What are the best independent schools ranked 1 - 8 ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Ikr?!? No one has ever heard of construction delays…especially during COVID. Multimillion construction projects ALWAYS start and finish on time. You’re so smart!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

[Anonymous]

It’s laughable how many of you think GDS should be on the list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s laughable how many of you think GDS should be on the list.

Are you kidding?? Look at their college matriculations. (There’s another thread that shows 10 plus seniors heading to Ivys.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

Sidwell signed the deal to but the nursing home in September 2015. It took 15 months to kick out the old people before transferring the deed.

So under the current promise that will be 11 years for phase one,.

I'm betting on further delays. The traffic on Wisconsin has gotten far worse over the past decade with so much more development. No way the neighbors won't try to stop an expansion.

But bigger problem is commercial construction costs in DC are skyrocketing. They could easily have to add 20% or more for cost increases and overruns. The school is probably more like 40 or 50 million short than 10. And every year of additional delay will add another 10 or 15 million of construction
costs to the price tag (In addition to the costs caused by owning a mostly vacant former nursing home for almost a decade). Kind of a mess, right?

[Anonymous]

And you worry about this why exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

Sidwell signed the deal to but the nursing home in September 2015. It took 15 months to kick out the old people before transferring the deed.

So under the current promise that will be 11 years for phase one,.

I'm betting on further delays. The traffic on Wisconsin has gotten far worse over the past decade with so much more development. No way the neighbors won't try to stop an expansion.

But bigger problem is commercial construction costs in DC are skyrocketing. They could easily have to add 20% or more for cost increases and overruns. The school is probably more like 40 or 50 million short than 10. And every year of additional delay will add another 10 or 15 million of construction
costs to the price tag (In addition to the costs caused by owning a mostly vacant former nursing home for almost a decade). Kind of a mess, right?

You are really streaaaaaaaaching to make some nonsensical point.

You/Sidwell/God can “sign” whatever deal you want. The property isn’t yours to do anything with until you actually purchase it. In Sidwell’s case, that was the end of December 2016. It’s been 7 years, so please move on and mind business that actually affects you. You have no relationship with Sidwell…other than that of an unsuccessful applicant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

Sidwell signed the deal to but the nursing home in September 2015. It took 15 months to kick out the old people before transferring the deed.

So under the current promise that will be 11 years for phase one,.

I'm betting on further delays. The traffic on Wisconsin has gotten far worse over the past decade with so much more development. No way the neighbors won't try to stop an expansion.

But bigger problem is commercial construction costs in DC are skyrocketing. They could easily have to add 20% or more for cost increases and overruns. The school is probably more like 40 or 50 million short than 10. And every year of additional delay will add another 10 or 15 million of construction
costs to the price tag (In addition to the costs caused by owning a mostly vacant former nursing home for almost a decade). Kind of a mess, right?

You are really streaaaaaaaaching to make some nonsensical point.

You/Sidwell/God can “sign” whatever deal you want. The property isn’t yours to do anything with until you actually purchase it. In Sidwell’s case, that was the end of December 2016. It’s been 7 years, so please move on and mind business that actually affects you. You have no relationship with Sidwell…other than that of an unsuccessful applicant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

Sidwell signed the deal to but the nursing home in September 2015. It took 15 months to kick out the old people before transferring the deed.

So under the current promise that will be 11 years for phase one,.

I'm betting on further delays. The traffic on Wisconsin has gotten far worse over the past decade with so much more development. No way the neighbors won't try to stop an expansion.

But bigger problem is commercial construction costs in DC are skyrocketing. They could easily have to add 20% or more for cost increases and overruns. The school is probably more like 40 or 50 million short than 10. And every year of additional delay will add another 10 or 15 million of construction
costs to the price tag (In addition to the costs caused by owning a mostly vacant former nursing home for almost a decade). Kind of a mess, right?

You are really streaaaaaaaaching to make some nonsensical point.

You/Sidwell/God can “sign” whatever deal you want. The property isn’t yours to do anything with until you actually purchase it. In Sidwell’s case, that was the end of December 2016. It’s been 7 years, so please move on and mind business that actually affects you. You have no relationship with Sidwell…other than that of an unsuccessful applicant.

