Big 3, Big 5??

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^ Sidwell was her family’s first choice.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

GDS was Obamas first choice btw

You and GDS wish. There are articles where Michelle Obama clearly states that Sidwell was their family’s first choice. Seethe!

Obamas loved GDS and its mission and history. Definitely was their first choice.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

GDS was Obamas first choice btw

You and GDS wish. There are articles where Michelle Obama clearly states that Sidwell was their family’s first choice. Seethe!

She was being polite and did not want to offend her kids' school community but I had always heard GDS was their first choice, then NCS as they contemplated single sex (as Gore's daughters went there) then Sidwell.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

GDS was Obamas first choice btw

You and GDS wish. There are articles where Michelle Obama clearly states that Sidwell was their family’s first choice. Seethe!

She was being polite and did not want to offend her kids' school community but I had always heard GDS was their first choice, then NCS as they contemplated single sex (as Gore's daughters went there) then Sidwell.

I distinctly remember articles saying the Obamas only considered co-ed schools, which also included Maret. Whether GDS or Sidwell was there first choice is a different matter, but apparently their daughters had been pretty set on Sidwell from the beginning, since Biden's granddaughters were already there. I also don't think they would have toured GDS to begin with if the L/MS campus didn't work.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

GDS was Obamas first choice btw

You and GDS wish. There are articles where Michelle Obama clearly states that Sidwell was their family’s first choice. Seethe!

Obamas loved GDS and its mission and history. Definitely was their first choice.

Nope. That’s fan fiction, but it doesn’t matter. Malia and Sasha will forever be Sidwell alums. Deal with it.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

GDS was Obamas first choice btw

You and GDS wish. There are articles where Michelle Obama clearly states that Sidwell was their family’s first choice. Seethe!

She was being polite and did not want to offend her kids' school community but I had always heard GDS was their first choice, then NCS as they contemplated single sex (as Gore's daughters went there) then Sidwell.

Lol—the Obamas didn’t even bother to tour NCS. Some of you are really reaching today.

“A number of great schools were considered,” Lelyveld said. “In the end, the Obamas selected the school that was the best fit for what their daughters need right now.”

The selection comes after weeks of speculation about whether President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, would choose a public or private school. Michelle Obama toured Sidwell Friends and Georgetown Day School two weeks ago by herself and then again earlier this week with her daughters and her mother, who will be moving to Washington with the Obama family.

https://www.politico.com/story/2008/11/and-the-winner-is-sidwell-friends-015878

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

GDS was Obamas first choice btw

You and GDS wish. There are articles where Michelle Obama clearly states that Sidwell was their family’s first choice. Seethe!

Obamas loved GDS and its mission and history. Definitely was their first choice.

Eric Holder recommended GDS to them because of the school's unique history among Washington privates.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

GDS was Obamas first choice btw

You and GDS wish. There are articles where Michelle Obama clearly states that Sidwell was their family’s first choice. Seethe!

Obamas loved GDS and its mission and history. Definitely was their first choice.

Eric Holder recommended GDS to them because of the school's unique history among Washington privates.

The Obama’s response: Thanks, but no thanks!

On a serious note, GDS has a great and admirable founding story. However, that’s often not enough to move the needle when parents are making decisions about where and how to educate their children.

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3 is BIM, Sidwell, and GDS.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

+1. Yet a lot of DCUM parent remain mired in the past. This is 2024, people.

-1 BIM is NOT in DC. But I agree that GDS is up there with Sidwell.

BIM was rated #1 in the DMV, as PP posted. Sidwell and GDS were #2 and #3 respectively.

Big 3/5 refers to the DMV, not DC specifically.

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3 is BIM, Sidwell, and GDS.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

+1. Yet a lot of DCUM parent remain mired in the past. This is 2024, people.

-1 BIM is NOT in DC. But I agree that GDS is up there with Sidwell.

