Mercersburg Academics

mom2boys123
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:28:07 +0000

Another Mercersburg ‘25 parent happy to chime in about academics. My son is on the “academic overachiever” side, if we’re being forced to categorize students in such a way. There are plenty of others like him… and he enjoys his classes and has certainly been challenged. He has loved his time at Mercersburg and the community is the reason why he has thrived.

Learning differences are a dime a dozen now at every school. I don’t think Mercersburg does it any differently than the other boarding or competitive day schools- maybe their goal is to treat each student with compassion and that gives the sense that they cater more to learning differences? Whatever the methodology, the community has blossomed as a result.

The class of ‘25, who applied during Covid and many weren’t even able to visit campus before committing, are an incredible bunch of kids. My son was accepted to a HYP as an unhooked applicant- there’s simply no way he would have had such a successful college application experience at a school with 30+ legacy kids like an Andover or Groton. There will be a lot of tears on campus next month and we will greatly miss this very special place.