<p>Catfan, The NM ceremony occurs one day before classes start. The NM students receive notification that they are to meet at a specific time. This year, because there were so many students, my son said that they split the ceremony, and I use the term “ceremony” loosely. About 70 kids were at each assembly. Each student received his laptop and some limited training – just so they had a clue how it worked. What left my son just speechless was the number of kids in one location. More than 130 kids. That’s a lot of money that UA invested in some of its top students.</p>