NCS - Pros and Cons

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Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

[Anonymous]

It is insanely woke.

[Anonymous]

NP here grateful for everyone’s candor. I have a younger DD who would probably love it academically but I’m nervous about the social scene having had a horrific experience as a financial aid kid at a prep school decades ago. My DD would not be receiving aid but we have modest lives and would feel the financial pinch.

How wealthy does it feel? In terms of how the girls celebrate, travel, dress outside of school, etc? Is it as CCC-heavy at STA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is insanely woke.

Nah. It has a good balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here grateful for everyone’s candor. I have a younger DD who would probably love it academically but I’m nervous about the social scene having had a horrific experience as a financial aid kid at a prep school decades ago. My DD would not be receiving aid but we have modest lives and would feel the financial pinch.

How wealthy does it feel? In terms of how the girls celebrate, travel, dress outside of school, etc? Is it as CCC-heavy at STA?

No it is not as CCC heavy as STA. We only have maybe 5-8 CCC members in our grade in highschool. Different than STA. Bring in a lot of public school kids in 6th and 9th. Definitely a lot of wealthy people there but definitely a mix of others as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP here grateful for everyone’s candor. I have a younger DD who would probably love it academically but I’m nervous about the social scene having had a horrific experience as a financial aid kid at a prep school decades ago. My DD would not be receiving aid but we have modest lives and would feel the financial pinch.

How wealthy does it feel? In terms of how the girls celebrate, travel, dress outside of school, etc? Is it as CCC-heavy at STA?

No it is not as CCC heavy as STA. We only have maybe 5-8 CCC members in our grade in highschool. Different than STA. Bring in a lot of public school kids in 6th and 9th. Definitely a lot of wealthy people there but definitely a mix of others as well.

It's definitely less CCC centered than STA but maybe 10% less wealthy if you are just looking at household incomes and not club memberships. It doesn't give much aid (18%-20% of the student body? vs 30-40% at STA) and the reality is that most people are not paying $55K+ for school (per child) unless their HHI is well over $500K, generally closer to one million.
That's the hard truth.

Whether your kid is ok being a have-not is really something each kid has to determine on their own. I have found that mine don't really care. Most of their friends have $4million+ homes and we have a small, pretty dumpy house. They're not ashamed of it.
I'd love to take credit for this confidence but I honestly think it was something they were just born with (luck of the draw). They're like "this is who we are and we're proud of it." Kids either struggle with being a "have not" or they don't--it's hard to predict.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

No because a couple of schools have non-restrictive early. So you can have an acceptance but not commit until other decisions come out. I know there is at least 1 Princeton acceptance not reflected on the reported decisions because that student is waiting to hear from others. I think there's a Yale acceptance as well.

But yes.....a lot of deferrals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

Yes. About 95% ED.
Only about 10/70 were successful with ED.
that's why Boston College (for example) is striking. they are a traditional ED option for string but not perfect girls but they declined 8/8 girls this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

No because a couple of schools have non-restrictive early. So you can have an acceptance but not commit until other decisions come out. I know there is at least 1 Princeton acceptance not reflected on the reported decisions because that student is waiting to hear from others. I think there's a Yale acceptance as well.

But yes.....a lot of deferrals.

Yes the Princeton is a legacy.
I don't know about the Yale (or that there is a Yale). I do know that one of the strongest forks in the class is not represented on Instagram so far so many it's her.
but that's about it.
there aren't a pack of non-restrictive early action girls hanging out there with great excellences in their pocket.

I'll add - a couple of the ED acceptances were, in my opinion, at less competitive schools than they may have tried in previous years. Very strong stats girls who did ED not to Ivies, but to T50 schools. Smart move.

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How many girls are still hanging out there without good options?
is this year shaping up to be the same as always (almost everyone in to a top 40 school) or markedly different?
What about girls who are strong (3.75+ Or top 25% in then class) but not perfect?
Anyone from the senior senior class know the truth and care to share?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

Yes. About 95% ED.
Only about 10/70 were successful with ED.
that's why Boston College (for example) is striking. they are a traditional ED option for string but not perfect girls but they declined 8/8 girls this year.

The girls most likely to be accepted to BC used ED for their reaches. They will likely be the ones who get admitted during RD, just as they did last year. I don't see how you can just blame the school for kids getting denied. You don't necessarily know their GPAs, test scores or rigor of course work. There are quite a few girls who chose the easier course and then were stunned that they didn't get into their first choice. Both grades and rigor matter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here (really!!), some current classes are small in the 70s but 9th grade is currently 89 girls. 27 were added this year. My impression is the school would like to graduate about 90 girls.

Also, the college acceptances I have heard about (from my daughter who is not a senior but is in US) are quite strong. They are still making decisions but I haven’t heard about lot of shut outs. College admissions are a hard thing these days and we still think NCS is worth the possibility that our daughter could have gotten into a better school from our downright horrible DCPS. She is thriving at NCS. LS was not hard, MS ramped up a bit and US can be a slog but as PPs have said, time management and executive function skills are key.

I heard only one into Tulane (ranked 73) and none into BC so far. Those are shut outs for EA and ED and EDII. I am hearing good news from the parents with good news and not good news from the parents with not good news.

To clarify several applied to the above either and/or early action, early decision and/or early decision II and as those three options the above results so please don't down play the parents and students that not be getting good news. Same for 2023. Yes lots of great schools but many many were not happy with their college placement and were very open about it to all and still are open about it. Maybe you are only talking to people with good news or people not happy don't feel comfortable sharing its with you? Not sure.

Is it possible Tulane and maybe BC are changing the percentages they accept EA/ED? Perhaps these girls will end up somewhere good in RD. Point is, maybe RD is more important these days.

Several students from Holton and other DC privates were admitted to Tulane and BC. Stop gaslighting posters that are posting facts.

Thanks. I have noticed this as well. There are some posters on here that gas light all posts that are not positive about NCS or have the posts removed.


Right now there are about 20 NCS girls who are placed for college. They are either the top-of-the-class ones or others who chose large state schools with high admissions rates.
If I'm wrong about this, please let me know. It does appear that Tulane and Boston College (who historically were happy to work with deflated NCS GPAs) are not taking girls this year.
That is quite troubling.

does every girl usually apply ED somewhere? can we assume 50ish girls were either denied ED or deferred?

Yes. About 95% ED.
Only about 10/70 were successful with ED.
that's why Boston College (for example) is striking. they are a traditional ED option for string but not perfect girls but they declined 8/8 girls this year.

The girls most likely to be accepted to BC used ED for their reaches. They will likely be the ones who get admitted during RD, just as they did last year. I don't see how you can just blame the school for kids getting denied. You don't necessarily know their GPAs, test scores or rigor of course work. There are quite a few girls who chose the easier course and then were stunned that they didn't get into their first choice. Both grades and rigor matter.

Where did PP blame the school? That post was purely stats and facts. I think PP was just pointing out trends and the way they may be different from previous years.