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Yale, 12 to Amherst, 12 to Harvard. The height of matriculation to Yale was 1937, when one freshman in ten at Yale was an Andover alumnus. That year, 74 percent of the class matriculated at Yale, Harvard, or Princeton. By 1957 onldy 47% matriculated at those institutions. Amherst consistently ranked third after Yale and Harvard for many years in this period, but declined after the 1940s when the school sought to admit more public school graduates. In 1950 for the first time in over a century, more graduates were admitted to Harvard than Yale (64 and 46, respectively) (See

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1901 to roughly 25% in 1944. Andover was one of the first New England boarding schools to accept black students, starting in the 1850s. However, it had just five black students when Bancroft died in 1901, and black representation actually declined under Bancroft's successors: only four African-Americans attended Andover between 1911 and 1934. The academy admitted more Jewish students but capped their numbers at roughly 5% of the student body. Andover was also one of the first American schools to educate Chinese students, participating in the 1872–1881

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under $ 100,000/year (another 22.9% do not know their family income). 38.8% of students identified as liberal, 13.3% as independent, 8.6% as conservative, and 8.0% as either communist or socialist (another 26.5% were unsure as to their political affiliation). 21.6% of students identified as agnostic and 21.1% as atheist, compared to 22.5% who identified as "Christian," 16.9% as Catholic, and 5.4% as Protestant (students could select multiple choices). In addition, 6.4% of students identified as ethnically Jewish and 5.3% as religiously Jewish.

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Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% as Native American/Alaska Native, and 1.3% as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. This survey allowed students to identify with multiple categories. The percentage of black students represents a significant increase from 2021, when 10.4% of students identified as black and 6.8% as African American.

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Andover enrolls a large international student population, representing approximately 15% of the student body. In March 2024, Andover enrolled 184 international students, of whom 55 were U.S. citizens living abroad. Conversely, a quarter of the student body lives off campus in neighboring communities.

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Like many other boarding school administrators, Kemper and his successors also sought to democratize the campus. Andover began to admit more black students in the 1950s and 1960s, but progress was slow; by 1978, 6% of the student body was black or Hispanic. Andover abolished secret societies in 1949,

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who had no children and wanted to make Andover "the most beautiful school in America." Cochran donated roughly $ 10 million to Andover (approximately $ 181 million in February 2024 dollars); for reference, when he died his estate was probated at $ 3 million. In 1928, as many as 15,000 people visited

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program. Although tightening academic standards at elite universities and increased competition from public schools caused Andover's college placement record to decline significantly during Kemper's administration—the proportion of graduates attending Yale, Harvard, or Princeton fell to 55% in 1953

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The pattern of strongly favoring Yale began in the 1840s and continued through the 1940s. During those years, when the senior class numbered around forty, Andover graduates matriculated as follows: 1858 – 20 to Yale, 10 to Williams; 1863 – 21 to Yale, eight to Brown, five to Harvard; 1868 – 105 to

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The academy's dormitories vary in size from as few as four to as many as 40 students, and are organized into five "clusters" of roughly 220 students and 40 faculty affiliates each. Many social events are organized through the cluster system, including orientation, study breaks, and snacks. None of

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The student body is relatively affluent and politically liberal. As of March 2023, 95.4% of Andover students have at least one parent who graduated from college, and 46.8% of students have family household incomes over $ 250,000/year, compared to the 11.3% of students with family household incomes

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to learn about best practices in Europe. Aided by a "sink-or-swim" policy of expelling underperforming or undisciplined students, the academy was able to place a majority of its students at Yale, Harvard, or Princeton (64% in 1931 and 74% in 1937). Enrollment, which had fallen from 396 students in

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Certain New England families were drawn to Andover's reputation for theological conservatism. In the 1880s, the bulk of Andover students came from Congregationalist (mainly Calvinist) and Presbyterian households, and the academy enrolled "almost no" Unitarians or Methodists. However, by the 1900s,

