Late Application Experience - international students

hsmomstef
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:15:12 +0000

catsmum – congrats to your son for his acceptance into NMH and his enrollment there. I think he will be very, very pleased with the school – and the academics, activities and opportunities at NMH will serve him well when it comes time to apply to colleges.

I am not surprised by the non-acceptances at the original schools – admissions were tough this year (and Asian students have an even more difficult time). Some kids hit the jackpot (like shore) and others didn’t have much luck.

My son did not apply to Peddie, but he did apply to NMH and SPS and he had the same experience with communication (and he apply during the regular round). Nice emails from NMH letting us know what they received and what they still needed, quick answers to phone calls and emails, etc. SPS was very slow to respond to emails and never sent us anything to confirm what they received, etc.

NMH has continued to be very responsive to any questions or concerns we have. When my son applied to schools, he felt that several really cared about him and to others he was just a number. I am sure that the big schools (Andover, Exeter, SPS) get tons of applications and that may be part of the reason for slow/no response to applications.