Noble and Greenough, like Andover, gears its curriculum toward college preparation, offering classes like “Biochemistry Research” and “Politics and Ethics.”
“Each department sets their own curriculum and what they do is they try to gear it to challenge our most talented kids,” Snyder said. “Often times that means coursework that would be much more like a college seminar.”
“I feel like college admissions officers know what they will be getting,” said Surkont about Stuyvesant High School, reflecting on its alumni’s successes at Harvard. “A lot of college admissions offices are familiar with the Stuyvesant brand.”
Stuyvesant, like many other selective secondary schools, has a long history of sending students to the Ivy League.
In fact, Noble and Greenough, Exeter, and Andover were all founded by Harvard College graduates, and Noble and Greenough was originally established as an all-boys preparatory school for Harvard.
And Harvard’s relationship with Boston Latin is well established.
“There is no doubt there is a long rich tradition between Harvard and Boston Latin School,” Montague said.
—Staff writer Meg P. Bernhard can be reached at mbernhard@college.harvard.edu.