Academic Pressure At Andover vs Other Elite Prep Schools?

Aetrus
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 01:04:05 +0000

@momof3swimmers is correct on all counts. I’m a current PA student, and there’s only one day a week I have all five of my classes, with the other days being between 2-4 (will vary depending on which courses you take and what periods you have them). While Mon, Tues and Fri are officially days when all classes meet, certain classes (typically humanities and some foreign languages) will have “red dot” days meaning that on either Monday or Tuesday, that class will not meet. Between that and the “Friday Free” which is new this year as part of the Empathy and Balance scheduling, you will have at least one class not meet more often then not. Then on Wednesday and Thursday you never have more than 3 classes (75 minute blocks as opposed to 45)

No official study halls, but between free periods during the day and “study hours” (as explained above) at night, the workload is considerable but definitely manageable. If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me.