5 years ago my daughter was interested in the NCS program and I think it was an extra 2 or 3k, we said no. The girls who do it LOVE it, even if they aren't in the first boat and aren't as successful as the ones who go onto win at Nationals and row D1 in college.

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Anonymous wrote:No local crew can touch NCS. Amazing program and coach.

What a completely disingenuous statement. First no schools recruit for crew (as that's the specific sport being discussed here) as crew doesn't start until 9th grade in any school and there is no "rec or club crew" so there is no one to recruit for crew. Second Holton does recruit for sports in that they try to get girls who are good at certain sports to come there. I have first hand experience with that (lacrosse). Holton isn't the only school that does that (try to get girls who excel at certain sports to come to their school) but they definitely do it.
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You are incorrect. I know girls, including NCS girls, who start rowing well before 9th at private crew clubs. Sometimes a school recruits someone who has been rowing, sometimes a school encourages younger girls to start rowing so they are experienced by the time they are old enough to row for the school.

This is complete bs. NCS does not recruit for crew. Its not even a school sport - its a club sport. Its run by parents. Admissions doesnt care.

Crew is a varsity sport at both NCS and St. Albans. Students get varsity letters. They train using school facilities and there is school transportation. Because it is not a league sport there is a hybrid structure where it's funded as a club sport (e.g. User fees and fundraisising), but there's definitely school oversight as well (athletic directors are part of the area crew council which governs the sport in this area). The school facilities/user fees/fundraising is the dominant model at private schools in this area.

How much does it cost parents if their child participates?

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Anonymous wrote:NCS is the best, can't be touched. All those girls are on the coach's out of school team... so try to get on that if your school isn't as good at crew. When recruiting for crew I think erg score plays a big part so your child can score that without her team.

Exactly, if you don't make it on her crew team, you can kiss NCS good-bye.

And for those of you saying NCS does not accept kids because of crew, you are 100% mistaken. I have seen a few kids leave their schools and come in NCS in 9th and even 10th that were from her team.

1. The NCS coach is a man. -- "her team"? LOL.
2. As long as your child rows somewhere, you can video them erging (so coaches can see technique) and send in erg scores and that will definitely be brought for college recruiting. So if they learn to row in a club program and are talented that'll work. Obviously there is a focus/convenience factor of a good HS team that can help rowers reach peak during the school year, but it's not necessary to row for a HS.

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Anonymous wrote:No local crew can touch NCS. Amazing program and coach.

What a completely disingenuous statement. First no schools recruit for crew (as that's the specific sport being discussed here) as crew doesn't start until 9th grade in any school and there is no "rec or club crew" so there is no one to recruit for crew. Second Holton does recruit for sports in that they try to get girls who are good at certain sports to come there. I have first hand experience with that (lacrosse). Holton isn't the only school that does that (try to get girls who excel at certain sports to come to their school) but they definitely do it.
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You are incorrect. I know girls, including NCS girls, who start rowing well before 9th at private crew clubs. Sometimes a school recruits someone who has been rowing, sometimes a school encourages younger girls to start rowing so they are experienced by the time they are old enough to row for the school.

This is complete bs. NCS does not recruit for crew. Its not even a school sport - its a club sport. Its run by parents. Admissions doesnt care.

Crew is a varsity sport at both NCS and St. Albans. Students get varsity letters. They train using school facilities and there is school transportation. Because it is not a league sport there is a hybrid structure where it's funded as a club sport (e.g. User fees and fundraisising), but there's definitely school oversight as well (athletic directors are part of the area crew council which governs the sport in this area). The school facilities/user fees/fundraising is the dominant model at private schools in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:No local crew can touch NCS. Amazing program and coach.

What a completely disingenuous statement. First no schools recruit for crew (as that's the specific sport being discussed here) as crew doesn't start until 9th grade in any school and there is no "rec or club crew" so there is no one to recruit for crew. Second Holton does recruit for sports in that they try to get girls who are good at certain sports to come there. I have first hand experience with that (lacrosse). Holton isn't the only school that does that (try to get girls who excel at certain sports to come to their school) but they definitely do it.
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No dog in this fight (not affiliated with any of these schools) but know enough about crew to know that NCS has won at Nationals and at Stotesbury (top East Coast HS regatta) within the past five years. Last year I believe they won gold at Stotesbury and silver at Nationals? There's no reason other schools couldn't do well in the future but it seems objectively true that CURRENTLY no other area girls' programs are close in terms of the results in recent years.

While there are many factors besides erg scores, 7:15 or below for a 2K will draw interest from strong D1 programs.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS is the best, can't be touched. All those girls are on the coach's out of school team... so try to get on that if your school isn't as good at crew. When recruiting for crew I think erg score plays a big part so your child can score that without her team.

