Northfield Mount Hermon vs. Choate Rosemary Hall
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Overview
Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) is an independent boarding and day school serving 630 students in grades 9 through 12, plus a postgraduate year. We offer an advanced educational experience in a student-centered, inclusive community that prioritizes academic excellence.
As students learn, they develop the skills and the resolve necessary to live with humanity and purpose.
At NMH, we educate our students' heads, hearts, and hands, preparing them to be citizens and leaders who learn with passion, lead with intention, and act with humanity.
We are located on a serene, wooded 1,353-acre campus in Massachusetts' Connecticut River Valley.
Choate Rosemary Hall is a co-educational boarding and day school in Wallingford, Connecticut, providing a transformative educational experience for 850 students in grades 9-12.
Choate is dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cohesive community that celebrates diversity and instills life-long habits of learning, leadership, and service.
Choate is committed to enrolling exceptional students and to preparing them to achieve success in all aspects of their lives.
School Focus
College Preparatory
College Preparatory
Grades Offered
9-12, PG
9-12, PG
School Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
Supports Learning Differences (LD)
No
No
Year Founded
1879
1890
Campus Size
746 acres
458 acres
Students Body
Enrollment
620
859
% Students of Color
34%
41%
% International Students
23%
18%
% Students Boarding
84%
75%
Average SAT Score
n/a
1401
SAT range (25th-75th percentile)
n/a
1220 - 1510
Average ACT score
n/a
31
Offers Post-Grad Year
Yes
Yes
Academics and Faculty
Saturday Classes
No
No
Frequency of Saturday Classes
Weekly
Less than once a month
Classroom Dress Code
Casual
Casual
Average Class Size
12
12
Student-Teacher Ratio
6:1
6:1
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
34
26
ESL Courses Offered
Yes
No
% Faculty with Advanced Degree
74%
75%
Summer Program Offered
Yes
Yes
Finances
Endowment Size
$275 million
$650 million
Tuition (Boarding Students)
$74,826
$71,420
Tuition (Day Students)
$49,751
$54,990
Avg. Financial Aid Grant
$56,314
$54,063
Admission
Application Deadline
Jan. 15 / rolling
Jan. 15
Accepts Standardized Application
Yes
No
SSAT Required
Yes
No
Average Percentile SSAT
73
n/a
Acceptance Rate
31%
16%
Director of Admissions
Clair Ward
Jeffrey Beaton
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered
34
26
Sport
Total Sports Offered
21
25
Sports
Alpine SkiingBaseball
BasketballCrew
Cross CountryCross Country Running
FencingField Hockey
GolfIce Hockey
LacrosseMountain Biking
Nordic SkiingSoccer
SoftballSwimming
TennisTrack and Field
Ultimate FrisbeeVolleyball
Wrestling
BaseballBasketball
CrewCross Country
Cross Country RunningDance
DivingField Hockey
FootballGolf
Ice HockeyLacrosse
SailingSoccer
SoftballSquash
SwimmingSwimming and Diving
TennisTrack
Track and FieldUltimate Frisbee
VolleyballWater Polo
Wrestling
Extracurricular
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
68
152
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Club or Organization:
Arts and Music Programs:
Aerial Photography and Videography ClubAmnesty International
an Asian American advocacy groupAnglers Club
Animal Activist ClubAsian American Students Association
Atheist/Secular Humanist Students AssociationBreakaway
Cancer Support TeamChinese Student Association
Circle of SistersDebate Society
End the Silence of Relationship Violence Advocacy GroupFound Threads
Gemini (yearbook)Gender Sexuality Alliance
Getting Ahead of Global EpidemicsGreen Cup Challenge
Interfaith Student CouncilInvestment Club
Jewish Students AllianceKorean Student Association
Mandala (arts and literary magazine)Math Team
Me to We ClubMindfulness Meditation
Model United NationsMuslim Students Association
Nature-Centered Beliefs GroupNMH Outreach
