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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is boarding at Mercersburg. He was accepted to Loomis, Lawrenceville and NMH as well as local day schools and while we were somewhat nervous about him choosing MB over the others due to lack of name recognition, he went with his gut and it was the absolute right choice. He’s a bright, motivated, hard working and social kid and it’s checked all of the boxes and more for him. The campus is stunningly beautiful, with wide open spaces and beautiful architecture that rivals any college campus let alone boarding school. The location in PA is safe and bucolic.

Happy to answer questions about the school or I do suggest going onto College Confidential to learn more from other parents at MB as well as some of the other schools mentioned on the thread.

Also happy to share our thoughts on the other schools to which he was accepted and why he didn’t go with them.

My advice is to keep an open mind and most of all/ listen to your student and be true to their wants/needs. Good luck!

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What worked against NMH? It’s the most difficult school to visit on your list from DC. Anything else?[/quote]

It’s a lovely school with an incredibly caring and supportive community. They have a program where each student has to do service hours on campus to help contribute… could be anything from cleaning to serving food to working on the farm. I do hear they have the best boarding school food.

That said, it was a bit too crunchy for my son. He was looking for strong school spirit and something a bit more traditional. And yes the location was a big negative. When you first start looking at schools you tend to overlook the location. When decision time comes and you are faced with your child having to fly home at age 14 for holidays, it didn’t work for us. Mercersburg does have students from around the country and world for that matter and on holidays you are the large coach buses lined up to take the kids to the airport, so it’s NBD for the schools. For us, proximity mattered.[/quote]

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