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Jun. 1st - 15th, 2014
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1、安多佛的课程是怎样的？
安多佛的课程设计主要是为了在艺术、人文和科学上给每个学生提供宽广而坚实的基础。在安多佛的求学生涯中，学生发展范围广泛的各种基本技能，假以灵活的计划和琳琅满目的选择，使得学生的优势和天赋能得到最充分的发挥。修这些课程的要求和毕业需要达到的修课要求都在课程介绍中有详细的描述。
2、安多佛每个班级有多少新生？
每年有两百多个9年级或是高年级的新生开始他们在安多佛的旅程。其中，10年级大概有85个新生，11年级或高年级有20~25个加入。共有30~35个12年级的新生和已高中毕业的学生加入到毕业班。
3、安多佛录取学生的平均GPA/SSAT分数？
虽然安多佛录取委员会没有设定录取的最低成绩和分数，但进入安多佛的学生在他们以前学校的平均成绩普遍能保持在“A”且SSAT考分在93百分比率以上。
4、安多佛典型的一天是怎么安排的？
学生一般在早上8:00至下午2:45之间上课。一周有三天，在早上第二节课后进行一个持续30分钟的会议。此时师生间能近距离地进行交流，并且学生能得到老师的全面帮助。尤其是周五，这30分钟时间会专门用来进行学业上的建议。周三的课程会少些，以安排下午的校际体育竞赛。一天共有7个上课时间段，一般学生会上5节课。他们拥有充足的午餐时间。有些课程安排每周一天会有两节。
下午上完课后安多佛学生要马上投入到体育活动中。参加校际比赛的学生一周要训练四天，一般在周三或周六下午进行比赛。很多社区服务项目也在下午和傍晚进行。饭后，学生参加戏剧和音乐合奏排练，社团活动，学习小组和课业辅导。晚上8:00开始上晚自习，学生必须在宿舍处或是校园里其他学习的地方签到。晚上10:00（周日和周四是9:30）学生必须在宿舍学习，而且必须签到。
5、安多佛周六有课吗？
周六不上课，周日也没课。 6、那周末一般做些什么？
在周中由于上课的需要， 活动的安排很有限，但是周末的校园活动却是丰富多彩且令人向往的。周末活动有戏剧、音乐表演、舞蹈、音乐会、咖啡屋、讲座、电影、艺术展、演奏和一些非正式的活动等。
7、安多佛有着装标准吗？
安多佛没有正式的着装要求，但是希望学生能装着干净整洁，并且在每个场合都能穿着得体。
8、技术在安多佛的体验中是怎样的？
光纤计算机网络为校园中超过75幢学术、行政和宿舍大楼提供高速计算机接入。在奥利弗温德尔福尔摩斯图书馆、所有的教学楼里和部分行政大楼里都已经有无线网络的覆盖。除了每个人都有自己的邮箱账号、有语音留言的室内电话外，每个学生在他/她的宿舍都可以高速上网。还可以从公共的技术学习中心的两百多台已联网的计算机进入网络。安多佛的在线内网组织，PAnet，让学生、教工和行政人员都可以分享想法和工作、参加线上讨论和公示计划安排。安多佛还为家长提供一个私人的、密码受保护的家长窗口，同步地方便家长了解孩子的活动和学校发生的事情。
9、学校的学业指导工作是怎样运行的？
安多佛的每一个学生都有一个对应的指导老师，指导老师帮助学生设计学习的课程和课外项目，并且通过每周的会议来跟进学生的情况。对于九年级的住校学生，指导老师是根据宿舍来分配的。当九年级学生要搬到高年级学生住的宿舍时，学校会分配一个固定的指导老师给他们。对于九年级走读生和所有10至12年级的学生，也都安排了长期的指导老师。这个长期的指导老师和学生会一直合作到毕业，所以他们的关系也会随着时间的推移而加深。
10、大学升学指导方面为学生提供了哪些资源？
大学升学指导办公室为高年级（11年级）和12年级的学生进行细心地辅导，这个辅导贯穿整个大学招生过程。辅导开始于11年级的冬天一直到12年级的秋天和冬天。每个学生将会单独的和六个学校顾问中一个去讨论升学材料的准备和选校。大学升学指导办公室还建立了一个完善的网站。
11、安多弗的毕业生会去哪些大学继续深造？
安多弗的学生遍布美国各地甚至世界各地的大学和学院。如果您想了解更多有关我们的毕业生就读大学的详细信息，请浏览我们的大学升学指导关于毕业生就读大学的页面。
[信息来源于菲利普斯安多佛学校]
1.What is the Andover academic program like?
