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[quote=Anonymous]This thread shows the craziness of how people on DCUM attack schools.  It started with what was a fairly crazy attack suggesting that NCS was going downhill because of what could at most be viewed as a slight change in one particular year in the early college admissions of the school.  Message:  people should be worried about NCS because it is not tough enough, selective enough, or something like that and therefore might not get as many kids into Ivies.  Then it became that NCS is not a nice enough supportive enough place for kids.  Message:  people should be worried about NCS because it is too tough and competitive and not supportive for girls.  Good grief.

I actually have a bit of input because my daughter started at NCS this year (middle school age) coming from a PK-8 school.  What I would say based on our early experience is that it seems like a great place to learn and be [u]for the right type of girl[/u].  Our daughter chose NCS herself and has fit in there and is doing well but only because she actually enjoys the demanding academic environment and the personality of the place.  Personally I don't really care for it because I find the parent body to be too uptight and the environment to be too competitive and the girls too hard on themselves.  I would never send my younger DD there for that reason because I think she is the wrong personality for NCS.  I have the sense that PPs who had really bad social issues are dealing with kids who are not the right fit for NCS.  If the child is unhappy at a school to the point that the others are discussing I would think you should definitely move them.  There is no benefit to being at a particular school (or even being at a "better" school) that would outweigh a kid spending high school feeling unhappy at school and lacking a good social community of friends.  [/quote]

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