Why choose NMH?

Small classes, demanding courses, highly credentialed teachers, a wealth of artistic, athletic, and service opportunities. You should expect those things from any good independent school. But you should expect more at NMH. You should expect to be treated as an individual, with your own unique combination of talents, passions, and ambitions. You should expect to be reminded that individuality is meaningless without community, and that membership in a community comes with the responsibility to be informed, to be engaged, and to pull your weight. And you should expect to be surprised on an almost daily basis by the ideas you encounter, the achievements you and your classmates share, and how frequently and thoroughly you exceed your own expectations.

When faculty comment on NMH, it always seem to boil down to the people, that it is really the great mix of students, teachers, and administrators who make this place interesting, exciting, and unique. Parents remark on it, too, that this place—beautiful, challenging, and full of great opportunities—is so genuine, so relaxed, and so confident. And when you listen to what students say about NMH, you’ll hear comments about how it’s easy to be yourself here and equally easy to try things you never, ever thought you would try. Unlike other places, we don’t have a mold for you here, no “ideal” of what you should become. We help you discover your own strengths and your own path.

The truth of NMH is a thousand individual truths. It is diversity of background, thought, ability, and opportunity. It’s you and your peers each becoming not just your smartest selves, but also your best selves. And that’s rare and empowering. When you leave here, you’ll be ready for anything, journalism at Northwestern—a mission in India, nanotechnology at Cornell, an audition in New York, a life of excitement, discovery, and meaning. Why choose NMH? Because you owe it to the world to be yourself.

Why choose NMH?

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