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Phillips Academy is one of the most selective boarding schools in the United States, especially in light of its size. In 2016, four boarding schools had an acceptance rate lower than 15%, and Andover was larger than the other three put together. The acceptance rate normally hovers around 13%, but

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During this period, Andover was a primarily white and Protestant institution, although its expanding scholarship program and occasional steps toward racial integration made it relatively diverse by New England boarding school standards. The share of scholarship boys steadily increased from 10% in

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To compete with newer, fully residential boarding schools, the headmasters built new on-campus housing and modernized the academic facilities, a process that took over a generation to complete. Shortly after taking over, Bancroft recognized that Andover's historical reliance on local families for

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Andover is not part of any formal athletic conference, but it is a member of the Six Schools League, a group of the northernmost members of the Eight Schools Association; it is also a member of the Eight Schools Athletic Council, another initiative of the ESA. In postseason play, Andover's teams

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The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology was founded in 1901. The academy bills it as "one of the nation's major repositories of Native American archaeological collections." Unlike the Addison Gallery, the Peabody Institute is accessible to researchers, public schools, and visitors only by

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In the 1920s and 1930s, Andover added new buildings around this campus core, including the administrative building, library, dining hall, art gallery, chapel, math building, and dormitories. Many of the buildings were named after notable Americans, some (but not all) of whom attended Andover.

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By contrast, a March 2023 survey conducted by Andover's student newspaper (to which 81.0% of the student body responded) found that 50.2% of Andover students identified as white, 42.9% as Asian (including 25.8% as Asian Americans), 13.4% as black (including 8.6% as African American), 10.9% as

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For the 2021–2022 school year, Andover reported that 36.5% of its students were white, 33.0% were Asian, 10.2% were black, 10.5% were Hispanic, 0.5% were Native American/Alaska Native, and 9.3% were multiracial. The survey in question did not allow Andover to identify one student in multiple

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The academy conducted a "record-setting" fundraising campaign from 2017 to 2023, raising $ 408.9 million. The campaign added over $ 103 million to the academy's financial aid endowment and raised $ 121 million to upgrade health, dormitory, library, music, and athletic facilities.

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Andover does not rank students. It calculates GPA using a 6.0 scale instead of the usual 4.0 scale, where a 6 is considered outstanding, a 5 is an honors grade, and a 2 is a passing grade. A March 2023 student survey found that the average GPA was 5.41; it was 5.18 in 2018.

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Andover enrolls a student body that is more racially diverse than Massachusetts, although the numbers vary significantly depending on whether respondents are permitted to identify as two or more races. The academy reports that 59% of students identify as people of color.

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In the twenty-first century, tuition charges at Phillips Academy have significantly increased. In the 2018–19 academic year, Phillips Academy charged boarding students $ 55,800 and day students $ 43,300, placing it among the most expensive boarding schools in the world.

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The collection includes materials from the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Mexico and the Arctic, and range from Paleo Indian (more than 10,000 years ago) to the present day. Since the early 1990s, the museum has been at the forefront of compliance with the

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Today, Andover is an athletic powerhouse among New England private schools. Andover athletes have won over 110 New England championships in the last three decades. Some teams have even competed internationally; for example, the boys' crew has competed at England's

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The Addison Gallery of American Art is an art museum donated by Thomas Cochran in memory of Keturah Addison Cobb, the mother of his friend Zaidee Cobb Bliss. It is open to the public, and underwent a $ 30 million renovation and expansion from 2008 to 2010.

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The WASP ascendancy began to break down around the 1960s and onwards when the admissions policies of elite prep schools and universities began to emphasize merit rather than affluence. Still, images of exclusivity based on unfairness tended to remain.

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ascendancy" during the first half of the twentieth century. Elite universities such as Yale and Princeton tended to accept disproportionate percentages of prep school students while using quotas to deny admission to minority applicants. An account in

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They can tell just by looking at him whether a boy goes to an Eastern prep school or not. Not only that, they can tell which prep school, usually St. Paul's or Hotchkiss or Groton or Exeter or Andover, or whatever; just by checking his hair and his

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since 2007. Andover and Exeter are the only two co-educational prep schools in the United States that both admit students on a need-blind basis and offer financial aid that covers 100% of demonstrated financial need for every admitted student.

