<p>I am here to seek your critical opinion about NMH. I am a current freshman in NMH and i feel the acadamic strength here is kind of weak compared with my expectation so i just wonder if it is beneficail,as well as possible, for me to transfer to schools like exeter or andover.
my current courses:
ESP(english for special purpose, a transition between esl and regular engish,i am from china)A
pre-calculus honor A+
physic 1 honor A+</p>
<p>and i am going to take these courses in spring semester:
AP calculus BC
JAVA programming
Drawing
Design theory</p>
<p>Perhaps you are advanced in math/science, but maybe a bit behind on the liberal arts. Have you voiced your concern to your adviser. Perhaps NMH, depending on whether it thinks you are as advanced as you think you are, would consider creating classes for a small subset of math students to pursue topics post calculus. I do think it’s a mistake for math/science prodigies to underestimate the importance of writing well and being a competent, well educated thinker outside of the numbers.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you are only two weeks into school. I am a senior and have straight A’s right now, but know that it will surely change in the coming weeks.</p>
<p>NMH is a fine school. I assume that you had good reasons for choosing it and I suggest that you re-visit your thoughts about that and reinforce them if necessary. None of us here (or anyplace else, for that matter) can confidently say that one school is better than another. In fact, what does “better” mean in that context? Generally, it’s highly subjective. That being said, I do note, however, that E & A have stronger SSAT, SAT, and acceptance %'s than NMH. Nevertheless, it might be best for you to put aside any transfer thoughts until the end of your first term. Otherwise, your pre-occupation with it could interfere with your current performance at NMH. At the end of your first term, there’ll still be plenty of time to examine and perhaps pursue other options.</p>
<p>thank for your suggestions very much!!!
MAINER95, your words go right to the heart of this matter!thank you again! i know what to do now.</p>
<p>jediluca…my son is a very strong student, but has found NMH extremely rigorous (particularly in the humanities). Do give it a bit more time. They are about more than just numbers and I doubt the course offerings and strength of faculty differ much from the HADES schools. It does seem common for Asian students to max out quickly in math at NMH. There are two other courses, though - AP Stats and Multivariable Calc. It is not common for kids to double up like you did in math. How were you able to do that with all of the other requirements?</p>
<p>Often, schools start easier on new freshmen to give them time to adjust to living away from home, new school, new social life, etc. Not sure if this is true at NMH, but typically the work load ramps up later in the year. </p>
<p>Also, I’ve noticed that you aren’t taking a foreign language or history class? You seem to be the math/science type. Stretch yourself and engage the other side of your brain with humanities/history type classes. Also, even if you are a international and know more than 1 language already, I would recommend learning another. I would think it would help at college time not to have a lop-sided transcript.</p>
<p>^^I don’t understand his schedule. NMH has a required Humanities curriculum which begins with Freshman English and Intro to Religous Studies (I think the ESL must have something to do with his not being in these classes). Students are then required to take math, science (physics is the first year science at NMH), and a standard art intro class. This leaves room for 1.5 electives. Most students take a foreign language, but as the OP is already bilingual, this is probably considered optional. Generally as a sophomore, you move on to Humanities II (World Lit and World Religions), as well as a world history course, biology, another math, and another elective. AP’s/honors are not available in the humanities until you have completed the above-mentioned sequences…which are demanding. Again, I am not sure how it is handled for ESL students, but my son had several of these students in his humanities classes, so I believe they are required at some point.</p>
<p>yes, as you said, i am kind of sicence-tended. and also becaus of esp, i cann’t take regular english courses which is also called humanity. thanks for your advive, i’ve realized what my problem is and i am now strving to get into humanity courses in next term(BTW, actually i love thinking issues about moral, history and phiolosphy, they eseentially have many things in common with “natural sceience”).
however, another problem is that few, maybe just one, teachers really just not that suitable to teach students. i mean ,no offense, the teaching style is not that effective. and also ,why i am taking pre-cal now is because that school doesn’t provide AP cal to freshman…it is definetly not a nice rule…since i heard that half of the students in andover’s ap cal class were freshmen!!! i just want to have more opputunity to advance my math skill…</p>
<p>jediluca - If you want to do lots of college-level math, there are certainly schools that will offer you more variety than you’ll find at NMH. Exeter, Andover, and Choate come to mind, but there are perhaps others.</p>
<p>What I’d recommend, though, is sticking it out at NMH until you’ve exhausted the courses available there. Take advantage of all the other wonderful programs NMH has to offer, as well. Then if you still want to transfer out, consider doing it between your sophomore and junior years. You certainly will find plenty at NMH to keep you busy until then. At that point, if you’ve been getting good grades, you can readily explain to the other schools why you’re choosing to transfer.</p>
<p>Now, if you’re really genuinely unhappy at NMH and want to leave sooner than that, then do so. That’s a decision that only you can make. Talk to your advisors, though, and tell them you’re unhappy. They’re there to help.</p>
<p>I’m a recent four year senior graduate, and I can assue you that NMH’s curriculum is broad and deep. It appears from your posts here that your English is lackluster, so there’s no sense transferring to a HADES until that changes anyway. But, really, there’s no sense transferring even when you English does improve. I don’t like the idea of “sticking it out” at NMH because that implies there’s something wrong with the school when there isn’t. Thrive at NMH, get good grades, take challenging classes, and you will move on to the college of your choice.</p>