Middlesex School vs. Phillips Academy Andover
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School Overview
Top Rankings
Middlesex School ranks among the top 20 boarding schools (out of 280 schools) for:
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Phillips Academy Andover ranks among the top 20 boarding schools (out of 280 schools) for:
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School History
Overview
Founded in 1901, and located in one of this country's most historic towns, Concord, Massachusetts, Middlesex aspires to help its students "find their promise" through immersion in a rigorous academic program, inclusive extracurricular programs in arts and athletics, and a commitment to service. Middlesex students are exposed to a breadth and depth of opportunities typically found at only a much larger school.
Over 150 classes include five languages, a much emulated Writing Program, and over 50 advanced and AP sections that wil stretch students intellectually as they pursue academic passions.
At Middlesex, everyone engages in cocurricular life, participating in a thriving arts program (including a third of the school performing via vocal, instrumental or dramatic groups) that ofters opportunities for the beginner to high-end artist; similarly, each student participates in athletics, and we have a home for both the elite athlete and those new to team sports.
All of this work takes place in a community strengthened by our shared commitment to five core values: honesty, respect, kindness, gratitude, and courage.
A Place of Limitless Opportunities -- you come to Andover because of the 1,100 other students who come to Andover.
They are, as our founding charter calls for them to be, "youth from every quarter." They`re talented in quirky and serious ways, they have ideas and opinions like- but mostly unlike-yours, they have fascinating histories and surprising ambitions and generous hearts.
They come because they love ideas and learning and discovering.
And they come because maybe you will be here too. One of the Latin mottoes on our seal translates as "the end depends on the beginning." Andover is a place where we`re always beginning.
We`re always discovering new opportunities, experimenting with a new approach, finding courage to take risks.
We`re always looking for new ways to reach out to people in need, to work together with new communities.
Always making room for you to be your most honest, authentic, daring self. Imagine teachers who give you the freedom to think openly and deeply, to question and make mistakes.
School Focus
College Preparatory
College Preparatory
Grades Offered
9-12
9-12, PG
School Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
ADD/ADHD Support
No
No
Year Founded
1901
1778
Campus Size
350 acres
500 acres
Students Body
Enrollment
420
1154
% Students of Color
44%
59%
% International Students
12%
15%
% Students Boarding
72%
75%
Average SAT Score
1480
1446
Average ACT score
32
31
Offers Post-Grad Year
No
Yes
Academics and Faculty
Saturday Classes
Yes
No
Frequency of Saturday Classes
Weekly
Less than once a month
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Average Class Size
12
13
Student : Teacher ratio
4:1
7:1
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
61
n/a
ESL Courses Offered
No
No
% Faculty with Advanced Degree
80%
84%
Summer Program Offered
No
Yes
Finances
Endowment Size
$301 million
$1326 million
Tuition (Boarding Students)
$75,475
$73,780
Tuition (Day Students)
$61,270
$57,190
Avg. Financial Aid Grant
$52,560
$45,000
Admission
Application Deadline
Jan. 15
Feb. 1
Accepts Standardized Application
Yes
No
SSAT Required
Yes
Yes
Average Percentile SSAT
90
n/a
Acceptance Rate
18%
13%
Director of Admissions
Douglas C. Price
Jill Thompson
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
61
n/a
Sport
Total Sports Offered
21
28
Sports
Alpine Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross Country, Cross Country Running, Dance, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Nordic Skiing, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Tennis, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, Wrestling
Ballet, Baseball, Basketball, Climbing, Crew, Cross Country, Cross Country Running, Cycling, Dance, Diving, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Nordic Skiing, Soccer, Softball, Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Track and Field, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, Water Polo, Winter Track, Wrestling
Extracurricular
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
79
178
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
