NCS - Pros and Cons

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. Why would you send your kids to a school and spend $60K/year if the school has such disappointing college placements? At the end of the day no one remembers where you went to high school but your college stays with you for life.

No one knew this would happen (TO etc.) The other really scary thing is by the time the EA's came in full of deferrals and rejections, it was too late to apply to more safeties. The stress is indescribable.

My senior NCS daughter is not (nor has regularly been) stressed. The work isn't easy, but she knows how to plan, when to ask for help from a teacher or when to pull together a study group. She has learned these skills at NCS. She feels highly supported by her teachers and classmates. None of her peers ask her what her grades are, but apparently there is a contingent of moms who are convinced they know everything about every student.

She and her friends have gotten into a few schools (EA) but have not announced broadly where they are going, because they are waiting on RD after being deferred from ED. They are polite enough not ask specifics of each other until decisions are final. They each choose to share or not, without judgement.

It is inappropriate to be making guesses about the current senior class because all the data isn't available and these girls deserve privacy while they await the final decisions. There is plenty of information on SCOIR that junior families can access. I am sure that your daughter has been assigned a college counselor by now and if you have specific concerns you should email that person. If you don't have a junior, just email any of the three. The results (that are public) from the class of '24 are solid but incomplete. Please have the decency to let this play out. Or in simpler terms, get a grip!

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to the productive conversation at hand?
those who are in the senior class, how are kids who are below the top 10% doing? The Instagram represents the superstar, 3.9+ kids. The ones who were successful in REA at the Ivies and other top 10 schools.
What about the other 70 girls? By my count (those on Instagram and those I know who are confirmed at a university but have not posted) there are about 20 girls who know where they are attending next year.
Holton's class is almost the same size and yet they have twice as many girls placed.
Thoughts?

And many on the IG are NOT top 10 (Wake, SC, Syracuse etc.) That said, there are a lot of on-edge families waiting for the end of March with no idea how it's going to go.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

No because a couple of schools have non-restrictive early. So you can have an acceptance but not commit until other decisions come out. I know there is at least 1 Princeton acceptance not reflected on the reported decisions because that student is waiting to hear from others. I think there's a Yale acceptance as well.

But yes.....a lot of deferrals.

NCS didn't used to allow that. if you got in early somewhere (unless it was like a rolling state school), you had to go there even if the college's acceptance was not binding. NCS wouldn't send your transcript anywhere else if you got in early somewhere. Has that changed? You can apply early to, say, Columbia, get in, and then try for Yale regular decision?

DP. Early action is not always restrictive.

Some schools you can apply early action but not have to commit until May. I think all Ivies except Princeton have restrictive early action/early decision meaning you must attend. I think maybe Princeton is the exception which is maybe what the poster above was talking about?

No Princeton is not the only restrictive early action school. Harvard, Yale and Stanford are as well so you can be admitted in December but have until May to commit. This allows students to apply regular decision to any school they choose.

You guys aren't getting my point. I'm not talking about the fact that some COLLEGES allow students to get in early but remain uncommitted until May and apply to other schools. I am talking about the fact that NCS did NOT allow students to apply early action somewhere, get in, and then apply to other schools. Even if the early action admittance was NOT binding on the college's end, NCS required the student to accept. They were not allowed to apply anywhere else. Thus, colleges knew that if an NCS girl got in early action, she was going there and would not apply anywhere else.

STA did not have this policy, but NCS did.

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Anonymous wrote:The current generation of parents wants A-level grades and admittance to T30 schools for average effort and mediocre performance. They throw tantrums and spread rumors about other kids and their families to get a leg up. It’s embarrassing that people act this way, and that society doesn’t punish behavior like this anymore. Can we bring back social consequences for being a jerk?

Sorry, charlie/charlene didn’t get in. The school can change some things yes, but probably also your child wasn’t a good fit.

NCS college counseling is fine.

Either you are a troll or a one of the two parents who are happy with their kids GPAs and you are trying to prevent anything from changing in fear it will knock your kid out of the top spots.

Regardless your posts are rude and uncalled for and over the top.

Any change that gets made is likely going to have to change again once we get through the post Covid bump fully.
There may be some less than ideal years for some middle of the road students, but maintaining consistency with grading and transcript practices is worth consideration.

