Good luck with your journey. Contact our office if we can be of further assistance. Students apply from all over the country and protectorates as well as from 70 international countries. Fifty percent apply from public schools and fifty percent apply from independent, parochial and international schools. Andover also receives applications from students who are home-schooled.
Candidates represent all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Andover is first and foremost a community with an unparalleled academic program that seeks to educate future leaders. The admission committee selects students who possess character, scholarship, an interest in being part of a rigorous and diverse community, and a willingness to share extracurricular talents or interests. The best predictor of success at Andover is past performance. Through teacher and personal recommendations, a current transcript, a personal interview and student essays, the admission committee seeks to assess a student's ability to thrive in the Andover environment. We also use standardized testing to support our assessment of student potential.