NCS Parents - "I wish I had known x" type advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PPs who are disgruntled with NCS, did your child need more support or nurturing than the majority or would you say your child's experience was that of the majority? Similarly, would you say NCS was not a fit for your child specifically, or that NCS is not a good fit for the majority (any type of child)?

Disgruntled that's a laugh. I agree with the PP that said the girls are cheated. My DD was accepted at a few ivies and SLACs. No she didn't need extra academic support. She's a very bright girl who tests extremely well, is fairly sociable, and is naturally very resourceful.

Yes, some academic support is available at the school. That shouldn't be the only kind of support that's important. For example, how is it helpful when a teacher quietly tells another student that "Taylor" has a drug problem so stay away from her. Academically, Taylor is academically solid, something has gone amidst but no one on staff dares to addresses it. Several of DDs friends did require extra academic and emotional support and discovered that faculty/staff didn't have solutions or real policies in place to deal with it. The culture in place at NCS does not develop the whole girl. Definitely, I would say that NCS is not a good fit for the majority.

On paper my DD finished NCS as one of its success stories, emotionally she has disassociated from the school as an alum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a current STA and NCS parent, I think the culture of NCS and other girls' schools whose mission is to develop strong women leaders must necessarily be less nurturing than that of STA and other boys' schools whose students have and will always have all the advantages of being male in a man's world. Girls and women simply must try harder, even competing magainst one another in a man's world with a (still) limited number leadership leadership positions for women, and that sad fact puts great pressure on high-school girls.

Besides Susan Rice any other NCS (distinguished) alumni who are world leaders or hold major leadership positions?

Less nurturing is a huge understatement!

I think this is Holton Mom.

I don't think there are many Holton parents who care about NCS on way or the other. The obsession runs the other way. Is Susan Rice still "distinguished?" Her greatest claim to fame is being the designated fool rolled out to lie to cover up Benghazi.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a current STA and NCS parent, I think the culture of NCS and other girls' schools whose mission is to develop strong women leaders must necessarily be less nurturing than that of STA and other boys' schools whose students have and will always have all the advantages of being male in a man's world. Girls and women simply must try harder, even competing magainst one another in a man's world with a (still) limited number leadership leadership positions for women, and that sad fact puts great pressure on high-school girls.

Besides Susan Rice any other NCS (distinguished) alumni who are world leaders or hold major leadership positions?

Less nurturing is a huge understatement!

I think this is Holton Mom.

I don't think there are many Holton parents who care about NCS on way or the other. The obsession runs the other way. Is Susan Rice still "distinguished?" Her greatest claim to fame is being the designated fool rolled out to lie to cover up Benghazi.

When I posted that meant to place distinguished in quotes not parens.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a current STA and NCS parent, I think the culture of NCS and other girls' schools whose mission is to develop strong women leaders must necessarily be less nurturing than that of STA and other boys' schools whose students have and will always have all the advantages of being male in a man's world. Girls and women simply must try harder, even competing magainst one another in a man's world with a (still) limited number leadership leadership positions for women, and that sad fact puts great pressure on high-school girls.

Besides Susan Rice any other NCS (distinguished) alumni who are world leaders or hold major leadership positions?

Less nurturing is a huge understatement!

I think this is Holton Mom.

I don't think there are many Holton parents who care about NCS on way or the other. The obsession runs the other way. Is Susan Rice still "distinguished?" Her greatest claim to fame is being the designated fool rolled out to lie to cover up Benghazi.

I'm not the PP who wrote "I think this is Holton Mom," and I have no connection to Holton or NCS, except that DD turned NCS down. But with all the self-promotion from Holton boosters, you can't blame the rest of us for concluding that Holton parents see NCS as the main rival that must be taken down. The fault for this lies with the Holton boosters themselves.

[Anonymous]

I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Could you please cite your source of information for this statement?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Could you please cite your source of information for this statement?

Yes, NCS was one source. Among many sources. The author interviewed girls and held workshops at lots of area schools, single-sex as well and coed, for example the author conducted interviews at the Field School, too. Apparently one of the worst Queen Bees in the book was attending a coed school (I know the school, but I'm not going to say it). I have this info from a friend of the parents of the Queen Bee in question.

Get a grip on the hating, first PP. If you own the book, you actually knew what I've just said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Could you please cite your source of information for this statement?

Yes, NCS was one source. Among many sources. The author interviewed girls and held workshops at lots of area schools, single-sex as well and coed, for example the author conducted interviews at the Field School, too. Apparently one of the worst Queen Bees in the book was attending a coed school (I know the school, but I'm not going to say it). I have this info from a friend of the parents of the Queen Bee in question.

Get a grip on the hating, first PP. If you own the book, you actually knew what I've just said.

In other breaking news, George W. Bush just won a close election against Al Gore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Well that explains a lot. It seems that those "mean girls" from NCS have moved on to become DCUM snarks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I suppose people might be interested to know that NCS was the inspiration for the Book Queen Bees and Wannabes and the movie "Mean Girls" (though Lindsay Lohan is NOT an NCS alum)

Well that explains a lot. It seems that those "mean girls" from NCS have moved on to become DCUM snarks.

Can you read? Go back and read the last few posts. Try as you might, you can't pin "mean girls" on NCS.

Re mean girls on DCUM: you're obviously a mean girl (or boy) yourself, so why don't you help us out by telling us the name of your own high school?

[Anonymous]

Anytime an institution is hard to get into (like NCS) -- it seems to stir up a lot of hostility. NCS is a fine school but not for the faint of heart. I believe it is a bit harder to get into than Holton (due to its more favorable geography)...and that is coming from a Holton mom. Neither school is much fun...a lot of super hard work.

[Anonymous]

More favorable geography? I guess that's in the eye of the beholder.

[Anonymous]

She simply means less competitive area with good public school options, Georgetown mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More favorable geography? I guess that's in the eye of the beholder.

Any independent school in DC has "more favorable geography" from an admissions perspective than a school in Montgomery County, given the fairly widespread dissatisfaction with D.C. Public Schools, which increases as the age level goes up.

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Anonymous wrote:More favorable geography? I guess that's in the eye of the beholder.

Any independent school in DC has "more favorable geography" from an admissions perspective than a school in Montgomery County, given the fairly widespread dissatisfaction with D.C. Public Schools, which increases as the age level goes up.

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