The class of 2025 (current juniors) is the first class to be back fully in-person at NCS and all DMV public and private schools (no virtual grading at all). At my kid's private (not NCS) they have reported that this grade the lowest GPA in a decade (both because they did not get a Covid GPA bump (a real thing even at the private schools because of online grading) and they were also academically behind when they entered 9th grade.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

No because a couple of schools have non-restrictive early. So you can have an acceptance but not commit until other decisions come out. I know there is at least 1 Princeton acceptance not reflected on the reported decisions because that student is waiting to hear from others. I think there's a Yale acceptance as well.

But yes.....a lot of deferrals.

NCS didn't used to allow that. if you got in early somewhere (unless it was like a rolling state school), you had to go there even if the college's acceptance was not binding. NCS wouldn't send your transcript anywhere else if you got in early somewhere. Has that changed? You can apply early to, say, Columbia, get in, and then try for Yale regular decision?

DP. Early action is not always restrictive.

Some schools you can apply early action but not have to commit until May. I think all Ivies except Princeton have restrictive early action/early decision meaning you must attend. I think maybe Princeton is the exception which is maybe what the poster above was talking about?

No Princeton is not the only restrictive early action school. Harvard, Yale and Stanford are as well so you can be admitted in December but have until May to commit. This allows students to apply regular decision to any school they choose.

You guys aren't getting my point. I'm not talking about the fact that some COLLEGES allow students to get in early but remain uncommitted until May and apply to other schools. I am talking about the fact that NCS did NOT allow students to apply early action somewhere, get in, and then apply to other schools. Even if the early action admittance was NOT binding on the college's end, NCS required the student to accept. They were not allowed to apply anywhere else. Thus, colleges knew that if an NCS girl got in early action, she was going there and would not apply anywhere else.

STA did not have this policy, but NCS did.

That is no longer an NCS policy. Nor is it one of any other school. They do request, as a courtesy to other families, for students to withdraw acceptances if they KNOW they will not attend. But it is not a requirement. Most students apply to several early action schools. Many are waiting on ED deferrals and many on RD decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:The current generation of parents wants A-level grades and admittance to T30 schools for average effort and mediocre performance. They throw tantrums and spread rumors about other kids and their families to get a leg up. It’s embarrassing that people act this way, and that society doesn’t punish behavior like this anymore. Can we bring back social consequences for being a jerk?

Sorry, charlie/charlene didn’t get in. The school can change some things yes, but probably also your child wasn’t a good fit.

NCS college counseling is fine.

Huh? This is so confusing. I have been reading this thread and I do not see anyone spreading rumors about any families? People are posting their experiences some are current seniors. Are you saying they would lie?
Are you okay? You sound unstable.

Previous posters have sited specific schools that some of the class has been rumored to have gotten into and then decided to announce/speculate if they are hooked. This is very inappropriate. This is all still playing out. Better to look at data from previous year. I'm glad those posts were removed.These are teen girls, and highly identifiable.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

No because a couple of schools have non-restrictive early. So you can have an acceptance but not commit until other decisions come out. I know there is at least 1 Princeton acceptance not reflected on the reported decisions because that student is waiting to hear from others. I think there's a Yale acceptance as well.

But yes.....a lot of deferrals.

NCS didn't used to allow that. if you got in early somewhere (unless it was like a rolling state school), you had to go there even if the college's acceptance was not binding. NCS wouldn't send your transcript anywhere else if you got in early somewhere. Has that changed? You can apply early to, say, Columbia, get in, and then try for Yale regular decision?

DP. Early action is not always restrictive.

Some schools you can apply early action but not have to commit until May. I think all Ivies except Princeton have restrictive early action/early decision meaning you must attend. I think maybe Princeton is the exception which is maybe what the poster above was talking about?

No Princeton is not the only restrictive early action school. Harvard, Yale and Stanford are as well so you can be admitted in December but have until May to commit. This allows students to apply regular decision to any school they choose.

You guys aren't getting my point. I'm not talking about the fact that some COLLEGES allow students to get in early but remain uncommitted until May and apply to other schools. I am talking about the fact that NCS did NOT allow students to apply early action somewhere, get in, and then apply to other schools. Even if the early action admittance was NOT binding on the college's end, NCS required the student to accept. They were not allowed to apply anywhere else. Thus, colleges knew that if an NCS girl got in early action, she was going there and would not apply anywhere else.

STA did not have this policy, but NCS did.

