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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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[/quote] 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.[/quote] St. Albans had the best 2023 college placement in the DMV. 1/7 to Ivies and most of the rest to top 25. [/quote] 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# [/quote] 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. [/quote] Within the last 5 years, a STA student went to Montgomery College! No words.[/quote] Sidwell too [/quote] Not within the last 5 years. Post the list. The STA list is posted. [/quote] 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.[/quote] 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.[/quote] If you're a Sidwell parent, check the school matriculation list for 2018-2022, not the latest one that the school updated.[/quote] No. You should post it here for everyone to see. [/quote]
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