Mercersburg Academics

anonDad74
Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:30:15 +0000

Please excuse the anon post…

OUR DC has been accepted to Mercersburg, we plan to attend revist days.

All of the sudden we have some concerns if MBURG will be a pressure cooker – we avoided applications to many of the top New England schools for this reason.

Mercersburg seems to be a good spot for kids to grow into a strong academic environment without destroying them with tons of homework in 9th and 10th grades.

It comes across as the right balance of fun and work. The kids we have met seem happy, and very enthusiastic. I can’t say this was the same at some other schools.

If we get cold feet, any suggestions of schools where the atmosphere is the similar but perhaps less of a boiler room (if it is even one now).

HELP? Are we on the right path? DC goes to a top k-8 private school that is very academically honest (no grade inflation here) – and is a honor roll student, plays sports, but also enjoys about 45-60m of “chill time” each day.