Is Andover just too competitive??

Benley
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:06:39 +0000

When visiting, we enjoyed a pizza in the town and the pizzamaker assured us that he can deliver to Andover at any time of day or night. I think this feature is important for a competitive school, as pizza (especially those tangy anchovies!) fuels the all-nighters.

Regarding late night snacks, it depends on dorms and advisors. DC had both good and bad experience. In one dorm the advisors weren’t that “considerate” at all and in another snacks are constantly (not every day though) provided during study hours. One thing to note is that the considerate dorm parents in this context were themselves parents of teenagers (and boys!) so they must know how easily the kids can get hungry!

@bsadvisor: I am all for a different voice on these forums especially if the purpose is to dispel misinformation about a certain school or boarding schools in general. And I also think it’s fair game to point out when some posters are defending or criticizing other posters using double standards to suppress different points of views and support just for the sake of supporting “one of their own”. That IS “mean and ugly”. But, to characterize the “place” as mean and ugly is too much. The prep school forum is very small so a certain “culture” has been developed here, which is - let’s say - not for everyone. I hope you can stay here for the long haul, but to do so you want to tone it down a notch…