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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Black NCS mom here.  One graduate and one still there.  Both girls had amazing experiences.  This year was hard for any black person in the country and I am proud of the ladies at NCS for using their voice to identify bias, racism and microaggressions.  Could the school do more? Yes. They are trying.  NCS is much much more progressive than STA. NCS has had a Black Student Union for years, STA has forbidden it until this year.  NCS has a special ceremony at the end of year for black graduates called the Kente ceremony that the very active Black Alumnae Association participates in.  So to OP's question, it really depends on what school you are looking at because they are quite different. [/quote]

Many of my friends with black daughters ar NCS say their daughters are happy at NCS and they are pleased with the school. We have very candid conversations about many things so I know they would be honest with me. [/quote]

NCS mom here and I would agree. It's a more diverse and progressive school. STA has bipolar admissions: ultra wealthy preps and then financial aid kids. NCS has far more families in the middle which helps immensely with daily harmony.

From my perspective STA's problems have more to deal with who they admit than who they don't.  They have the diversity piece down (they have quite a large percentage of  diversity kids).  Now they have to stop admitting the Chevy Chase crowd.  I'm white and this crowd completely snubs me too. It's not just black people that they're toxic towards.  Why the school continues to preferentially admit them I don't understand.  [/quote]

Some (but not total) truth to this. First, not all diverse admits are fa. By a long shot. Second, not all white admits are ultra-wealthy preps.

What is true: there is a subgroup at sta that is completely toxic. To everyone. They are, in general, classist, racist, xenophobic, sexist, clubbist  :lol: and,  overall, an unhappy and unpleasant lot. They're generally too distracted by the need to cut each others' throats for flower mart and house tour to notice how wretchedly their boys behave and how much everyone else there avoids them at all costs.

As countless pp's have said, neither sta's reputation--locally and nationally--nor its culture will improve until admissions gets its act together. It’s embarrassing. And on so many issues that sta proclaiming to care about and needs to do something about, inexcusable. [/quote]

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