Operation Happy BirthdayPeer Educators
Pokémon Trainers AssociationQuiz Bowl
Room to ReadScience Club
Shark ClubSouth Asian Student Association
Spanish and Latino/a Students Association (SaLSA)St. Edmund Campion League of Catholic Students
Stream NewsStudent Alumni Association
Student CongressStudent Diversity Committee
Super Smash Brothers ClubThe Bridge (student newspaper)
The BrothersThe F Word (feminism)
The Girl EffectThe Hermonite (student newspaper)
The Prejudice ProjectThird-Culture Kid Affinity Group
Vietnamese Student AssociationVVar (vegan)
WNMH Radio 106.7 FMYouth Initiative
Arts and Music Programs:
A Cappella EnsemblesBlue Key Society (Admission Tour Guide)
Jazz EnsembleNMH Pianists
NMH SingersQuiz Bowl
Select Women’s EnsembleSenior and Junior Dance Companies
SoapboxSociety for the Study of Political Ideologies (SSPI)
Theater ProgramWriters Forum
Club or Organization:
Arts and Music Programs:
Recreational Athletic Programs:
African American Heritage ChoirAnime
Antique RestorationArt Co-op
Arts and Crafts ClubAsian Exploration
Backstage Area and Equipment FunctionsBelly Dancing
Black Awareness Table (BAT)Caxy Keys
ChessChoate Mock Trial Club
CiberchicksClassic Film
Classic Movie ClubCreate Expressively with Unusual Materials
Cultural Diversity ClubDance Class
Documentary FilmDrama Competition Team
Echo Literary MagazineECO-SAS
Equestrian TeamExplore Japanese Culture
Foreign Film ClubForensics Club
Free the ChildrenFrench Conversation
Global Awareness ClubGlobal Outreach
Growing A Future OrganizationHerodotus Society
High School Government AssociationHigh Society
HillelHip Hop Club
Hispanic-Latino ForumHorizons Historical Review
Horsebackriding (English)Hot Wings Club
Improve Levels of ConcentrationInteract Club-Rotary International
Japanese ClubJudicial Committee
Junior State of AmericaJuniorettes
Kid's ClubKorean Society
Latin National Honors SocietyLibrary Club (TALK)
Lights Beyond LightsLiterary Magazine (Lit Mag)
Literary Magazine ClubLorem Ipsum
Make-a-WishMath Team
Mental Health at ChoateMiddle Eastern Alliance for Peace
Middle School Student Government AssociationMilitary Police
Mock Trial ClubModel Congress
Model U.N.Model UN
Mountain Lion ClubMovie Appreciation Club
Music Listening ClubMuslim Student Union
Muslim Students AssociationMVAA
Native American Cultural Clubnoise. - music magazine
Operation SmileOutdoors/Ski Club
Overtime - sports publicationOxfam
P. A. Political SocietyPaint Ball
Peer Educators (healthy decisions)Peer Tutor Club
PhillipianPhilomathean Society
Philosophy ClubPHIT (Physical Health Information)
Photo & Graphics = Art 2Photography Club
Physics ClubPlayers Club
Poets & WritersPolitical and Current Events (PACE)
Protection of Animals and Wildlife (PAW)Readers United
ReadingRecycle Club
RespectRight Rwanda
SailingSalsa
Self Government AssociationSelf-defence
Sewing and Needlepoint ClubSexual Minorities and Straight Supporters (SMASS)
Spanish ClubSpecial Populations Skate
Special Populations SwimSpectrum
SportsmanshipStage Crew Club
Step SquadStudent Council
Student DJ AssociationStudents Advocating Gender Equality
Students Against Climate ChangeStudents for a Free Tibet
Students for Life AmericaStudents for Students
Teach ChoateTeach Music
Teach Wallingford-TutoringTeamwork
The Press - campus sports newsTheater Trips
Thesarus YearbookThoughtful Discussion of Cinematic Classics
Tour GuidingTravel Club
UNICEFUnidos
Water poloWomen for Women at Choate
Women of the WorldWrite Club
WWEB-FM Radio StationYearbook
Young CentristsYoung Democrats
Young RepublicansZoo Keepers Club
Arts and Music Programs:
Handbell ChoirKaprophones - male a cappella
Learn How to Raise and Train a PuppyLilith - female a cappella
Maiyeros - male a cappellaMeditation Club
Puppy Playtime ClubStonatos - student & faculty a cappella
Whimawehs (female a cappella)
Recreational Athletic Programs:
Academic SupportMesa Espanola
PaintballPing-Pong Association of Student Table-Tennis Athletes (PASTA)
Sunday Soccer