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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD came from a DCPS and started NCS in 4th grade.  She came in with an iq score in the 99th percentile, excellent grades, and is an urm (under represented minority).  The other girls that entered with her were from suburban public schools.  The rest from Beauvoir.  [/quote]

Magic words- underrepresented minority
To get in at middle school means you better have something that they're looking for.  Sometimes it's athletics sometimes it's minority status sometimes it's just money.[/quote]

At my kid's school it's brains. The kids admitted at PK/K have a much greater spectrum of academic ability. The kids admitted for MS or US are almost all clustered at the top end.[/quote]

Yep.  And while we all like to think that our kids are geniuses, if your child starts out at DCPS and ends up being only smart, as opposed 95+% brilliant (not to mention, well-rounded), or perhaps brilliant but doesn't do well on standardized tests, then your chances of admission to private middle school aren't so great.  It's definitely safer to start them off in private school.  [/quote]

My DD just finished 5th at a WOP DCPS and multiple kids are off to top privates. [/quote]

Of course, because the desired quality is academic achievement/brains, not a private school stamp on the application.  [/quote]

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