Andover's curriculum is designed to provide every student with a strong and broad foundation in the arts, humanities and sciences. During their years at Andover, students develop a wide range of basic skills and, with the advantage of flexible planning and much choice, are able to reach as far as their strengths and talents will carry them. The courses and diploma requirements are described fully in the Course of Study.
2.How many new students join each class at Andover?
Every year, more than 200 new ninth graders, or juniors, begin their journey at Andover. They are joined by an average of 85 new peers in the tenth grade, or lower year, and 20-25 new eleventh graders, or uppers. A total of 30-35 new seniors and postgraduates round out the graduating class.
3.What is the average GPA/SSAT score of applicants that are offered admission to Andover?
Although the Andover admissions committee has no minimum grade or score requirements for acceptance, the average Andover student maintained an "A" average at his or her previous school and scored in the 93rd percentile on the SSATs.
4.What is a typical day like at Andover?
Students are typically in academic classes from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Three days a week, the schedule offers a 30-minute conference period after the first two classes, in which students may meet with teachers and seek extra help. This 30-minute time block is used for academic advising on Fridays. The Wednesday schedule is condensed to allow for interscholastic athletic contests in the afternoon. Because there are seven periods in a day and students, on average, take 5 classes, they have ample time for lunch. Certain classes meet for double periods one day a week.
Andover students are involved with athletic commitments in the afternoon immediately following classes. Interscholastic teams practice four days a week and generally compete on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Many community service projects also take place in the afternoon and early evening. After dinner, students attend theatre and music ensemble rehearsals, club meetings, study groups, and tutorials. On nights before classes, formal study hours begin at 8 p.m., at which time students must be signed in to their dormitories or an academic area on campus. By 10 p.m. (9:30 p.m. on Sunday and Thursday), students must be studying in their dormitories and signed in for the night.
5.Does Andover have classes on Saturdays?
There are no Saturday classes and no classes on any Sunday.
6.What is there to do on weekends?
Social events during the week are limited by the demands of the academic program, but the weekend program on campus is exciting and varied. Weekend activities include theatre and musical performances, dances, concerts, coffee houses, lectures, movies, art exhibitions, plays, and informal activities.
7.Is there a dress code at Andover?
Andover does not have a formal dress code, but students are expected to be neat and clean and to dress appropriately for each occasion.
8.How is technology a part of the Andover experience?
A fiber-optic computer network provides high-speed computer access to more than 75 academic, administrative, and residential buildings on campus. A wireless network is also available in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library, in all academic buildings, and in some selected administrative buildings. In addition to individual e-mail accounts and private, in-dorm phone lines with voice mail, each student has high-speed Internet access from his or her dormitory room. Network access is available as well through public Technology Learning Centers (TLCs) with more than 200 computers. Andover's online intranet community, PAnet, allows students, faculty, and administrators to share ideas and work, to participate in online discussions, and to post schedules. A personalized, password-protected parent portal is also available to parents to provide a convenient way to stay abreast of their child's activities as well as general school events.
9.How does academic advising work?
Every Andover student has an individual adviser who helps design the student's course of study and extracurricular program and follows up with weekly meetings. For ninth-grade boarding students, advisers are assigned by dormitory. When the ninth-graders move to upper-class dorms, they are assigned permanent advisers. For ninth-grade day students and for all students who enter in grades 10-12, permanent advisers are assigned. The permanent adviser and student are paired until graduation, so their relationship grows as the years go by.
10.What college counseling resources are provided for students?
The College Counseling Office carefully guides uppers (11th graders) and seniors through the college admission process. Counseling begins in the winter of the upper year and continues through the fall and winter of senior year. Each student meets with one of the six college counselors individually to discuss his or her own academic profile and school search. The College Counseling Office maintains a comprehensive web site.
11. Where do Andover graduates go to college?
Andover students attend a variety of colleges and universities all around the country and the world. Please browse our college counseling matriculation page for more specific information about the colleges that our graduates select.
[Sources from Williams College.]