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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are you looking for?

NCS is the most rigorous all girls.
STA is the most rigorous all boys.
Sidwell is the most rigorous coed.

In the next tier you have GDS
Then Potomac
Then Maret

Bullis isn't that rigorous. If it's near your house and you want a less intense experience for your kid, it could be a good fit. Their teachers are not as credentialed. At NCS Upper School, most of the Social Science and English teachers have PhDs. You won't find that at Bullis, at least now widespread. Compare the faculty profiles.
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Huh. When I was at NCS, Dr. Clevenger was the only PhD in the science department, and all but one of my teachers was excellent (the exception was a woman hired last minute in summer who didn’t go through the regular process; turned out she was an absolute dud and was fired a few weeks into the fall). I guess they’ve started caring more about racking up the credentials than simply finding excellent teachers, regardless of the honorifics in front of their names. [/quote]

I find it so odd that this NCS alum is frequently posting on dcum about NCS and how it was many moons ago. It is obviously very different now. Curious do you have children or are you just on these forum for fun? I am genuinely curious. [/quote]

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