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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NCS has a brand of being intellectually rigorous. Easy As would ruin the brand.
Nothing wrong with picking an easier school for your daughter.
Maret, Burke, St. Andrews, Holton, etc., all do very well with college admissions [/quote]

It's admissions results this year are FAR worse than those posted by Maret, Burke, St. Andrews, and Holton (and Landon and even Field)---none of which have grade deflation to the degree that NCS does. 
So it's brand of "intellectual rigor" is not working with college admissions.  It's not working at the elite schools and (this year) it's not working at the schools ranked from 50-150 (girls are getting denied left and right).
What is NCS going to do in May when it has a whole bunch of girls who can write a perfect essay, can critique any piece of literature with ease but are shut out of colleges?[/quote]

I think you should calm down a little. By the time regular decision results come out, NCS will be up there in successful college admissions.
NCS girls probably reach for the stars in the ED/EA cycle which is why they have more rejections early on than Stoneridge, Holton, etc. It will all even out by April and you might even be back gushing about the strong college results from NCS.
And be prepared for your college freshman to exclaim that college classes are a cakewalk compared to NCS.[/quote]

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