Which All Girls High School Has the Nerdiest Girls?

[Anonymous]

Holton has an excellent STEM program. While there are numerous athletes, there are many nerdy girls too. At times, you will also find the nerdy athlete

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My niece is at Visi and she fits this prototype. I asked her and she said they have Mathletes, BEDA (Building Engineering, Design and Architecture Club), Aerospace Engineering Club, Coding Club & Pre-Med Club. I know independently that the school also has a new STEM lab and does a science fair. She says there are all types of girls there, from very strong athletes to nerdy/brainy types so you can find your tribe. FWIW she's at the end of her freshman year.

Also if you are not wedded to private maybe look at some of the specialized, magnet programs.

+1 parent of Visi daughter who did both the nerd clubs and is now a D1 athlete at a T20 academic school.

Visi does this combination very well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AHC!
There is a place for everyone and they have a very strong STEM/Engineering program.
They actually have a scholarship cohort for this:
https://www.academyoftheholycross.org/academics/academic-overview
My DD toured Visi, Stone Ridge, AHC and SJC and for the all-girls schools, AHC rose to the top.
I encourage you to take a look.

Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Probably NCS (my daughter is there). However they just offer classes while Holton and Stone Ridge both have STEM internship/research programs. NCS likes to say they're great in STEM but there's actually nothing to their STEM program.

Holton’s science research program is great but only accepts 8-10 students so it really only applies to 10% of the grade. Holton may say they help others get internships but that never panned out for my daughter.

[Anonymous]

The strongest STEM young women I personally know well went to Holton and GDS -- very deliberately, because they knew they were going to be STEM adults and each thought their respective high schools would be the best preparation for that.

One is now at Carnegie Mellon double majoring in physics / CS, the other is currently at Rice in bioengineering

[Anonymous]

None of these schools are "nerdy". Teach your girls to be independent, not to worry about what others think about them, and not to worry about being popular. They can excel and enjoy any school with this attitude.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably NCS (my daughter is there). However they just offer classes while Holton and Stone Ridge both have STEM internship/research programs. NCS likes to say they're great in STEM but there's actually nothing to their STEM program.

Holton’s science research program is great but only accepts 8-10 students so it really only applies to 10% of the grade. Holton may say they help others get internships but that never panned out for my daughter.

ah, interesting. Well 8-10 is better than zero at NCS. Stone Ridge also has a science research internship program but I'm not sure if it has limited seats as well.

these programs really help with admissions to competitive high school summer programs (not pay-to-play) and eventually to engineering and other science programs in college. My daughter is at NCS and if you want any research experience you have to go entirely on your own which is almost impossible. My daughter applied to dozens and dozens (100+?) of positions over two summers and finally got something but she's the only classmate she knows who did. And yet college counseling says that if you're interested in engineering then you really need tech experience outside of school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably NCS (my daughter is there). However they just offer classes while Holton and Stone Ridge both have STEM internship/research programs. NCS likes to say they're great in STEM but there's actually nothing to their STEM program.

Holton’s science research program is great but only accepts 8-10 students so it really only applies to 10% of the grade. Holton may say they help others get internships but that never panned out for my daughter.

ah, interesting. Well 8-10 is better than zero at NCS. Stone Ridge also has a science research internship program but I'm not sure if it has limited seats as well.

these programs really help with admissions to competitive high school summer programs (not pay-to-play) and eventually to engineering and other science programs in college. My daughter is at NCS and if you want any research experience you have to go entirely on your own which is almost impossible. My daughter applied to dozens and dozens (100+?) of positions over two summers and finally got something but she's the only classmate she knows who did. And yet college counseling says that if you're interested in engineering then you really need tech experience outside of school.

My daughter is at NCS and she did an internship during the summer in a science related field. She got it on her own. It is possible. That was more out of curiosity in the field than for college resume.

These are teens and that is ridiculous advice that they need to have outside experience to get into college!! They are 16, 17, 18 max?

There are fellowships available in science and she could apply for one of those. Those are research.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably NCS (my daughter is there). However they just offer classes while Holton and Stone Ridge both have STEM internship/research programs. NCS likes to say they're great in STEM but there's actually nothing to their STEM program.

Holton’s science research program is great but only accepts 8-10 students so it really only applies to 10% of the grade. Holton may say they help others get internships but that never panned out for my daughter.

ah, interesting. Well 8-10 is better than zero at NCS. Stone Ridge also has a science research internship program but I'm not sure if it has limited seats as well.

these programs really help with admissions to competitive high school summer programs (not pay-to-play) and eventually to engineering and other science programs in college. My daughter is at NCS and if you want any research experience you have to go entirely on your own which is almost impossible. My daughter applied to dozens and dozens (100+?) of positions over two summers and finally got something but she's the only classmate she knows who did. And yet college counseling says that if you're interested in engineering then you really need tech experience outside of school.

My daughter is at NCS and she did an internship during the summer in a science related field. She got it on her own. It is possible. That was more out of curiosity in the field than for college resume.

These are teens and that is ridiculous advice that they need to have outside experience to get into college!! They are 16, 17, 18 max?

There are fellowships available in science and she could apply for one of those. Those are research.

At NCS? No, they're not. A single one climate related. But you have to design your own proposal. So you can write it up but then you have to find a project/preceptor, etc.

And getting an internship outside is not easy. It's great that your daughter did. My kid applied to about 50 federal and private sector paid STEM internships and struck out. I was with a bunch of NCS/STA parents recently. Many have top STEM kids. They've applied all over the world for STEM summer internships and no one got one. My daughter applied for federal ones and was always 1 out of 450 or even 900 applicants for 1 spot. (The applications tell you how many people apply after they position closes).