ACADEMICS
College Advising
We strive to prepare students for life beyond our walls with the long view in mind. What will our students be like and what choices will they make not only as high school seniors but as college students, professionals, spouses, mothers or fathers, old men or women?
We strive to cultivate a habit of life-long learning that students will carry out into the world, using their education to glorify God and make a difference in their communities, families, churches, and professional lives. For the majority of our students, this cultivation continues with higher education.
Our Head of Upper School works with each student and family to consider the possibilities for life after NHC and to find an institution that can offer the right academic and personal challenges. He also works directly with students to navigate the college application process together, to stay informed and on schedule, and to make college applications a true reflection of who our students are.
STANDARDIZED TESTING
At Veritas School, all students in 8th through 11th grades take the age-appropriate level of the Classic Learning Test (CLT). Of the different standardized tests, we believe that the CLT provides the most accurate and rigorous measure of academic formation, accomplishment, and potential.
Featuring passages selected from great works across a variety of disciplines, the CLT suite of assessments provide a highly accurate and rigorous measure of reasoning, aptitude, and academic formation for students from diverse educational backgrounds. The exams are taken online in just two hours, and give same-day test results. The CLT also provides colleges and secondary schools with detailed information about student learning trends, to facilitate decisions about admissions, curricula, and instruction.
All students in 10th and 11th grade also take the PSAT, and most 12th grade students take the SAT as well.
Veritas students have consistently scored well on the Classic Learning Test and has been ranked in the top 20 schools in the nation on the CLT (11th grade), CLT10 (9th & 10th grades), and CLT 8 (8th grade).
RECENT COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES
Our alumni regularly receive substantial merit aid offers from higher learning institutions. In 2022, the graduating class of 38 students was awarded $1.3 in collective offers.
American College of the Building Arts
Appalachian State University
Auburn University
Bates College
Baylor University
Belmont University
Berry College
Biola University
Boston College
Bucknell University
Butler University
Calvin College
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic University
Christopher Newport University
Clemson University
College of Charleston
College of William & Mary
Colorado School of Mines
Covenant College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Drew University
Duquesne University
Emerson College
Elon University
Florida State University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College
Gordon College
Grove City College
Hampton University
Hillsdale College
Howard University
Indiana University
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins University
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Loyola Marymount University
Miami University, Oxford
Michigan State University
Muhlenberg College
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Oberlin College
Patrick Henry College
Pepperdine University
Pratt Institute
Rensselaer Institute of Technology
Rhodes College
Roanoke College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Samford University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Skidmore College
Smith College
St. John’s College
Sweet Briar College
Trinity University (TX)
Tulane University
University of Alabama
University of Mary Washington
University of Michigan
University of Mississippi
University of Notre Dame
University of Richmond
University of South Carolina
University of St Andrews (UK)
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee Knoxville
University of the South Sewanee
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
West Virginia University
Wheaton College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.”
John Milton Gregory