Well it doesn’t sound like that’s the case anymore I mean it’s not really relevant is it? It’s just not the case anymore at NCS or anywhere else I am aware of.

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This is fascinating. I bet anonymous DCUM posters would go ballistic about this but it would really help the school community if they continued such a policy. In recent years at NCS there have been 3.9 girls who have "run the table" on top10 admits during RD and no one below them has gotten in. I think something similar has happened at Sidwell. This is why some schools (GDS) restrict kids from applying to more than 3 reaches (and every top 10 school is considered a reach).

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Anonymous wrote:The current generation of parents wants A-level grades and admittance to T30 schools for average effort and mediocre performance. They throw tantrums and spread rumors about other kids and their families to get a leg up. It’s embarrassing that people act this way, and that society doesn’t punish behavior like this anymore. Can we bring back social consequences for being a jerk?

Sorry, charlie/charlene didn’t get in. The school can change some things yes, but probably also your child wasn’t a good fit.

NCS college counseling is fine.

Huh? This is so confusing. I have been reading this thread and I do not see anyone spreading rumors about any families? People are posting their experiences some are current seniors. Are you saying they would lie?
Are you okay? You sound unstable.

Previous posters have sited specific schools that some of the class has been rumored to have gotten into and then decided to announce/speculate if they are hooked. This is very inappropriate. This is all still playing out. Better to look at data from previous year. I'm glad those posts were removed.These are teen girls, and highly identifiable.

I agree and I did not post anything about anyone being hooked. Don’t really know to be honest and also don’t know the GPAs of my daughters friends. They don’t discuss it.

I will say though if you have a kid in the dmv getting into an Ivy people will discuss it and whether they are hooked so people should get thicker skinned. I don’t like it but it happens so if your kid is hooked people will mention it.

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Anonymous wrote:This is fascinating. I bet anonymous DCUM posters would go ballistic about this but it would really help the school community if they continued such a policy. In recent years at NCS there have been 3.9 girls who have "run the table" on top10 admits during RD and no one below them has gotten in. I think something similar has happened at Sidwell. This is why some schools (GDS) restrict kids from applying to more than 3 reaches (and every top 10 school is considered a reach).

Nah. You can’t control kids like that. I don’t agree.

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Anonymous wrote:This is fascinating. I bet anonymous DCUM posters would go ballistic about this but it would really help the school community if they continued such a policy. In recent years at NCS there have been 3.9 girls who have "run the table" on top10 admits during RD and no one below them has gotten in. I think something similar has happened at Sidwell. This is why some schools (GDS) restrict kids from applying to more than 3 reaches (and every top 10 school is considered a reach).

Bad idea.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. Why would you send your kids to a school and spend $60K/year if the school has such disappointing college placements? At the end of the day no one remembers where you went to high school but your college stays with you for life.

No one knew this would happen (TO etc.) The other really scary thing is by the time the EA's came in full of deferrals and rejections, it was too late to apply to more safeties. The stress is indescribable.

So where is the 3.4-3.8 crowd going to end up this year? (because that is the majority of the rising junior class as well). Is it really as dire as it might appear so far (lots of this group with no options? I am happy to write to the school but I have such a hard time figuring this out and what is true and what is hyperbole on both sides of things. SCOIR does not support top50 admits below a 3.7 and elite admits below a 3.9 aside from a few lesser Ivy admits last year. I'm not sure the junior parents even know this although they all have access to SCOIR. They keep flying their 3.7 kids all over the country to see top 30 schools. I don't get it and keep wondering what I am missing. Does hope really spring that eternal? When does reality set in? Can a senior parent please share? I guess none of you really know as regular decision is not out yet.

People can tour whatever schools they like without any explanations. We are also a Junior parent and our tours probably don’t make sense to anyone else either.

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Anonymous wrote:The current generation of parents wants A-level grades and admittance to T30 schools for average effort and mediocre performance. They throw tantrums and spread rumors about other kids and their families to get a leg up. It’s embarrassing that people act this way, and that society doesn’t punish behavior like this anymore. Can we bring back social consequences for being a jerk?

Sorry, charlie/charlene didn’t get in. The school can change some things yes, but probably also your child wasn’t a good fit.

NCS college counseling is fine.

Huh? This is so confusing. I have been reading this thread and I do not see anyone spreading rumors about any families? People are posting their experiences some are current seniors. Are you saying they would lie?
Are you okay? You sound unstable.

