Nysmith School

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Anonymous wrote:Only Nysmith family I know went there because they were given an excellent financial aid package. But then they left after a few years because of excessive discipline problems with the class

My child has been at nysmith for five years, and we have never seen any discipline problems.

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Anonymous wrote:You forgot the "for the Gifted" tag. This is very important.

Why does this bother you so much? Do you feel anger that you can't send your DC to Nysmith?

DP. It's pretty funny. You don't think so?

No, not really. The funny part is how it drives the public school parents crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:The school hasn't been good for students of color and kids with ADHD.

The school is unbelievably diverse (from a culture perspective) ... not African American diverse but neither is that part of Fairfax county which is where the school draws from... I know many many kids with adhd at Nysmith ... many.

"Not African American diverse" Let me guess, not Latinx diverse either, huh?

Try South Eastern Indian and Asian diverse.

It's diverse from an international perspective - definitely south eastern indian and asian but also middle eastern. The part of Fairfax County that Nysmith is in (Herndon) has a significiant population of international diversity that the school draws from. . .

What about socioeconomic diversity?

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My general impression is that the families at Nysmith are significantly less wealthy than the families at the top DC privates, by and large. This is in part the location, and in part the fact that Nysmith tuition is about half the tuition of top DC privates.

There's a fair chunk of dual-income professional families -- meaning, generally, engineers and individual-contributor STEM folks, not so much the lawyer crowd that dominates top DC privates. In other words, both parents together generally make significantly less than one lawyer. Think "comfortable" but not "wealthy". I don't think the school is any more diverse than a typical Loudoun County public school, though.

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Anonymous wrote:My general impression is that the families at Nysmith are significantly less wealthy than the families at the top DC privates, by and large. This is in part the location, and in part the fact that Nysmith tuition is about half the tuition of top DC privates.

There's a fair chunk of dual-income professional families -- meaning, generally, engineers and individual-contributor STEM folks, not so much the lawyer crowd that dominates top DC privates. In other words, both parents together generally make significantly less than one lawyer. Think "comfortable" but not "wealthy". I don't think the school is any more diverse than a typical Loudoun County public school, though.

Your "general impression would be wrong then. (a) Nysmith tuition is about $40k/yr so it is on par with DC area tuition and (b) there are plenty of. very well off people (see supercars in pick up line including star athletes, large company CEOs, famous musicians, etc amongst the parents in addition to the doctor/lawyer/IT CEO/ federal contractor CEO combination that you would find in NoVA. There are plenty of stay at home moms/dads and early retired parents who dont need to work as well.

People in DC proper really have no clue about the other 1.5Million people about 20 miles west of DC.

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Anonymous wrote:My general impression is that the families at Nysmith are significantly less wealthy than the families at the top DC privates, by and large. This is in part the location, and in part the fact that Nysmith tuition is about half the tuition of top DC privates.

There's a fair chunk of dual-income professional families -- meaning, generally, engineers and individual-contributor STEM folks, not so much the lawyer crowd that dominates top DC privates. In other words, both parents together generally make significantly less than one lawyer. Think "comfortable" but not "wealthy". I don't think the school is any more diverse than a typical Loudoun County public school, though.

Your "general impression would be wrong then. (a) Nysmith tuition is about $40k/yr so it is on par with DC area tuition and (b) there are plenty of. very well off people (see supercars in pick up line including star athletes, large company CEOs, famous musicians, etc amongst the parents in addition to the doctor/lawyer/IT CEO/ federal contractor CEO combination that you would find in NoVA. There are plenty of stay at home moms/dads and early retired parents who dont need to work as well.

People in DC proper really have no clue about the other 1.5Million people about 20 miles west of DC.

+ 1000 Tuition is right at 40K. We just signed next years contract.

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I don't get why the Nysmith "parents" (or admissions director posting as parents, you never know on this website) are sooo defensive. You love your school. Great.

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Where do Nysmith students go for high school?

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Anonymous wrote:Where do Nysmith students go for high school?

https://www.nysmith.com/high-school-placement/

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$26k for preschool, going up to $39k for 4th and beyond. GDS, $37k for preschool, going up to almost $40k at 1st grade, and continuing to escalate beyond there. The delta is more pronounced in the earlier grades.

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PP, posted too soon... And Sidwell at $45k. We looked at big 3, Nysmith, and others, ultimately picked a school that wasn't any of these but is still high 30s in tuition. The difference between the price tag at Sidwell (and others in the same price league) and Nysmith is significant enough to make a material difference for us.

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My kids were there in the 2000s and are out of college now.

Do they still have a large percentage of 8th graders go on to TJ? When my DD finished 8th there, 14 of the 30 kids went to TJ.

Also, I wasn't aware of any financial aid there. You pretty much had to be able to afford to send your kid there. That often excludes Latinx or AA.

There were fabulously wealthy families there, like with indoor pools, and enormous houses on expensive real estate. We weren't one of those, LOL. There's just a lot of wealth in this area.

Lastly, they didn't offer any extra support for kids with ADHD, and executive dysfunction, and were very up front about this.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get why the Nysmith "parents" (or admissions director posting as parents, you never know on this website) are sooo defensive. You love your school. Great.

Parent here, I promise. As upset as you are, I assume that either your child didn't get accepted, or you don't have the money to send him.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do Nysmith students go for high school?

Former parent. Ours went to DC Big 3s.

The biggest % by far go to TJ. Many to Potomac and Flint Hill. A small percentage to local high schools.

A surprising number to StA/NCS, Sidwell, GDS, and other DC privates, despite the distance for most families.

Every year a handful to go boarding schools (from Exeter and Andover to Middleburg).

Some were going to Basis McLean to continue a private STEM track - that may have tailed off. .

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Anonymous wrote:Where do Nysmith students go for high school?

Former parent. Ours went to DC Big 3s.

The biggest % by far go to TJ. Many to Potomac and Flint Hill. A small percentage to local high schools.

A surprising number to StA/NCS, Sidwell, GDS, and other DC privates, despite the distance for most families.

Every year a handful to go boarding schools (from Exeter and Andover to Middleburg).

Some were going to Basis McLean to continue a private STEM track - that may have tailed off. .

Can a current parent give us last years stats? Did more go to TJ or Flint Hill? What school was number 3 on list? Numbers/percentages?