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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am trying to figure out why this is 300+ posts? Would other k-12s garner such wildly different and polarized opinions? What is it about this school? [/quote]
Do a search on NCS (not even just the current thread) or Flint Hill. There are many love/hate schools discussed at GREAT length on DCUM. [/quote]

The schools are not fungible.  We visited both and have solid connections at the Close.  My children were literally turned off by both NCS and St. Albans.  I wanted them to like the schools. I like them.  They have well known rigor and amazing alums etc. My son did his shadow day and came out and said he would prefer to never go back.  First words out of his mouth.  I asked if something happened and he said no but he didn’t like how stifling it felt and the campus felt claustrophobic to him and the boys “vibe” was not the kind he liked.  It was visceral and he is a mild mannered kid so I have to respect it.  And my daughter’s feeling about NCS was that it was bland and joyless.  she was strongly opposed to a girls school as well so we just didn’t press the issues with either and they are happily at other schools.  But to think that NCS or ST Albans could be swapped for SSSAS shows a total lack of familiarity with the culture at all of the schools.   Our impression of SSSAS was positive.  Happy kids, engaged staff, lots of traditions, and it felt like a bigger place.  It felt more like Bullis, Sidwell, Potomac.  Nothing like NCS or St. Albans.[/quote]

Ok, well then for the same price and similar culture but with vastly superior college outcomes I’d take Sidwell or Potomac.  [/quote]

But would they take you.  Both get way more qualified applicants than they have spots so only the truly clueless act like getting into either of these schools is just an application away.  But thanks for playing. [/quote]

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