AI (Artificial Intelligence) Club, AI Club, Astronomy Club, Baking club, Book Lovers’ Club, Botany Club, Boys with Books, Bring Change to Mind, Campuses Against Cancer, Cards for Kids, Catan club, Chess Club, Classical Music Club, Classics Club, Classics club, Common sense, Computer Programming Club, Creative Writing Club, Crossword Club, Debate Club, Economics Club, Esports, Farming, FemX, Finance club, Fishing Club, Focus, Formula One, French Club, Friendship bracelet club, Gazebo Skating Club, German Club, Girls with Gains, GSA (Gender and Sexuality Alliance), Harry Potter Club, Improv Club, International Club Food Club, Intersectionality Club, Jewish Student Union, Knitting Club, Language Tutoring, Makers Club, Marine Biology Club, Math Club, Medical Club, Mindfulness (Morning Mindfulness), Mountain Bike Club, MX DNA, MX Music Festival, MX Yoga Club, MXSpike (Spikeball Club), Not Dead Yet Poets Society, Nutrition Club, Outside Club, Painting Club, Peace of Mind, Percussion Club, Photo Club, Photography Club, Physics Club, Ping Pong Club, Politics Club, Real Estate Investment Club, Road Cycling Club, Robotics, Rubiks Cube, Screenwriting Club, Sense for Humanity, Spanish Club, Sports Analytics Club, Star Wars Club, Studio Art Club, Tea Club, The Anvil, The Iris, Video Production Club, Volunteer for Veterans, Weightlifting, Writing for Social Justice and Change
3D Printing Club, Academy Manor Nursing Home volunteers, ActiveMinds Andover, Activism, AdoptaPlatoon, Afro-Latino-American Society (Af-Lat-Am), Alianza (Latino Student Alliance), Amnesty International Club, and Mentoring (DREAM), Andover Ambassadors, Andover Art Society, Andover Japanese Connection, Andover-Lawrence String Program, App Development, ARC Buddies, Archaeology and History Club, Architecture Club, Art Exchange, Art for Expression, Art Music Society, Asian Society, Astronomy Club, Azure, Babel Foreign Language Magazine, Backtracks Magazine, Baking Club, Ballroom Dance Society, Bancroft Elementary Teachers Aides, Big Idea Club, Birding Club, Blue Key Society, Blue Strut, blue.print, Boss Magazine, Bread & Roses community kitchen volunteers, Bread Loaf Pen Pel Program, Bread Loaf Writing Workshop, Calliope (female a capella), Campuses against Cancer, Catholic Student Fellowship, Chess Club, Chinese Language & Culture Club, Chinese Taiwanese Student Association, Christian Fellowship Club, Classical Music Forum, Classical Physics Club, Classics Club, Cluster Ultimate Frisbee, Clutch Collaborative, Coed Crew, Community Awareness For Everyone (CAFE), Computer Science Club, Constructed Languages Club, Courant Art & Literary Magazine, Cross Country, Culinary Appreciation Club, Culture Politics & Religion (CPR), Cyber Security and Forensics Club, Dance Instruction, Dear Sam Wellness Club, Deerfield Dance Club, Deerfield Scroll -- Student Newspaper, Disability Rights, Disc Golf, Diversity Task Force, DJ Factory-Electronic Music Production, Documentary Society, Double Dutch, DramaLabs, Drug Alcohol Awareness Committee, Drum Line, EAT Club, Eco-Action, Education, Elements, Entrepreneurship Club, Environmental Action Group, Fashion Design Club, Fencing Club, Figure Skating Club, Film Makers Society, Finance & Politics of Sports, Finance Club, FIT (Fundamentals in Training), Fitness, Footnotes tap dance group, French Club, Frisbee Club, Frontline Political Magazine, Games Club, Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA), German Club, Girls Global Health, GirlUp Andover!, Global Health Initiative, Global Nomads, Gospel, Grill Club, Handbell Choir, Hindu Student Union, Hip Hop Club, Hypnotiq, Indo-Pak, Instructional Swim, International Club, International Review online publication, Intramural Hockey, Intramural Sports, Japanese Animeshon Club, Jewish Student Union, Junto, Justice NOW, Model UN, Modern Engineering Forum, Motorsports Club, Moviemakers Club, Music MDs, Muslim Student Union, Non sibi Society, Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos (Friends of the Orphans), Out of the Blue, Outdoor Pursuits, Over the Hills and Farther Away, OXFAM, PA Democrats, PA Liberal Action, PA Republican Society, Paddle Tennis Club, Philomathean, Philosophy, Photography Club, Physical Health Information Team, Physics Club, Pilates, Ping Pong Club, Political Union, Pot Pourri Yearbook, Project V.O.I.C.E. (ESL), Psychology Club, Quiz Bowl, Real World Challenge aeronautics, Red Cross, Robotics Club, Science & Technology Club, Science and Medicine Journal Club, Science Club, Science Club for Girls, Se Puede After-School Tutoring Program, SIS Female Empowerment program, Skating, Sketchy comedy writing club, SLAM cheer team, South East Asian Club, Spanish, Speech Club, Spinning, Sports and Games Club, Sports Forum, Sports Medicine Club, Squash instruction, Student Activities Board, Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, Students in Medicine, Techmasters, Tennis Instruction, The Childrens Place volunteers, The Fellowship (FOCUS), Unaccompanied Minors, Under the Bed, UNICEF Club, VOICE-Foreign Language Magazine, Volleyball Instruction, Women's Forum, Word slam poetry club, WPAA Radio, Yoga, Yorkies, Youth Development Organization volunteers