Editing Phillips Academy (section)

=== Curriculum ===
[[File:Andover Massachusetts science center.JPG|thumb|Gelb Science Center was opened in 2004.]]
Phillips Academy follows a [[Academic term|trimester program]], where a school year is divided into three terms lasting around ten weeks each.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.andover.edu/Academics/ProgramInfo/Pages/DailyClassSchedule.aspx | title=Phillips Academy - Daily Class Schedule | publisher=Phillips Academy | access-date=November 13, 2014 | archive-date=August 15, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815235755/http://www.andover.edu/Academics/ProgramInfo/Pages/DailyClassSchedule.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref> With 232 teaching faculty, a 7:1 student-faculty ratio, and an average class size of 13, Andover is able to offer 300 courses and a faculty-guided independent research option.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":15" /> Courses may last one, two, or three terms.<ref name=":15">{{cite web | url=https://www.andover.edu/Academics/Documents/COS2014-2015.pdf | title=Phillips Academy Course of Study 2014–2015 | publisher=Phillips Academy Office of the Dean of Studies | access-date=November 13, 2014 | archive-date=May 5, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505033057/http://www.andover.edu/Academics/Documents/COS2014-2015.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> Although Andover helped create the [[Advanced Placement]] program, the academy de-emphasized AP classes in the 21st century, citing a desire to maintain curricular flexibility and independence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2019-02-22 |title=No APs without PA: The History of Advanced Placement Exams at Andover |url=https://phillipian.net/2019/02/22/no-aps-without-pa-history-advanced-placement-exams-andover/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=The Phillipian}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":8" /> A March 2023 student survey found that the average GPA was 5.41; it was 5.18 in 2018.<ref name=":10" />

Andover also runs a five-week summer session for approximately 600 students entering grades 8-12,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Summer Session at Phillips Academy |url=https://www.andover.edu/summer/on-campus-programs}}</ref> which dates back to 1942.<ref>Allis, pp. 476-77.</ref>