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Reports in 2016 and 2017 identified several former teachers who had engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with students in the past. The academy hired an independent law firm to investigate allegations of misconduct, and the head of school,

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Andover's commitment to orthodox theology helped fuel the Exeter rivalry. Exeter was more welcoming to Unitarians or at least less religious; for example, unlike Andover, its academy constitution did not compel Exeter to teach the doctrine of

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In the 2022–23 school year, Andover enrolled 214 freshmen (in academy jargon, "juniors"), 276 sophomores ("lowers"), 311 juniors ("uppers"), and 348 seniors and postgraduates ("seniors" and "PGs"), for a total enrollment of 1,149 students.

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suggested that Andover and Exeter had a "style that was quite witty." If the WASP ascendancy has waned, the image of unaffordability continues to persist, with one writer deploring how the schools cost $ 30,000 and more annually.

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although one society still exists. It also abolished mandatory attendance at religious services in the early 1970s. Phillips Academy became co-educational in 1973, when it merged with its sister school Abbot Academy.

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Andover does not publicly report its students' standardized test scores, explaining that many colleges have adopted test-optional admission policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Class of 2019's average combined

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student housing was hurting its reputation. By 1901 Andover provided housing for approximately one-third of boarders; by 1929 all boarders could finally live on campus. Much of this expansion was funded by banker

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Allis, p. 148 (outlining that due to its closer ties to Harvard, Exeter was "less positively religious in its influence," and "concentrate ... upon its special work of preparing boys for admission to college").

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hosts religious services and the philosophy, religious studies, and community service departments. It is the only building on campus named for the Cochran family, who built much of the modern-day Andover

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policy, and 45% of students receive financial aid. The academy also commits to meet 100% of each admitted student's demonstrated financial need, as determined by the academy's financial aid department.

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the original dormitory buildings remain; the oldest dorm is Blanchard House, built in 1789. Two dormitory names carry on the Andover Theological Seminary tradition: America House, where the song

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Allis, pp. 344-35; see also id. at 616 (Fuess stating that Andover had 2 black students in 1944 and expressing concern that increasing black enrollment might spell trouble for the academy).

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In the 2023–24 school year, Phillips Academy charged boarding students $ 69,600 and day students $ 53,950, of which financial aid covers approximately $ 43,000. The academy has a

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Calvinism was no longer popular in New England, and Andover Theological Seminary was facing declining enrollment. In 1907, the seminary reconciled with Harvard and returned to

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hosts the school's administrative offices and the Drama and Art Departments. It also hosts the school post office, locker rooms, and Day Student Lounge. It was built in 1926.

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account, @blackatandover, began circulating stories from anonymous current and former Black-identifying students, many of whom detailed personal experiences with

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began coordinating outreach to potential applicants and streamlining the admissions process. After Kemper's retirement, Andover became a founding member of the

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Athletic competition has long been a part of the Phillips Academy tradition. As early as 1805, some form of "football" was being played on campus; that year,

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Andover students operate the Phillips Academy Poll, the first public opinion poll to be conducted by high school students. In 2022, the poll was featured by

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In 2013, Phillips Academy drew national attention for apparent bias against girls and women, as highlighted by a low number of girls in student leadership.

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McLachlan, p. 228 ("The Phillips Exeter Academy, on the other hand, while not formally Unitarian, became so latitudinarian as to be almost nonsectarian.").

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In the 1930s, Andover participated in the International Schoolboy Fellowship, a cultural exchange program between U.S. boarding schools, British

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Phillips Academy's extracurricular activities include music ensembles, a campus newspaper, an Internet radio station (formerly broadcasting as

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filings for the 2021–22 school year, the academy reported $ 110.2 million in program service expenses and $ 22.9 million in grants (primarily

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Despite some shifts, the school's image continues to connote exclusivity, prestige, and academic quality. For example, Florida governor

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program, the academy de-emphasized AP classes in the 21st century, citing a desire to maintain curricular flexibility and independence.

