload aren't a boarding school-specific phenomenon.  [/quote]

True, although there are plenty of other things about BS that are unique - like at Andover you had to be in your dorm or a 'place of study' (library, lab, or assigned activity) from 8-10 pm, which created much more collaborative learning than in day schools -  like college study groups - and integrated learning assignments, like a when we watched 'Apocalypse Now' one night at my English teacher's house while we were reading Heart of Darkness - very interesting discussions... Anyway, I am in no way a booster and I'm not itching to send my kids there.  For all the talk about blue blood contacts, I don't think I'm in touch with very many fellow PA grads, and there are also things that are kind of disturbing about the social scene at BS.  But the actual unique gifts of a BS education seem to have gotten lost in this thread with everyone talking about how it is all about the network.  [/quote]

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