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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s what I don’t understand and can hope someone can help me out. What does the grueling 3-4 hours of homework so for these kids? If the college outcomes at a less rigorous school like Maret look nearly identical or GDS or Sidwell, what is the point of it all? It doesn’t seem like the high schools better prepare these kids for college. So what gives? [/quote]

I think in part it's done to separate the kids.  You hand select a very bright cohort and then if you don't make the work challenging, you end up with an entire class of A students.  I can't imagine that works out well for college admissions.  So they have to make the classes challenging enough that the cohort (previously A students at their sending schools) is stretched over the grading scale.  my daughter is at NCS and I definitely feel this is going on.  you have 85 girls.  Let's say 75 of them are academic super achievers--you can't have 75 girls with straight As.  So you just make the curriculum harder.  [/quote]

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