Previous posters have sited specific schools that some of the class has been rumored to have gotten into and then decided to announce/speculate if they are hooked. This is very inappropriate. This is all still playing out. Better to look at data from previous year. I'm glad those posts were removed.These are teen girls, and highly identifiable.

I agree and I did not post anything about anyone being hooked. Don’t really know to be honest and also don’t know the GPAs of my daughters friends. They don’t discuss it.

I will say though if you have a kid in the dmv getting into an Ivy people will discuss it and whether they are hooked so people should get thicker skinned. I don’t like it but it happens so if your kid is hooked people will mention it.

People may discuss it in person but no one should be discussing it on a public online forum. How would you like to see strangers discussing your daughter and speculating about her qualifications? This thread not only discussed Ivy acceptances/speculation but also girls admitted to other “less competitive” colleges and named those schools. It is unacceptable behavior and hopefully it is removed each time so the individuals doing it will finally stop.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

No because a couple of schools have non-restrictive early. So you can have an acceptance but not commit until other decisions come out. I know there is at least 1 Princeton acceptance not reflected on the reported decisions because that student is waiting to hear from others. I think there's a Yale acceptance as well.

But yes.....a lot of deferrals.

NCS didn't used to allow that. if you got in early somewhere (unless it was like a rolling state school), you had to go there even if the college's acceptance was not binding. NCS wouldn't send your transcript anywhere else if you got in early somewhere. Has that changed? You can apply early to, say, Columbia, get in, and then try for Yale regular decision?

DP. Early action is not always restrictive.

Some schools you can apply early action but not have to commit until May. I think all Ivies except Princeton have restrictive early action/early decision meaning you must attend. I think maybe Princeton is the exception which is maybe what the poster above was talking about?

No Princeton is not the only restrictive early action school. Harvard, Yale and Stanford are as well so you can be admitted in December but have until May to commit. This allows students to apply regular decision to any school they choose.

You guys aren't getting my point. I'm not talking about the fact that some COLLEGES allow students to get in early but remain uncommitted until May and apply to other schools. I am talking about the fact that NCS did NOT allow students to apply early action somewhere, get in, and then apply to other schools. Even if the early action admittance was NOT binding on the college's end, NCS required the student to accept. They were not allowed to apply anywhere else. Thus, colleges knew that if an NCS girl got in early action, she was going there and would not apply anywhere else.

STA did not have this policy, but NCS did.

Well it doesn’t sound like that’s the case anymore I mean it’s not really relevant is it? It’s just not the case anymore at NCS or anywhere else I am aware of.

I asked because I was curious. But I think it's relevant since people are discussing admissions tactics.

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Anonymous wrote:The current generation of parents wants A-level grades and admittance to T30 schools for average effort and mediocre performance. They throw tantrums and spread rumors about other kids and their families to get a leg up. It’s embarrassing that people act this way, and that society doesn’t punish behavior like this anymore. Can we bring back social consequences for being a jerk?

Sorry, charlie/charlene didn’t get in. The school can change some things yes, but probably also your child wasn’t a good fit.

NCS college counseling is fine.

Huh? This is so confusing. I have been reading this thread and I do not see anyone spreading rumors about any families? People are posting their experiences some are current seniors. Are you saying they would lie?
Are you okay? You sound unstable.

Previous posters have sited specific schools that some of the class has been rumored to have gotten into and then decided to announce/speculate if they are hooked. This is very inappropriate. This is all still playing out. Better to look at data from previous year. I'm glad those posts were removed.These are teen girls, and highly identifiable.

I agree and I did not post anything about anyone being hooked. Don’t really know to be honest and also don’t know the GPAs of my daughters friends. They don’t discuss it.

I will say though if you have a kid in the dmv getting into an Ivy people will discuss it and whether they are hooked so people should get thicker skinned. I don’t like it but it happens so if your kid is hooked people will mention it.

People may discuss it in person but no one should be discussing it on a public online forum. How would you like to see strangers discussing your daughter and speculating about her qualifications? This thread not only discussed Ivy acceptances/speculation but also girls admitted to other “less competitive” colleges and named those schools. It is unacceptable behavior and hopefully it is removed each time so the individuals doing it will finally stop.

I would not like it and have already said it should not be done. I am just saying it seems to be a pattern on these boards. Also I don’t like them putting down any colleges.