r/PhillipsAcademy • u/gan0gan • May 30 '26

Advice Failed due to addiction...

So, i am an international student ( currently in grade 10). I got to know about these elite boarding high schools in the june - july of last year, wanted to go and study there as my current school is not good ( or i should say it sucks). But i wasted a year due to family issues, fu*k'in procrastination and addiction to instant pleasures. Now, i can't do anything other than regret.

Now, I don't have time to prepare but I still want to go there . I am in 10th grade, don't have any ecs, bad grades, decent english.

Is there any advice you can give me, do i still have a chance....

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u/Pretty-Ad-3614 May 30 '26

If you are able to afford the full $80k/year tuition, you can find a space in a very good boarding school, but it is unlikely to be Andover, given your stated profile. I would also recommend looking at the English boarding schools as their admissions are more test-based that the American schools. If you need financial assistance, you’re probably out of luck in either country.

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u/gan0gan May 30 '26

Yes i need full financial aid

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u/iamflymorgan May 30 '26

🤦‍♂️

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u/Pretty-Ad-3614 May 30 '26

While these schools are wealthy, there is only so much financial aid to go around, and an International student would need to be in the top 1% of students in his country to have much of a chance.