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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several years ago the parents of my daughter’s happy and high performing BFF pulled her out of Arlington schools for NCS (after not getting her into TJ) starting in sixth grade.    She did very well at NCS academically and social although she  continued to center her social life around her neighborhood friends, who were far more convenient and life long friends, all of whom stayed in the public schools.

In the end she was waitlisted or rejected by every Ivy League school she applied to (no hooks) and ended up at UVA with my daughter - who, I will say, is also smart and accomplished but would be the first to say she’s not really in her BFF’s league.

[b]Had the girl stayed in Arlington, I have no doubt she would have been a true star in her class and would have had better luck with top 10 colleges.[/b]  I don’t think the parents have any regrets, because money really is not an issue for them, but it appears to be an issue for you.

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This seems wrong.  You can’t see APS matriculation data, only their acceptance rates.  But, the math — even on acceptances — appears to support that you actually do fare better with admissions in Top 1/3 at NCS than you would at YHS/W&L (excluding Wakefield).   And, I assume there loads of legacies as well as athletic recruits at those two schools (see Yorktowns recent performance placing athletes, which is better than W&Ls).  There are fewer URMs because those schools are less diverse than NCS.

I would never pay for admissions and they’re a million factors that impact that process, mostly the happiness and motivation of your child.  But, I don’t think your analysis is correct.   And I do think the NCS kid can write significantly better than the APS kid.  [/quote]

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