Exactly, if you don't make it on her crew team, you can kiss NCS good-bye.

And for those of you saying NCS does not accept kids because of crew, you are 100% mistaken. I have seen a few kids leave their schools and come in NCS in 9th and even 10th that were from her team.

What kind of erg scores are they looking for in high school?

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Anonymous wrote:No local crew can touch NCS. Amazing program and coach.

What a completely disingenuous statement. First no schools recruit for crew (as that's the specific sport being discussed here) as crew doesn't start until 9th grade in any school and there is no "rec or club crew" so there is no one to recruit for crew. Second Holton does recruit for sports in that they try to get girls who are good at certain sports to come there. I have first hand experience with that (lacrosse). Holton isn't the only school that does that (try to get girls who excel at certain sports to come to their school) but they definitely do it.
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You are incorrect. I know girls, including NCS girls, who start rowing well before 9th at private crew clubs. Sometimes a school recruits someone who has been rowing, sometimes a school encourages younger girls to start rowing so they are experienced by the time they are old enough to row for the school.

This is complete bs. NCS does not recruit for crew. Its not even a school sport - its a club sport. Its run by parents. Admissions doesnt care.

I didn't say NCS recruits. I said it is incorrect to state that "there is no one to recruit for crew."

Anonymous wrote:NCS is the best, can't be touched. All those girls are on the coach's out of school team... so try to get on that if your school isn't as good at crew. When recruiting for crew I think erg score plays a big part so your child can score that without her team.

Exactly, if you don't make it on her crew team, you can kiss NCS good-bye.

And for those of you saying NCS does not accept kids because of crew, you are 100% mistaken. I have seen a few kids leave their schools and come in NCS in 9th and even 10th that were from her team.

I will save you some time OP. We thought it mattered where our dd went for crew. It didn't. She was recruited to Top Ivy from her club team (TBC). We could have saved a lot of money and gone public.

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Anonymous wrote:No local crew can touch NCS. Amazing program and coach.

What a completely disingenuous statement. First no schools recruit for crew (as that's the specific sport being discussed here) as crew doesn't start until 9th grade in any school and there is no "rec or club crew" so there is no one to recruit for crew. Second Holton does recruit for sports in that they try to get girls who are good at certain sports to come there. I have first hand experience with that (lacrosse). Holton isn't the only school that does that (try to get girls who excel at certain sports to come to their school) but they definitely do it.
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You are incorrect. I know girls, including NCS girls, who start rowing well before 9th at private crew clubs. Sometimes a school recruits someone who has been rowing, sometimes a school encourages younger girls to start rowing so they are experienced by the time they are old enough to row for the school.

This is complete bs. NCS does not recruit for crew. Its not even a school sport - its a club sport. Its run by parents. Admissions doesnt care.

I would be very surprised if someone were recruited for crew. Crew is run as a club sport at most area schools meaning that it is a run by an independent parent board which has no say or control in the school admissions process. It is possible a coach may meet rowers through summer and fall programs and encourage that rower and family to look at a school but has no say in any admissions process. It is also possible that general athleticism is a factor in admitted a high school student who then gravitates towards crew.

In the case of NCS, most of those rowers have been at the school since lower school or even in Cathedral schools since PK. They were not recruited into the system.

That is actually one of the nice aspects of the sport - kids can discover it fairly late in life i.e. high school and still be big contributors as opposed to many field sports where skills are developed over a long period of time.

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Anonymous wrote:No local crew can touch NCS. Amazing program and coach.

What a completely disingenuous statement. First no schools recruit for crew (as that's the specific sport being discussed here) as crew doesn't start until 9th grade in any school and there is no "rec or club crew" so there is no one to recruit for crew. Second Holton does recruit for sports in that they try to get girls who are good at certain sports to come there. I have first hand experience with that (lacrosse). Holton isn't the only school that does that (try to get girls who excel at certain sports to come to their school) but they definitely do it.
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You are incorrect. I know girls, including NCS girls, who start rowing well before 9th at private crew clubs. Sometimes a school recruits someone who has been rowing, sometimes a school encourages younger girls to start rowing so they are experienced by the time they are old enough to row for the school.

NCS is the best, can't be touched. All those girls are on the coach's out of school team... so try to get on that if your school isn't as good at crew. When recruiting for crew I think erg score plays a big part so your child can score that without her team.

Anonymous wrote:There is rec and club crew in DC. Check out the Anacostia boat house for programs.

Yes-- google Capital Rowing Club (Juniors).