Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover, Andover, or PA) is a co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. The school is located in Andover, Massachusetts, 25 miles north of Boston.
Phillips Academy is one of the oldest boarding schools in the United States, established in 1778 by Samuel Phillips, Jr.. Phillips's uncle founded Phillips Exeter Academy three years later, starting a rivalry t...
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Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover, Andover, or PA) is a co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. The school is located in Andover, Massachusetts, 25 miles north of Boston.
Phillips Academy is one of the oldest boarding schools in the United States, established in 1778 by Samuel Phillips, Jr.. Phillips's uncle founded Phillips Exeter Academy three years later, starting a rivalry that has continued through the centuries. Phillips Academy's endowment stood around $787 million in January 2008, the fourth-highest of any American secondary school. Andover is subject to the control of the board of trustees, headed by Oscar Tang, a New York financier and philanthropist.
Andover traditionally educated its students for Yale (and to a lesser extent, Harvard and Amherst), but students now matriculate to a wide range of colleges and universities. In recent years, Andover has sent the largest number of its students to Yale, Harvard...
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