So, if Sidwell actually can occupy the renovated nursing home as its US by fall 2026, that will be nearly 10 years after closing on the property and 11 years after signing an agreement. And of course, that still isn't a consolidated campus because the US then needs to be renovated, especially given how rundown it is now.

10 or 11 years is insanely long, don't you agree?

Total incompetence and waste of donor money-- and tuition money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

Sidwell signed the deal to but the nursing home in September 2015. It took 15 months to kick out the old people before transferring the deed.

So under the current promise that will be 11 years for phase one,.

I'm betting on further delays. The traffic on Wisconsin has gotten far worse over the past decade with so much more development. No way the neighbors won't try to stop an expansion.

But bigger problem is commercial construction costs in DC are skyrocketing. They could easily have to add 20% or more for cost increases and overruns. The school is probably more like 40 or 50 million short than 10. And every year of additional delay will add another 10 or 15 million of construction
costs to the price tag (In addition to the costs caused by owning a mostly vacant former nursing home for almost a decade). Kind of a mess, right?

You are really streaaaaaaaaching to make some nonsensical point.

You/Sidwell/God can “sign” whatever deal you want. The property isn’t yours to do anything with until you actually purchase it. In Sidwell’s case, that was the end of December 2016. It’s been 7 years, so please move on and mind business that actually affects you. You have no relationship with Sidwell…other than that of an unsuccessful applicant.

So, if Sidwell actually can occupy the renovated nursing home as its US by fall 2026, that will be nearly 10 years after closing on the property and 11 years after signing an agreement. And of course, that still isn't a consolidated campus because the US then needs to be renovated, especially given how rundown it is now.

10 or 11 years is insanely long, don't you agree?

Total incompetence and waste of donor money-- and tuition money.

How much debt does the school have and how much tuition is going to debt repayment? Is the debt still bigger than the endowment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

Sidwell signed the deal to but the nursing home in September 2015. It took 15 months to kick out the old people before transferring the deed.

So under the current promise that will be 11 years for phase one,.

I'm betting on further delays. The traffic on Wisconsin has gotten far worse over the past decade with so much more development. No way the neighbors won't try to stop an expansion.

But bigger problem is commercial construction costs in DC are skyrocketing. They could easily have to add 20% or more for cost increases and overruns. The school is probably more like 40 or 50 million short than 10. And every year of additional delay will add another 10 or 15 million of construction
costs to the price tag (In addition to the costs caused by owning a mostly vacant former nursing home for almost a decade). Kind of a mess, right?

You are really streaaaaaaaaching to make some nonsensical point.

You/Sidwell/God can “sign” whatever deal you want. The property isn’t yours to do anything with until you actually purchase it. In Sidwell’s case, that was the end of December 2016. It’s been 7 years, so please move on and mind business that actually affects you. You have no relationship with Sidwell…other than that of an unsuccessful applicant.

So, if Sidwell actually can occupy the renovated nursing home as its US by fall 2026, that will be nearly 10 years after closing on the property and 11 years after signing an agreement. And of course, that still isn't a consolidated campus because the US then needs to be renovated, especially given how rundown it is now.

10 or 11 years is insanely long, don't you agree?

Total incompetence and waste of donor money-- and tuition money.

How much debt does the school have and how much tuition is going to debt repayment? Is the debt still bigger than the endowment?

Why do you care?!? Your children don’t attend Sidwell. You didn’t donate a single dollar to this $152M campaign. It’s the donors’ money to “waste,” not yours. You, your children, and your grandchildren haven’t had/don’t have/won’t have anything to do with Sidwell.

Sidwell’s large, unified and beautifully renovated campus will open in a couple of years, and YOU.WILL.DEAL! You will still be angry and bitter, but you will deal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the so called big three always tied for # one?

Yes, please tell is about the Big 1!

Is #BigThree an only DCUM thing?

