NCS Reception

[Anonymous]

One would hope that grades at NCS would worth something. Or are you saying that a B+ from Harvard is the same as a B+ from the Mayberry Campus of East Podunk State?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's like Visitation. As long as there is a steady conveyor belt of families willing to pay full freight, they don't have to get people jazzed.

I'm sorry but what does this even mean?

I gather the poster means that NCS and Visitation sit on their laurels.

I'm sorry but NCS does not hand out grades without effort and it's not a school that if you attend and get so so grades the name of the school will get you into any college alone. They do not make this promise and they strongly make it known that attending the school isn't a piece of cake. I have to question the judgement of any parent who thinks their daughter will get into a top college just because she warmed a seat at the school. This thread like a conveyor belt is getting worn out by the constant nonsense being posted.

Exactly! Former parent here. Brown AD came to speak to parents about the process and one parent had the nerve to actually ask her if an grade from NCS meant more than same grade from Wilson, or if all things bring equal the girl having gone to NCS would mean more to the college than if she had gone to Wilson. The African American Brown AD said no, unequivocally no, we don't favor a child because she went to an elitist private high school over a girl who did just as well coming from an urban high school. In fact it would be the opposite.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's like Visitation. As long as there is a steady conveyor belt of families willing to pay full freight, they don't have to get people jazzed.

I'm sorry but what does this even mean?

I gather the poster means that NCS and Visitation sit on their laurels.

I'm sorry but NCS does not hand out grades without effort and it's not a school that if you attend and get so so grades the name of the school will get you into any college alone. They do not make this promise and they strongly make it known that attending the school isn't a piece of cake. I have to question the judgement of any parent who thinks their daughter will get into a top college just because she warmed a seat at the school. This thread like a conveyor belt is getting worn out by the constant nonsense being posted.

Exactly! Former parent here. Brown AD came to speak to parents about the process and one parent had the nerve to actually ask her if an grade from NCS meant more than same grade from Wilson, or if all things bring equal the girl having gone to NCS would mean more to the college than if she had gone to Wilson. The African American Brown AD said no, unequivocally no, we don't favor a child because she went to an elitist private high school over a girl who did just as well coming from an urban high school. In fact it would be the opposite.

Well it is harder than Wilson and other schools so one would hope that the grade would mean more. Otherwise why would you do more work and get harder grades if you could do less work and easier work and get better grades and therefore better college placement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One would hope that grades at NCS would worth something. Or are you saying that a B+ from Harvard is the same as a B+ from the Mayberry Campus of East Podunk State?

It is not. Comparability is always hard across thousands of schools, but for the well-known private schools places like Harvard (and many others) know that grades mean something more than they do at generic high schools.

(parent was involved in admissions at Ivy, if that helps give preceding more credibility)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's like Visitation. As long as there is a steady conveyor belt of families willing to pay full freight, they don't have to get people jazzed.

I'm sorry but what does this even mean?

I gather the poster means that NCS and Visitation sit on their laurels.

I'm sorry but NCS does not hand out grades without effort and it's not a school that if you attend and get so so grades the name of the school will get you into any college alone. They do not make this promise and they strongly make it known that attending the school isn't a piece of cake. I have to question the judgement of any parent who thinks their daughter will get into a top college just because she warmed a seat at the school. This thread like a conveyor belt is getting worn out by the constant nonsense being posted.

Exactly! Former parent here. Brown AD came to speak to parents about the process and one parent had the nerve to actually ask her if an grade from NCS meant more than same grade from Wilson, or if all things bring equal the girl having gone to NCS would mean more to the college than if she had gone to Wilson. The African American Brown AD said no, unequivocally no, we don't favor a child because she went to an elitist private high school over a girl who did just as well coming from an urban high school. In fact it would be the opposite.

I'm sure she used the term "elitist private high school" when speaking to a room full on NCS families. Also, did she say she is from an "elitist private college" when introducing herself?

[Anonymous]

Hah!

[Anonymous]

The Brown AD lied...sort of. Truth is that both students are put in different categories and yes one of these categories is race. If you're a white kid from a private school 2100 SATS scores won't get you into the Ivy League. A lower grade from NCS especially when accompanied by higher SAT scores and high scores on AP exams is given more weight. However, colleges do indeed have quotas. Imagine if a school just used raw numbers? So when you say "Just as well" be careful.

Let me ask you. You get a student from a private school with a 3.1(unweighted) with SAT scores of 2100 and a student from a public school with a 4.179 (they weight) with an SAT of 1700 and what would you assume?

SAT was designed to make sure schools were meritocracies.
We don't like what it tells us so we kill the messenger.

[Anonymous]

2310 doesn't do much good either.

[Anonymous]

Although it did get a wait list slot at USC - cocks not Trojans - which is better than an outright rejection I guess.

[Anonymous]

Once again, there are a ton of kids from privates and they are up against kids from privates. That said, either go for a geographic advantage or try to find a school that hasn't had a student from your school in years.

[Anonymous]

Hit the books

[Anonymous]

Yeah but if everyone hit the books it's not like those NCS teachers will give out more A's. Every class needs a top, middle and bottom, no?

[Anonymous]

Once again, you're putting your student in a different bracket and if you want to play that game then fine. NCS is a great school. My DD is absolutely eviscerating her school, no, not an Ivy but smaller school that's well regarded. Hell, if it was up to us she would've gone to St U. and saved the money. She is incredibly well prepared both academically and emotionally. My DD was squarely in the middle and I'm glad the grades didn't come easy.

[Anonymous]

Good for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once again, you're putting your student in a different bracket and if you want to play that game then fine. NCS is a great school. My DD is absolutely eviscerating her school, no, not an Ivy but smaller school that's well regarded. Hell, if it was up to us she would've gone to St U. and saved the money. She is incredibly well prepared both academically and emotionally. My DD was squarely in the middle and I'm glad the grades didn't come easy.

At last, we have reached the dark heart of the NCS mom . . . "eviscerating" . .. what kind of person thinks in these terms?