Phillips Academy Conducting Summer Interviews for Admission to 2010-11 School Year

Interviews and student-guided tours are being offered Monday through Friday, beginning June 8.

June 01, 2009 -- Phillips Academy is conducting interviews June 8 through August 28 for local students planning to apply for admission to the 2010-2011 school year. Each applicant to Phillips Academy is required to have a personal interview as part of the admission process. In response to an unprecedented demand last year for interviews, which resulted in an 18% increase in the number of applications received, the Office of Admission is encouraging local families to take advantage of their proximity to Phillips Academy and schedule their interviews in the summer.

In addition to interviewing students who intend to apply for admission into the 9th grade, the Academy also welcomes interview requests from local students interested in applying for admission to the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades or for a post-graduate year. Students residing in Andover and North Andover must apply as day students. Students in the following cities and towns may apply as either day or boarding students: Atkinson, Bradford, Boxford, Dracut, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynnfield, Methuen, Middleton, North Reading, Pelham, Plaistow, Salem (NH), Reading, Tewksbury and Wilmington.

Interviews and student-guided tours are being offered Monday through Friday, beginning June 8. These visits provide time to learn about the school and to speak with admission counselors and student tour guides. All summer tour guides are current local students who are eager to share their perspectives and experiences. The Office of Admission also will host two open houses, on November 8, 2009 and January 9, 2010 so local families can visit while school is in session.

To schedule an interview and tour, please call the Phillips Academy Office of Admission at 978-749-4050. For more information about the admission process, call or e-mail Vivien Mallick, associate dean of admission, at 978-749-4062 or vmallick@andover.edu.