<p>I wanted to add a few more thoughts to my previous post: NMH does send a fair amount of kids to the Ivies, and many more to top LAC's. One of the reasons not so many go to the Ivies is that not every intelligent, motivated person necessarily aspires to an Ivy education. If you aspire to go to an Ivy and are a good student, NMH is the perfect place to achieve that goal and can get you there just as well as the name-brand schools.</p>
<p>NMH is excellent for Ivies, because the Ivies appreciate the work ethic and general appreciation that NMH teaches their kids. I'm bias, as someone attending NMH in the fall, but I think that if you are looking for a school to have fun at AND receive a challenging and rigorous academics, I would choose NMH. Not everyone wants to go to college for high school, which is what I see in a lot of EC prep schools.</p>
<p>From your list I only know about NMH and Hill. NMH is very friendly and supportive for international applicants and you do not have to be a super athlete, although the athletes often fare best in IVY league college admissions. Hill is highly structured and formal, in some ways the opposite of NMH. A family friend from Taiwan sent her son to Milton where he was very happy and successful and went on to Johns Hopkins and is now a radiologist. No complaints from them...</p>