<p>laxtaxi…that is not correct. Many of the Ivy admissions this year from NMH were kids who play absolutely no sports. Actually, the majority of Ivy admissions were not athletes. Two of my older son’s best friends from 2003 attended Yale and Brown. Neither played a sport and both were caucasian boys…one from Massachusetts. Both FA candidates as well.</p>
<p>To add to my above post…of my son’s two friends who went Ivy, one played Varsity football at NMH, but didn’t make the team until his junior year. He was so-so. No sports in college. He was a good student, not perfect. SAT high 1400’s. EC’s were mostly community-based. The other boy played soccer, again not for college. Leadership positions in school. One was in the Cum Laude society; one was not.</p>
<p>That sounds lucky to me…he had to have had a hook you didn’t no about. 1400’s? Not saying that it’s impossible or anything, but I got a 1400 in the 8th grade(had to take it for duke TIP). In fact many strict parents (usually asian) don’t think there child has a chance at IVY if not in 2000’s. He must have been great at something…</p>
<p>mpicz - In the “old days”, there were only 2 SAT sections (no writing). A score in the high 1400s out of 1600 is very good. It would be comparable to a 2200 today.</p>
<p>O…the old SAT. Makes a little more sense…but still a 2200 and not much else doesn’t land you in IVYs. He got a little lucky, or there was something major missing out in his description. I also wouldn’t necessarily call it comparable to a 2200, supposedly girls have been doing much better than men since the new SAT was implemented. Due to that writing section.</p>
<p>Thank you. And dont forget that if you have anything to add just post it on this thread or dont hesitate to PM me</p>
<p>schools don’t use the writing score in the admissions process yet. Definitely no other hook. We knew this family well as he was a good friend of my son’s. NMH is well respected and a score like that with excellent grades can get you in. He was involved in many activities at NMH, but not big time athletics or musician.</p>
<p>My son recently mentioned that a junior at NMH got into Harvard, Yale and Middlebury. He plays lax but is not playing in college. I don’t know his stats but it looks like he is going to choose Middlebury.</p>
<p>I was joking about not being able to get into Ivies from NMH. You can get into Ivies from pretty much anywhere, public-, private-, or home-schooled if you are what they are looking for. The idea of a freshman attending or not attending NMH because of a concern about whether s/he can get into an Ivy 4 years later seems ridiculous to me. </p>
<p>But that’s just me.</p>
<p>I go to Berkshire (used to go to IMS) and know a couple people at NMH.</p>
<p>oh lax, I knew that didn’t sound like you. Kids tend to be awfully intense these days don’t they?</p>
<p>Yep, though more often than not it’s the parents it seems. How do kids know they MUST have an Ivy League education when they are still in middle school if not from their parents!</p>
<p>Hey guys I am going to NMH next year! It is an amazing school with so much opportunity to become whatever you want to be. I will be a sophomore next year. Hope to see you guys soon.</p>
<p>musatot, you went to ims? im an 8th grader there now, but im applied out cuz its kindof getting old xD</p>