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[quote=Anonymous]NCS was $18K tuition in 1992.  Adjusted for inflation, that would be $30.6K in 2015 dollars.

Went to HS in this area back in the day.  Did see many children of "famous for DC" parents get some sort of college boost - but mostly by working connections of getting their friends with strong ties to colleges/universities to write recs, make calls, pull strings -- or they already had some sort of legacy tie that their status helped inflate their kid's status significantly.  ie. many of those kids 'jump the line' over kids with higher GPAs/SATs/APs/special accomplishments.  But it's hard to measure directly.  And of course, money/contributions by families helps always too.  
Note that famous for DC did mean some of the higher status gov't positions (WH officials, higher profile appointees), any sort of congressman (even from a lame county in a rural state!), TV journalist/personalities, ambassadors, some of the bigger Big Law lawyers, etc.  (this was before the tech boom but assume that would now include tech CEOs.
Agree back in the day (late 80s, early 90s) GDS used to be considered a cut below Sidwell, STA/NCS - but no more.  And Maret a click below that.[/quote]

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