<p>What this school is about? What's its reputation? Any insider info would be very helpful!</p>
<p>There are several NMH parents in this subforum whom I know would be happy to share their insights. However, your inquiry is a bit vague. If you could tighten it up a bit it would be easier to respond. For example, are you looking from a parents' perspective or students'? You posted in the parents subforum, are you a parent? Are you looking for superficial information like rankings and the like?</p>
<p>Also, there have been numerous NMH threads in the past year. If you search for them in the prep school forum you may find the information you seek.</p>
<p>Thank you. I probably should post a new question and I will do so now.</p>
<p>well according to a teacher of mine it fosters creative thinking unlike other schools and it has good diversity and a farm on campus</p>
<p>NMH…“fosters creative thinking unlike other schools”
An intriguing concept. Marleni, or other “hoggers” on here care to elaborate ? Would love to hear more!</p>
<p>NMH does not lionize the march step of BS to Ivy to law/corp/IB/captain of the universe living in Greenwich thing. It prepares it students to do the Ivy/law…thing, but makes them really think about what they want to do and who they want to be. Culturally very accepting of differences, encouraged by so many different types of folks enrolled. </p>
<p>They don’t seem to take themselves quite so seriously, which is different from taking one’s academics sports, arts and honor code VERY seriously, which they do. I am glad that the swim team suits don’t gave pink pigs on the butt anymore. NMH is long on humor, but that joke got old.</p>
<p>NMH does not lionize the march step of BS to Ivy to law/corp/IB/captain of the universe living in Greenwich thing. It prepares it students to do the Ivy/law…thing, but makes them really think about what they want to do and who they want to be. Culturally very accepting of differences, encouraged by so many different types of folks enrolled. </p>
<p>They don’t seem to take themselves quite so seriously, which is different from taking one’s academics sports, arts and honor code VERY seriously, which they do. I am glad that the swim team suits don’t gave pink pigs on the butt anymore. NMH is long on humor, but that joke got old.</p>
<p>Unfortunately CC search on NMH results in an error message -too short</p>
<p>From NMH’s website (news column):</p>
<p>The head of NMHs college counseling office calls 2009 a banner year for NMH. As college decisions pour in, the returns suggest that uncertain times havent dampened the success of our students. Peter Jenkins, director of college counseling, reports 20 acceptances to Ivy League schoolsfive each to Brown and Penn; four to Cornell; two each to Harvard, Columbia, and Dartmouth; and one to Princeton. (The last time we had two students admitted to Harvard was 2002, he notes.)
The bigger picture includes more than 88 acceptances (out of 393 applications) to US News and World Reports top 50 colleges and universities. These include seven acceptances to Boston College; five to Trinity; four each to Bowdoin and Tufts; and three each to Georgetown, Bates, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, Oberlin, and Northwestern. Students also have heard good news from Duke, Middlebury, Wesleyan, NYU, Swarthmore, Colby, Bates, and Vassar.</p>
<p>In the early decision and early action rounds, our students fared equally well, earning a 65 percent acceptance rate. More than 70 percent of students in the class of 2009 have now gained admission to either their first or second choice school and many gained admission to both, Jenkins reports.</p>
<p>Other students have found a place on wait-lists at very selective schools, and with Harvard recently announcing that it likely will accept 200 more students for its incoming class, more offers may be forthcoming. We are very proud of our seniors and postgraduates, Jenkins adds.</p>
<p>What is the size of the senior class? (I should be the one to answer this, I guess, but I’m not sure. I am thinking 150-200). Toadstool???</p>
<p>I know there have been acceptances at many other selective schools as well: Williams, Amherst, USC, Wake Forest, Wheaton, to name a few.</p>
<p>Sorry, i don’t know the senior year numbers exactly, but your estimate of 150 to 200, including pg, is reasonable. </p>
<p>I find the naviance data disturbing. After paying big BS bucks, one would hope that there was a statistical advantage to going to BS. At these prices, 20 ivy acceptances out of 150 to 200 seniors is actually a rather low percentage. For example, BS admission to Dartmouth is much lower than the admission ratio at large. Those admitted are clustered with lower stats, implying alumni or recruited athletes. Readily accessible Naviance data may end up having a greater impact on BS admissions then the economy. Full-pay parents might expect a shot at better then third-choice schools.</p>
<p>Those stats were for NMH?..</p>
<p>“20 ivy acceptances” can also be misleading since it is unclear if 5 students were each accepted to 4 Ivies or …</p>
<p>CBA - exactly on point - in another post, someone say on Swis the acceptance - more like a few kids received multiple high end offers and the rest…</p>
<p>IF NMH is going to charge the same price as other top preps, they need to give kids at least an equal shot of good schools. A statistical disadvantage is not sustainable.</p>
<p>MashaPopova – I know there are few kids at NMH now from your area of the world. Maybe the school could put you in touch with their parents for their perspective. It’s a wonderful school…so accepting of everyone’s personalities and nationalities!</p>
<p>As for the whole Ivy League thing, many kids are interested in things that the Ivies don’t offer. There’s a real emphasis on service to the community at NMH and choosing what is best for your future without worrying about prestige. ‘Good schools’ come in many flavors, just like the kids at NMH. My child would be miserable at an Ivy…there aren’t any close enough to a beach to suit her and as her desired profession involves the ocean, that’s sort of necessary. That’s no reflection on NMH.</p>
<p>From NMH website:</p>
<p>Each year, students enter the school at various grade levels. The ninth-grade class typically numbers 100 students. Additional students join each year, bringing the senior class size to about 220 students, including approximately 40 postgraduates who have graduated from high schools elsewhere.</p>
<p>Too much smoke and mirrors !</p>
<p>I think it is important to note, from what I gather on this site and from talking to some schools, that top universities do not want to have too many students from the same TYPE of school so they will only accept so many BS students and more specifically rarely more than a couple from a given school.</p>
<p>I have heard that, but I do think that top schools get almost half of their admits from bs (which is a pretty large amount given that there are many more public school students than boarding school students). I have also heard about limiting numbers, but I do know that BC took 7 from NMH with numbers of 3-5 to other top schools. That’s pretty good for a class of about 200.</p>
<p>Excellent and encouraging!</p>
<p>Top schools don’t get almost half their admits from boarding schools. The colleges show a breakdown between public and “private.” Private includes boarding schools, of course, but it also includes private day schools and parochial schools. There are far more private day schools and parochial schools than boarding schools. </p>
<p>From a Google Answers thread, at Princeton for the class of 2008: </p>
<p>“Of those offered admission this year… 55 percent are from public
schools; 35 percent are from private schools; 10 percent are from
parochial schools.”</p>
<p>([Google</a> Answers: percentage of harvard undergrads from prep schools](<a href=“http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/327153.html]Google”>Google Answers: percentage of harvard undergrads from prep schools))</p>
<p>I’ve never seen the percentage of boarding school admits published. I assume that it’s such a small percentage of the population that it’s of limited interest, other than to visitors to this site.</p>
<p>One must also consider the effect of celebrity admissions. I have read that sometimes colleges will accept more students from a school, in order to get the celebrity kid. So, for example, if Bill Gates’ child were ranked number 5 in the pool of applicants to GenericIvy, that college might accept all five students, in order to get the celebrity/development student. They can do this at the top of the pool, because unless the schools are HYP, those students may very well go somewhere else. Boarding schools are more likely to have the children of the wealthy and well-connected, and thus benefit from such approaches more than other schools. (Not that it’s a side effect anyone can count on!)</p>