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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a Sidwell parent, so I have no first hand knowledge about college admissions from NCS, but I assume its similar to Sidwell.  My son got a wonderful education at Sidwell ( as I am sure the girls do at NCS), and whats more I watched him challenge himself academically and through community activities and studying abroad to be come an independent, critically thinking young adult. So I think the money was worth it, regardless of college.

That being said he has a B+ average (which I realize is better than a B  of PP's DD average) and all this talk about getting into college being easier from a public made us nervous. Well, it turned out just fine.  His Sidwell college counselor was very helpful.  So far he has gotten into every college he applied to, one with significant merit aid.  We are waiting to hear form the Ivys tomorrow.  But he has so many top SLACs and others to choose from, we are very happy.  He had wonderful EC's and recommendations because he excelled in one academic discipline and really threw himself into those classes.  The bottom line is that you don't have to be a straight A student, or even close, to get into top 20 colleges and universities if you come from a highly ranked private.

But it helps if your kids is motivated to learn and really involved in something meaningful both inside and outside of school.The bottom line is that I am suggesting that the PP whose daughter's college choices didn't meet her expectations may not have been because of grades.  It may have been because her daughter didn't exhibit a true interest in learning or something completely different.  Perhaps her recommendations were just so so.  It could  be a lot of things but blaming the school seems unfair to me.  And leaving a school for another school to increase your chance of college admissions is silly.

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It helps to be a boy, though. Girls on average have better grades and need better grades and scores.[/quote]

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