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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admissions officers found them to be quite pedestrian.  Her test scores are well above the Ivy averages so it must have been the grades that dragged her down.  Not what we thought was going to happen.  A net that was cast wide returned not much. [/quote]

I'm sorry this turned out this way. I am also of the opinion that NCS should feel some responsibility. They admitted her. they knew her potential - they should have worked harder to ignite a spark in her. They also should have been pretty clear with you all that if the grades stayed lackluster that the college admits would also not be as expected. If they did not realize that ahead of time and are shocked by these results then they should be hitting the phones to these colleges and helping. Curious - can you share what the reality is of NCS's reaction to these results?  [/quote]

Have had kids at both Sidwell and Cathedral schools. Each had a few kids who were underachievers in class, but had excellent scores. Rarely did they do as well with college placement as the reverse.  The schools did what they could regarding college placement, but they can only do so much.  I do not think it is a schools responsibility to overcome the lack of work done by underachievers. [/quote]

I disagree RE the school's responsibility. They accepted this child. They enrolled her. They cashed the family's tuition payments. It is their responsibility to push and educate that child to her full potential. They knew her grades were below her potential. They should have dealt with it. Brought family in to make sure everyone knew there was a problem. Instead they just accepted work from her that was below potential because that was path of least resistance. The school sent the message a 3.0 was good enough. Even though it was not good enough. Unfortunately NCS passed the buck and let the college application process inform the student and her parents that is was t good enough. That's a lazy way out. 
This has always been the problem with NCS. If a student is top 10% to top 20% you are in the cat bird seat. NCS loves  you and will work really hard for you. If you are a B/C+ kid you are irrelevant to them. [/quote]

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