Recently, the Admissions Office announced this year’s admissions statistics. Only a record low 14 percent of all applicants were accepted. Out of those accepted, 78% of them have decided to attend Andover this fall, a yield tied with last year’s as the highest ever. They come from 33 states and 25 countries, with a median SSAT score of 94%. These statistics portray the incoming class as the some of the most academically elite youth in the world, and they most likely are.

However,...