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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several years ago the parents of my daughter’s happy and high performing BFF pulled her out of Arlington schools for NCS (after not getting her into TJ) starting in sixth grade.    She did very well at NCS academically and social although she  continued to center her social life around her neighborhood friends, who were far more convenient and life long friends, all of whom stayed in the public schools.

In the end she was waitlisted or rejected by every Ivy League school she applied to (no hooks) and ended up at UVA with my daughter - who, I will say, is also smart and accomplished but would be the first to say she’s not really in her BFF’s league.

Had the girl stayed in Arlington, I have no doubt she would have been a true star in her class and would have had better luck with top 10 colleges.  I don’t think the parents have any regrets, because money really is not an issue for them, but it appears to be an issue for you.

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It is about college preparation, not college admissions.[/quote]

I'm a rising senior NCS parent who came from public and I agree with both you and the previous poster.

1)It is about preparation and my NCS daughter is well (I would say over) prepared for college. 
2)I have no doubt that she will be getting into a WORSE college coming from NCS than she would have from public.  She was (is) one of those hyper over-achieving types.  In public she was in the top of her cohort--straight As, Algebra in 6th grade, 99% SSAT, etc. (which is why she
was accepted to NCS in the first place)
At NCS she also has all As (a few A minuses) but she's in a class full of legacy and VIP kids that I know will get the edge over her in college admissions to whatever colleges they have legacy status for.  I've seen this happen time and time again at NCS and with my son 
who is at another "Big3" school.  It happened this year--some of the smartest girls/hardest workers/most impressive girls were shut out from top 20 schools.  This is no slight on the legacy girls (they are no slouches either!!) but it can't be ignored that it's the reality of college admissions in 2023 and is exacerbated when you are in a class full of kids whose parents went to top colleges (and are also big donors, VIPs, etc).   [/quote]

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