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in 1931 described the two academies as having "flourished", and that both were "twin giants of prep schools in size and in prestige".

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The Philomathean Society is the nation's second-oldest high school debating society, after Exeter's Daniel Webster Debate Society.

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Allis, p. 616 (Fuess writing that out of Andover's 690 students, 30-35 were Jews, and that he was trying to reduce this number).

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theology professor. The Phillips family financially backed the seminary, and the two institutions shared a board of directors.

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dating back to precolonial America and a collection of colonial model ships. The gallery also features rotating exhibitions.

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Andover also runs a five-week summer session for approximately 600 students entering grades 8-12, which dates back to 1942.

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at Phillips Academy. Several individuals raised concerns about Phillips Academy's disciplinary system, including perceived

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Andover is highly selective, accepting just 9% of applicants for the 2022–2023 school year. Along with its athletic rival

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Today, Andover and Exeter are now both nonsectarian institutions, and the rivalry no longer carries religious overtones.

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had caused significant upheaval to education in New England, and Phillips Academy filled part of that gap. (For example,

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During this period, Andover also began coordinating policy with other large and wealthy secondary schools. In 1952, the

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Henry Pearson to Eliphalet Pearson, Andover, October 26, 1805, in the Pearson Papers, Phillips Academy Archives.

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hosts the Classics Department. It was built in 1817. It was formerly the chapel of Andover Theological Seminary.

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The old core of Phillips Academy's campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the

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commended the OWHL for digitizing its books and allowing the Internet Archive to lend them to third parties (

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is the dining hall. It was built in 1930 and underwent a $ 30 million renovation in 2007. It is named after

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deliver the keynote address at Andover's 150th anniversary celebration, a speech that Cochran had arranged.

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in discipline procedure outlined by the student handbook. The @blackatandover account was reported on by

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in 1875. The school organized an athletics department in 1903 with the objective of "Athletics for All."

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Phillips Academy is the oldest incorporated academy in the United States. It was established in 1778 by

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Founded in 1778, Andover is one of the oldest high schools in the United States. It has educated a long

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hosts the English Department. It was built in 1819 and renovated in 2012. It was named after architect

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covering 100% of students' demonstrated financial need. 45% of Andover students receive financial aid.

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Andover offers 29 interscholastic programs and 44 intramural or instructional programs, including

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hosts the Science Department and an observatory. It was built in 2004. It was named after donor

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and 33% in 1967—nearly every major boarding school endured similar declines during this period.

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has one character laments that his parents could not afford to send him to Andover or Exeter.

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The academy is often mentioned in books and film, and on television. Some examples include:

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Athletics for All: Physical Education and Athletics at Phillips Academy, Andover, 1778–1978

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recipients (Civil War: 2; Spanish–American War: 1; World War II: 2; Korean War: 1), five

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Several prominent Revolutionary figures maintained links with the academy, including

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in Iowa. The previous Head of School was law professor (and 1990 Exeter graduate)

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1855 to 177 in 1877, rebounded to roughly 400 by 1901 and passed 700 in 1937.

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Youth From Every Quarter: A Bicentennial History of Phillips Academy, Andover

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Youth from Every Quarter: A Bicentennial History of Phillips Academy, Andover

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in 1776.) The founders of Phillips Academy were strongly associated with the

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The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

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has been Head of School since 2019. He was previously the president of

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Private boarding high school in Andover, Massachusetts, United States

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Joseph I. Lieberman and Michael D'Orso, Simon & Schuster, 2000,

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was penned by a seminarian, and Stowe House, where American writer

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In 1828, all-boys Phillips Academy was joined by a sister school,

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website, the newspaper is "entirely uncensored and student run."

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score was 1460 (720 reading, 740 math), and its average combined

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