The breadth of classes offered. Of course the classes are also small and generally taught by excellent faculty as well. Also, Andover has trimesters, which means students can take a variety of classes and, in math for example, pass out of one term with summer school. It makes for more flexibility and more options.

Underclassmen are often impatient to get going with the fantastic elective offerings -- the yearlong English requirement for the first 3 years, for example, feels constrictive. Also, some teachers left a lot to be desired, particularly in the math department.

There were a lot of possibilities for fulfilling the athletic requirement - intramural sports, yoga, search and rescue, basics etc.

The requirement of doing a "sport" every term could get old. Having one term off as a senior would have been nice.

There was a small but extremely talented group of professors. Also there were a lot of art classes and theater productions so casual involvement was possible. Also the facilities available were pretty incredible - students were able to do lighting and set design at a really high level, for example.

The intensity of the program meant that a lot of the people involved were [too intense].

There were tons of them! Also the community service program was really big and provided a lot of differnet opportunities to go out into the community, especially the nearby city of Lawrence. Student organizations are great and people take them pretty seriously, which is awesome - Andover has more extra curriculars than many colleges.

The school is slowly but surely robbing them of their liberty! The newspaper for example has always been allowed to stay out late for production purposes, as were the staffs of the radio and yearbook. Now this privilege has been almost entirely revoked, as the school tries to do away with renegade student publications and potential lawsuits.

Uh... that it took place in a dorm! Living with friends is the bomb.

House counselors. They were supposed to be supportive parent type figures but were more like nazi policemen, always on the lookout for rule breaking and telling us to be quiet. The result was a closed-door culture in the dormitory that put a big damper on socializing.

Lots of options. Beautiful dining hall. Meals were included for everyone all the time - so no card swiping or any of that mumbo jumbo.

Cafeteria food gets old.

It was so easy - freshmen live in separate dorms so the transition was very very comfortable. I had no trouble fitting in, making friends or feeling right at home.

Very diverse- not as integrated as one would hope, but that is because historically it has been easiest to push up diversity numbers by recruiting from established pools [] - so race = geography = economic and educational background.

Went out to dinner, out to movies, watched sports games, went to dances, hung out in people's rooms.

Yes; the town could have been bigger but it was sufficient definitely and we grew fond of it. Andover is on the commuter line to go into Boston which is great.