BIM was rated #1 in the DMV, as PP posted. Sidwell and GDS were #2 and #3 respectively.

Big 3/5 refers to the DMV, not DC specifically.

+1. Lots of Sidwell and GDS kids live in Va and MD.

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3 is BIM, Sidwell, and GDS.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

+1. Yet a lot of DCUM parent remain mired in the past. This is 2024, people.

-1 BIM is NOT in DC. But I agree that GDS is up there with Sidwell.

BIM was rated #1 in the DMV, as PP posted. Sidwell and GDS were #2 and #3 respectively.

Big 3/5 refers to the DMV, not DC specifically.

I don’t know a single person at BIM
or know of anyone who has ever attended that school or been there. Whatever rating you are referring to is absolutely meaningless.

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Big 3:

Georgetown Prep
Georgetown Prep
Georgetown Prep

Good night!

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3 is BIM, Sidwell, and GDS.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

+1. Yet a lot of DCUM parent remain mired in the past. This is 2024, people.

-1 BIM is NOT in DC. But I agree that GDS is up there with Sidwell.

BIM was rated #1 in the DMV, as PP posted. Sidwell and GDS were #2 and #3 respectively.

Big 3/5 refers to the DMV, not DC specifically.

I don’t know a single person at BIM
or know of anyone who has ever attended that school or been there. Whatever rating you are referring to is absolutely meaningless.

Yawn... Who are you and who cares you don't know a single person at anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

If you're a Sidwell parent, check the school matriculation list for 2018-2022, not the latest one that the school updated.

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Anonymous wrote:People....look at the the college admits.
GDS is #1 this year-with the most imprssoev results in a very difficult year. So if you are basing your "Big Three" on when you went to school in the 80's, I guess you can discount it, but for those of us living in 2024- GDS is the hardest school in the DMV to be accepted to and has the best admits this year. So for a current Big three list:
GDS
Sidwell
St Albans

The Big 3 is dead. Long live the Big 2. Sidwell and GDS are top of the heap. St. Alban's was #1 in the 80s, but no longer attracts same volume of top applicants and is easier to get into now. There are a number of area schools - boys, girls, and co-ed - that have tougher acceptance rates nowadays and stronger college placements. Washingtonian latest rankings reflect that (included St. Albans at #5). St. Alban's is still a terrific school, just not as sought after as it once was. Everyone agrees HYP are the Big 3 Ivies. Nobody tries to say the P stands for Penn or that Yale should be replaced by Cornell. DC area private schools has a Big 2 and lots of outstanding schools that are close.

St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25.

1. My experience has been that high schools that post their 5 year college matriculation list (STA, Madeira, etc) tend to not do as well as high schools that post a 4 year matriculation list or lists for each recent graduating class (Sidwell, GDS, Maret); and

2. Are you seriously trying to convince us that Bama, Arizona State University, the University of Dayton, Elizabeth City State University, Fisk University, JMU, LSU, Montgomery College (!!!), Mount St. Mary's University, Sewanee, Shepherd University, Temple, VCU, Whittier College, Whitworth University, etc are “top 25”?!?

Please stop!

https://www.stalbansschool.org/academics/college-counseling/college-matriculations#

I am actually looking at the list from 2023 that was sent out in the mail to families in the community and 1 in 7 students went to Ivies and many many others went to top 25 schools. Several to Georgetown and Univ Chicago. Small class only 76.

Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.

Sidwell too

Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted.

Why not within the last 6 years? Or the Last 10 years? What difference does it make if it's within the last 5 years or the last 10 years? Fact is there were kids from Sidwell who went to MC.

Because:
1. I don’t believe you;
2. Your statement is meaningless without proof; and
3. The timeframe matters. Twenty years ago, Ivies had admissions rates that climbed above 20%. That fact is completely irrelevant to college applicants now.

If you're a Sidwell parent, check the school matriculation list for 2018-2022, not the latest one that the school updated.

No. You should post it here for everyone to see.