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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I can tell, the $5K deposit is non-refundable if you sign by tomorrow but walk away by June?  
This is new this year (?)  Used to be $1k? 
This is our first renewal. 
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I just looked. I think it is for 2025-2026 school year? Nonetheless it is a smart approach. There are many on the waitlist and people need to commit or not if they are not returning. [/quote]

OP here.  Yes, I think it's new for 2024-2025 (but applies to all students). 
Once you sign the contract you are in for $5K (non-refundable).

It will be interesting to see how this plays out for them. 
Anyone waiting to hear from Walls or Thomas Jefferson or Blair or boarding schools will be out the $5K. [/quote]

I don’t think anyone is deciding between Walls/Thomas Jefferson and NCS.[/quote]

Huh?  Get out of your bubble.

This has totally become the NCS brand for 9th grade in recent years.  At least half the class comes from public.  We did and my daughter also applied to Walls. 
I can think of at least 10 other kids like mine in recent yrs (some who were accepted to NCS and enrolled, some who were accepted but did not enroll (but went to Walls or JR), some who did not get in) and I feel like I don't know that many kids!  [/quote]

Well there you go. That is an even better reason for NCS to require a deposit. If what you say is true they Could turn down many students who apply to NCS for a student such as yourself who you admittedly say may turn and go to walls if they get admitted. That’s not fair to NCS or the other students who applied and have adjusted their school of choice based on being on the waitlist. See it goes both ways.[/quote]

Interesting logic. Does the same apply to a student who ends up choosing Holton or Sidwell or GDS over NCS for academic reasons?

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They can choose any school they want but once they sign a contract they should honor the contract and I guess because some people have not honored the contract in the past NCS got burned they were forced to implement this policy. It seems fair to me. I wouldn’t sign a contract if I didn’t have the intent on fulfilling it and if I had to lose the deposit that would be a chance I guess I would be willing to take. I take a contract seriously.[/quote]

A chance you can afford to take.

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