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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone with firsthand information about Andover? Wondering about day v. boarding experience and overall culture. [/quote]

What questions do you have? I went there and loved it.[/quote]

Post your questions. Kids graduated from there recently. [/quote]

How is STEM? Are day students very separated? Is it very high pressure? Is wealth a big part of the culture, or does the need-blind admissions prevent that?[/quote]

You can take a look at the course catalog. There are a lot of very advanced math and science classes. One thing you won't necessarily see are participation in national or international STEM competitions since that would require travel.

One of my DC (a boarder) was very tight with a group of day students and that group was very integrated into the boarding community. It was great for DC as they got invited to sleepovers and home cooked meals often.

It is very high pressure. The workload is a lot and the kids push themselves. My kids did feel that students supported each other greatly - they studied together. etc.

As expected, there are a lot of very wealthy students on campus, but for the most part, the students don't focus on that. There is awareness of who is wealthy/not wealthy, but money does not play a role in friendships. [/quote]

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