Feeder Schools into Ivy League
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Anonymous
By graduation there are only about 10 lifers left at NCS. The yearbook has a page every year about them and many years it's even less than 10. Many transfer out to better fit schools along the way and others leave for boarding school or to move out of area. |
Anonymous
| It still belies your implication that NCS admits only academically stellar students. |
Anonymous
Those universities have about an 8% admit rate ... that the admit rate for NCS students is a bit higher is hardly "amazing." Most NCS students still have only a poor chance of getting in. By contrast, Colligiate in NY and St. Ann's in Brooklyn have a 50+% admit rate. That is "amazing." |
Anonymous
Only 8 kids have gone to Dartmouth from this town in over 175 years. |
Anonymous
Yep. the only girls who have a shot at The Ivies from NCS are the top 10% in the class and a few girls just a hair below this who are legacies with powerful parents. th harsh reality is that 85% of the NCS class has zero chance at an Ivy--and yet they work incredibly hard and are super smart girls. |
Anonymous
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That’s your idea of harsh reality?
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Anonymous
But those numbers are still waaay better than the top local publics. |
Anonymous
How is that relevant? You are in the wrong forum. |
Anonymous
That seems appropriate to me (although more than 10% of the class are going to Ivies). If everyone could go that would kind of defeat the point. |
Anonymous
Of course those numbers are "still way better than the top local publics." NCS is way more expensive and way more of a pressure cooker than the top local publics too. The NCS costs and especially the pressure cookers atmosphere would not justify those numbers however. |
Anonymous
It's just a fun fact. It's a town of less than 1000 people total, so I wouldn't expect this to happen very often. |
Anonymous
You clearly haven't read the MCPS forums here. Whitman, Wootton, RMIB, et al. are quite frequently described as big pressure cookers. |
Anonymous
Who cares? |
Anonymous
| PP claimed that "NCS is...way more of a pressure cooker than the top local publics." |
Anonymous
Jackson-Reed has far fewer students gunning for Ivies than the elite private schools. The quality of the student at J-R is also far more variable than an elite private, so the competition is easier. My point is that for a very accomplished student, the J-R applicant pool is much easier to stand out in. If you go to NCS, you will be competing with girls that have nationally-recognized researchers or writers, legacies, athletes, or VIP. It's just so much easier for an academically-strong student to stand out at J-R than at NCS. |