NCS questions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know many NCS alums and I've been at the school for a long time. I do know one who just withdrew her daughters because she couldn't deal with the BS any longer.

This is surprising to me as I can think of seven moms in my child’s grade alone that I know of. Most have multiple girls there.

What grade? you'll see that many will withdraw their girls before high school (some to boarding school, some to Stone Ridge, etc)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know many NCS alums and I've been at the school for a long time. I do know one who just withdrew her daughters because she couldn't deal with the BS any longer.

This is surprising to me as I can think of seven moms in my child’s grade alone that I know of. Most have multiple girls there.

What grade? you'll see that many will withdraw their girls before high school (some to boarding school, some to Stone Ridge, etc)

I’m not going to say the grade but not in upper school yet so maybe some will. Why do they start them at NCS if they plan on changing them for 9th? Or do you just assume that some girls will want to leave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know many NCS alums and I've been at the school for a long time. I do know one who just withdrew her daughters because she couldn't deal with the BS any longer.

This is surprising to me as I can think of seven moms in my child’s grade alone that I know of. Most have multiple girls there.

What grade? you'll see that many will withdraw their girls before high school (some to boarding school, some to Stone Ridge, etc)

I’m not going to say the grade but not in upper school yet so maybe some will. Why do they start them at NCS if they plan on changing them for 9th? Or do you just assume that some girls will want to leave?

Because the lower and middle school programs are quite gentle and nice. The insanity does not ramp up until high school. You'll see that there are quite a few girls who will leave before high school for boarding school and also for other local day schools. Our grade probably lost 12-15 either mid middle school or after 8th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle school at NCS is lovely. High school (particularly 11th and up) gets to be a tremendous slog.

There are girls who like it, girls who tolerate it and girls who are miserable.

Most of the happiest girls are ones who are content to get a mixture of As and Bs. It can be quite toxic for those who aspire to all As.

I agree with this. It's a difficult school academically. If your child (or you as a parent) are pressing for all A's, or a parent that wants your girl to attend an IVY, your kid may be miserable.

The girls that make a mixture of A's and B's and are active in sports are the happiest (and have more contacts with STA boys and the kids from other privates around the DMV).

My daughter graduated from NCS recently. High GPA and ACT score. One of the happiest girls at NCS (along with her big group of friends). She is loving college life and making great grades. She has mentioned that her college classes are easier that those at NCS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know many NCS alums and I've been at the school for a long time. I do know one who just withdrew her daughters because she couldn't deal with the BS any longer.

This is surprising to me as I can think of seven moms in my child’s grade alone that I know of. Most have multiple girls there.

What grade? you'll see that many will withdraw their girls before high school (some to boarding school, some to Stone Ridge, etc)

I’m not going to say the grade but not in upper school yet so maybe some will. Why do they start them at NCS if they plan on changing them for 9th? Or do you just assume that some girls will want to leave?

Because the lower and middle school programs are quite gentle and nice. The insanity does not ramp up until high school. You'll see that there are quite a few girls who will leave before high school for boarding school and also for other local day schools. Our grade probably lost 12-15 either mid middle school or after 8th.

My daughter’s class lost four girls from 8th to 9th. This was in the last few years. It’s very very class dependent.

[Anonymous]

It's worth noting that Rice's daughter graduated Cum Laude from Maret this past year. The NCS academic foundation probably helped tremendously for Maret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's worth noting that Rice's daughter graduated Cum Laude from Maret this past year. The NCS academic foundation probably helped tremendously for Maret.

Meaning what?

Where did she go to college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle school at NCS is lovely. High school (particularly 11th and up) gets to be a tremendous slog.

There are girls who like it, girls who tolerate it and girls who are miserable.

Most of the happiest girls are ones who are content to get a mixture of As and Bs. It can be quite toxic for those who aspire to all As.

I agree with this. It's a difficult school academically. If your child (or you as a parent) are pressing for all A's, or a parent that wants your girl to attend an IVY, your kid may be miserable.

The girls that make a mixture of A's and B's and are active in sports are the happiest (and have more contacts with STA boys and the kids from other privates around the DMV).

My daughter graduated from NCS recently. High GPA and ACT score. One of the happiest girls at NCS (along with her big group of friends). She is loving college life and making great grades. She has mentioned that her college classes are easier that those at NCS.

One hears that quite a bit regarding many local privates - college is harder than high school was. I think that means the high school is doing it wrong. Any school can ramp up the difficulty. Finding the sweet spot is where the expertise in education lies. One can be prepared for college without having been through a more difficult gauntlet than college will be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know many NCS alums and I've been at the school for a long time. I do know one who just withdrew her daughters because she couldn't deal with the BS any longer.

I guess you haven’t met a lot of parents at NCS? I’m familiar with two grades at NCS one has 7 NCS alumns and the other has 10 NCS alarms which is a quarter of the grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know many NCS alums and I've been at the school for a long time. I do know one who just withdrew her daughters because she couldn't deal with the BS any longer.

I guess you haven’t met a lot of parents at NCS? I’m familiar with two grades at NCS one has 7 NCS alumns and the other has 10 NCS alarms which is a quarter of the grade.

So clearly these are young grades if there are 40 kids in them. Many of these girls will end up leaving by high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I honestly don't know many NCS alums and I've been at the school for a long time. I do know one who just withdrew her daughters because she couldn't deal with the BS any longer.

I guess you haven’t met a lot of parents at NCS? I’m familiar with two grades at NCS one has 7 NCS alumns and the other has 10 NCS alarms which is a quarter of the grade.

So clearly these are young grades if there are 40 kids in them. Many of these girls will end up leaving by high school.

Nope wrong again! Sorry that the facts are not supporting your hatred of NCS but no I know of at least 15 NCS alumns in high school that have their daughters there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's worth noting that Rice's daughter graduated Cum Laude from Maret this past year. The NCS academic foundation probably helped tremendously for Maret.

Her daughter attended NCS through 8th and wanted to switch to Maret (where her brother attended). My understanding is her daughter never really liked NCS and her parents told her she had to stay through 8th and could switch after that time. Rice loved NCS and wanted it for her daughter. Her daughter is very smart, so the cum laude isn’t surprising and I don’t think it mattered where she went to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice sent her daughter to NCS, but her daughter chose to transfer to Maret for high school.

I wonder why…

Probably because she knew she didn't want that kind of high school experience. So, rather than force her to stay at the school, her parents allowed her to transfer. I wish this happened more than it does, but so many parents are dead set on having their DDs graduate from NCS because it opens doors for them. What they don't like is the hard work students must complete at the school. For DDs like mine, who felt unchallenged in public school, NCS was a godsend. But it's not a school for everyone. I wish people would stop thinking that it is.

[Anonymous]

Are the mothers of these girls perfectionist types?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice sent her daughter to NCS, but her daughter chose to transfer to Maret for high school.

I wonder why…

Maybe Susan Rice is a mother who looked for the best fit for her daughter? Sounds like her daughter thrived at Maret. My daughter didn't prefer Maret, but preferred NCS and is having a great experience.