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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stone Ridge does not fill quotas from parishes. Yes it is Catholic but is an Independent school. No money is received from the church[/quote]

Yes, the idea that they would do that is crazy!

Here is a different perspective OP - If she chooses NCS she will be around many Type A kids and while this can be good it can also be difficult to stand out.  Not sure if you've read Gladwell's David and Goliath but there's a section in there about a student who was very strong and went to Brown to study science (can't recall what) but ended up feeling inferior to the uber brilliant kids and ultimately ended up changing course because she felt like she was at the bottom of the class.  Had she gone somewhere else where she felt more capable than a lot of her classmates, she might have taken on even more challenges and excelled.  SR is a great place filled with smart girls but not everyone is vying for the top of the top so your daughter could really stand out there in high school whereas at NCS she may feel like she's middle of the pack.  I speak from experience because I have a daughter who was top of her middle school class in a good school who went to another top DC school for high school where she has started to question herself more than I would like because everyone there is as smart (or maybe smarter) than her.  She will be fine but she might have really stood out at a different school.  SR also has great sports, community service and school spirit.  I don't know a lot about NCS but I'm sure she will be fine at either school, just wanted to offer another perspective.[/quote]

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