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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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?

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

STA is also hard.  I believe the real answer is that the dynamics at an all girls’ school are just more difficult - not just at NCS, but many other girls’ schools. I have daughters who have attended various local girls’ schools, and they have tended to be be more “cliquey” with more conflict and competition.  STA has built a culture where most of the boys are driven to do their best, but they support each other and don’t wish for their classmates to do poorly. There are different groups, of course, but they seem to get along with each other.  I have always thought the rotating family lunch tables has a lot to do with this.[/quote]

I have high schoolers at both schools. Both are challenging. NCS is unnecessarily more difficult. [/quote]

NCS is much harder than STA.  I have high schoolers at both.  
At STA boys who work hard do well.  There is a direct correlation between doing the work and doing well. 
At NCS girls can do the work and study hard but then it's still a crapshoot whether or not she'll meet the standard because the standard is never given.  Or teachers just don't give As (at all).   It's just unnecessarily brutal.  [/quote]

Disagree STA is just as hard if not harder. Getting home from sports every night at 6:30 or 7 and starting homework after dinner and showers at 8pm and stating up until 12-1am is pretty hard and most boys do this every single night during the week.
They have 12 page history papers due the same week they have 3 major tests and classes with daily quizzes not to mention the AP exams right in the middle of May. The truth is STA boys are just as stressed out but it is not cool or acceptable to discuss. Parents of girls are more outspoken in my experience. They are both rigorous schools. Ask parents applying to college this year at STA how their kids GPA was affected by the work load combined with excessive sports team schedules. [/quote]

It is a true fact that you don’t realize until you are applying to college and realize many colleges cut you off at a certain GPA despite what classes you took. [/quote]

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