St. Andrews vs Bullis

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Does anyone have experience with both of these schools, particularly for high school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have experience with both of these schools, particularly for high school?

If you have a child at St. Andrews for HS it’s unlikely you would have another child at Bullis. These schools are totally different especially for HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Can speak to SAES and very much agree with the assessment about it. Also there are plenty of kids there on FA but it's hard to know who is, which is nice.

You guys are making me feel really good about SAES for our middle schooler.

You should probably talk to some actual Bullis parents. The above might be true for SOME kids at Bullis, but definitely not for all. I have kids that are there, and I disagree. However, I'm not naive enough to think there aren't any kids partying. THat's pretty much everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:I would appreciate any insight from current families. Our middle school daughter is shy, like music and sports, and enjoys math. Interested in hearing about social environment (especially for kids that do not live super close to school), college placements, etc. Thank you.

St. Andrews. Bullis is not a place for quiet and shy kids. St. Andrews will be a much better fit.

Mine loves it, and he's both.

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Anonymous wrote:Bullies continues to have reputation issues. I?d be concerned about that. Also the kids are a lot socially faster. SAES is a very warm, academically strong atmosphere that doesn?t have a party reputation.

All of them? Come on.

[Anonymous]

I can’t imagine you would be torn. One is High School Musical and the other Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine you would be torn. One is High School Musical and the other Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Lol, “my brothers gonna sh it! My brothers gonna sh it!”

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Anonymous wrote:Ok reputations

Bullis: monied parents with loose rules, kids are fast, not the brightest, parents host parties and take a blind eye. Athletics most important. A lot of one upping materially, kids’ care etc

SAES: quirkier kids, athletics have improved, not on the party circuit (there’s a whole private school scene, trust me), parents engaged and low key. Academics very good. While considerable wealth at the school it’s not cool to be showy.

I'm parent of two alums and a big fan of SAES. While I agree generally with the above description of SAES (cant' comment on Bullis), there certainly was an element of the high school that was plugged into the (mostly) Potomac party scene, but it was a fairly small group. My kids didn't hang with that crowd and I didn't even know it existed until parents were invited to an end of year party with kids and that clued me in. I would also add that while SAES has its share of quirkier kids (in a good way), it also has plenty of kids that you would not describe as quirky.

[Anonymous]

Our middle schooler has some executive function deficits and has accommodations currently for longer time on tests and often needs reminders for what books/papers to take to what class, etc. is SAES good at managing that? And how is social stigma there for those kinds of kids?

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately you probably won’t get much Bullis feedback on here, as anytime anyone says anything positive, they are pounced on. So for negative (and some positive) feedback, just read threads on Bullis here. For more real world feedback, call the school and they can put you in touch with some current parents.

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Nice to hear from the very happy SAES families. We (not OP) look forward to joining in the fall!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Bullies continues to have reputation issues. I?d be concerned about that. Also the kids are a lot socially faster. SAES is a very warm, academically strong atmosphere that doesn?t have a party reputation.

All of them? Come on.

Of course not All of them. But it’s a cultural thing. And it dominates. I have kids at three different schools in the area, including SAES. SAES is far from a party scene school. It’s like comparing University of Arizona (big party scene but of course not all kids are into that) and William and Mary.

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Anonymous wrote:Our middle schooler has some executive function deficits and has accommodations currently for longer time on tests and often needs reminders for what books/papers to take to what class, etc. is SAES good at managing that? And how is social stigma there for those kinds of kids?

No social stigma. My child is similar and is going exceptionally well there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our middle schooler has some executive function deficits and has accommodations currently for longer time on tests and often needs reminders for what books/papers to take to what class, etc. is SAES good at managing that? And how is social stigma there for those kinds of kids?

No social stigma. My child is similar and is going exceptionally well there.

Thank you so much. We're on the cusp of committing and this is the one concern.