NMH vs St. Marks

UCBAlum
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:07:42 +0000

NMH is indeed well-known for having a less well-heeled student body than the so-called “brand name” schools but you should note that the Academies (e.g., Exeter and Andover) were founded on much the same principle. It was the smaller schools (e.g., the St. Grottlesex schools–St. Mark’s, St. Paul’s, Groton, and Middlesex) that, like the major Ivy League schools (Harvard, Yale, and Princeton) were founded on a basis of social exclusivity and not academic rigor. Even today, Andover and Exeter’s student bodies represent an amazing socioeconomic diversity that you will not find at the St. Grottlesex schools and their competitors.

Additionally, NMH is, without a doubt, a very good school but I think it is fair to say, on a purely academic basis, that St. Mark’s would generally be considered a more rigorous or academically demanding program.