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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly looking through the Instagram, I was floored. 6 out of the 8 Ivies (AND Stanford). Lots of solid LACs like Pomona, Middlebury and Davidson. People on this board are something else.[/quote]

Me too. Is is a very impressive list. The op is very bitter and it is sad. [/quote]

This list is so-so. Not that distinctive from other posted results in this area.  Infact, not very distinctive at all. Several of the public and a few private schools had more distinctive lists this year.  [/quote]

And yet NCS grads tend do be quite successful in life. I know many and they are all doing quite well and are living happy well-balanced lives. You on the other hand sound quite miserable. How unfortunate for you that you just don’t get it. The key to success is not getting imo an Ivy. Just ask all of the Ivy grads you know. I think they would agree. Many of them don’t get placed for jobs or internships after college just like everywhere else. Many do but trust me they have their own issues with life after college too. [/quote]

I’ve been struck by the fact that of the several NCS grads I know, very few want to send their own daughter to NCS.
This is different from the St. Albans grads I know who by and large do want their boys to go to St. Albans. Why such a difference?[/quote]

Because NCS is HARD!!! 
It is not for everyone[/quote]

Yup. NCS alumna here. Worst years of my life and I’d never put a daughter through that experience. My college was a breeze compared to NCS.[/quote]

+3 My college daughter said she will NEVER send her daughter to NCS. She mentioned feeling PTSD whenever she drives by the Cathedral. I feel horrible, because I was so focused on the amazing education (and it is amazing) that I overlooked the stress my daughter was in day in and day out. Working for hours every night and still only getting B+s. She told me she never felt smart until she attended university and started getting As.[/quote]

The fact is NCS and schools like it are not for every student. My DD has thrived at NCS, and she isn't the kind of kid who burns the candles at both ends or ruthlessly competes with her classmates. She definitely works for an A/A- and has received Bs in many of her classes. We like that NCS doesn't hand out As like candy. It seems as if some parents want the school to base the grades on effort, not ability. We've all had moments when we work hard on a project, only to realize that once it's finished, we have made mistakes, etc. We're not so much focused on the college process as we know she'll get into a good school, even if it isn't one of the top schools so many people on this site and in DC, itself, hallow as the be-all and end all of higher education. I don't understand these parents who keep their kids at schools like NCS when clearly it isn't a good fit for them.[/quote]

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