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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Agreed.  NCS is much harder than STA. 
it's possible to get good grades at STA if you put in the time and do the readings and get things turned in on time.  NCS is a different animal.  a girl can do the readings, write the papers, etc and still end up with a B because it turns the teacher only gives 2 A minuses between all kids (total).  I'm not saying that STA is easy (it's not) but it's doable   NCS can be impossible.  It's an entirely different league than STA.  
I have kids in both high high schools

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]

Oh please my son is it STA and he’s working his butt off he’s up every night till 12 Working on papers and very rarely gets an A on them. You’re going to tell me he’s not working hard? Come on enough with this nonsense. [/quote]

No one said STA wasn't hard, it definitely is. However, many parents who have kids at both schools will tell you that NCS is harder (not necessarily better!) than STA. Ask the STA boys who take an English class over at NCS during Junior or Senior year. They will tell you the same.

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