What are the best independent schools ranked 1 - 8 ?
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Anonymous
As someone who is waiting--along with a big, anxious cohort of parents of my DC's friends--for admissions decisions in a couple of weeks, I can give an update/reality check to the old-timers/pearl-clutchers on here: GDS is seen as the golden ticket. And yes, I'll grab the spot for my kid if we get the ticket. 
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Anonymous
| Bethesda publics ftw. My kids got into their top choice colleges. Friends with kids at privates, not so much. |
Anonymous
For real?! This is ridiculous. There is a lot of striving and keeping up with the Joneses, but the Whitman kids are laughing all the way to the bank. |
Anonymous
This. |
Anonymous
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STA- Cathedral
Sidwell Holton, Landon, Potomac, Prep GDS, Maret Episcopal Visitation, Stone Ridge, St. John’s |
Anonymous
Haha. Yeah |
Anonymous
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SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.
It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped. |
Anonymous
Guess you have never heard of BIM. |
Anonymous
How would I know and why would I care? Go ask the public forum. |
Anonymous
No one has ever heard of BIM except for the one troll who mentions them on every post like this. It might not exist. |
Anonymous
LOL. Have you been there in the last decade or so? The bethesda campus buildings should have been bulldozed long ago. But I guess they're still hoping to someday find the money to build a new school. And the US is dilapidated and filled with sad children. No thank you. |
Anonymous
Sidwell’s status will be further solidified once the renovated US opens in fall 2026. Sidwell’s haters are going to lose their minds! Watch the comments after I post the link to the video: https://shine.sidwell.edu/reimagined-learning/ |
Anonymous
Lol—the joke is on you! Sidwell just sent parents a letter that says they have raised 92% of the campaign goal ($140M/$152M goal). And Sidwell raised the money without charging families a “building/construction fee.” |
Anonymous
Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!! |
Anonymous
At least 2 of those years were during a global pandemic when the world practically shut down. But you’re probably right, Sidwell hater. The school is probably lying about reaching 92% of its goal, creating a website showing its progress, and saying it will start construction this summer. Sidwell is playing all of us. 🙄 |