Don’t know if it’s a DCUM thing but I have never in my entire adult life talked to another adult about where they went for high school. Nobody cares that much. Just pick the school that’s the best fit for your own kid and make sure your kid performs well there so they can go to the best college that they can get into (which actually matters and does come up in adult life).

It is a DC and NY thing and yes people do talk about this. Sometimes it actually makes you more prestigious than the college you attended just fyi. I am not saying I believe that but many I know do judge you. If you attended private and a top private or boarding school - yes it places you in a small group and many of these people know one another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SFS is #1. Not. Even. Close.

It is in fact shocking that its status has never been usurped.

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/

Yeah. It's been two or three years away for more than a decade. Good luck!!!

Your post is proof that people will post any ill-informed lie on DCUM.

Sidwell purchased the Upton Street campus in December 2016. We just entered 2024, so Sidwell has owned the Upton property for 7 years and 2 months! At least 2 of those 7 years were during COVID.

So, you expected Sidwell to raise $152M; navigate all of DC’s bureaucratic red tape; deal with local neighborhoods/ANCs that will inevitably oppose something about the construction; and complete a multimillion multi-building construction project within 7 years (including a 2 year global pandemic)? That’s your criticism? Mmmkay.

Sidwell signed the deal to but the nursing home in September 2015. It took 15 months to kick out the old people before transferring the deed.

So under the current promise that will be 11 years for phase one,.

I'm betting on further delays. The traffic on Wisconsin has gotten far worse over the past decade with so much more development. No way the neighbors won't try to stop an expansion.

But bigger problem is commercial construction costs in DC are skyrocketing. They could easily have to add 20% or more for cost increases and overruns. The school is probably more like 40 or 50 million short than 10. And every year of additional delay will add another 10 or 15 million of construction
costs to the price tag (In addition to the costs caused by owning a mostly vacant former nursing home for almost a decade). Kind of a mess, right?

You are really streaaaaaaaaching to make some nonsensical point.

You/Sidwell/God can “sign” whatever deal you want. The property isn’t yours to do anything with until you actually purchase it. In Sidwell’s case, that was the end of December 2016. It’s been 7 years, so please move on and mind business that actually affects you. You have no relationship with Sidwell…other than that of an unsuccessful applicant.

So, if Sidwell actually can occupy the renovated nursing home as its US by fall 2026, that will be nearly 10 years after closing on the property and 11 years after signing an agreement. And of course, that still isn't a consolidated campus because the US then needs to be renovated, especially given how rundown it is now.

10 or 11 years is insanely long, don't you agree?

Total incompetence and waste of donor money-- and tuition money.

How much debt does the school have and how much tuition is going to debt repayment? Is the debt still bigger than the endowment?

Why do you care?!? Your children don’t attend Sidwell. You didn’t donate a single dollar to this $152M campaign. It’s the donors’ money to “waste,” not yours. You, your children, and your grandchildren haven’t had/don’t have/won’t have anything to do with Sidwell.

Sidwell’s large, unified and beautifully renovated campus will open in a couple of years, and YOU.WILL.DEAL! You will still be angry and bitter, but you will deal.

Is the high school really moving into a renovated nursing home? Wow, truly creepy. I bet it's haunted! Will make for some great Halloween parties, looking for the ghosts of all the people who passed through there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the so called big three always tied for # one?

Yes, please tell is about the Big 1!

Is #BigThree an only DCUM thing?

Don’t know if it’s a DCUM thing but I have never in my entire adult life talked to another adult about where they went for high school. Nobody cares that much. Just pick the school that’s the best fit for your own kid and make sure your kid performs well there so they can go to the best college that they can get into (which actually matters and does come up in adult life).

It is a DC and NY thing and yes people do talk about this. Sometimes it actually makes you more prestigious than the college you attended just fyi. I am not saying I believe that but many I know do judge you. If you attended private and a top private or boarding school - yes it places you in a small group and many of these people know one another.

The day I meet one of these mythical people is the day I’ve met the biggest tool of my life. “Sometimes it actually makes you more prestigious than the college you attended just fyi.” I threw up reading that. That’s like a post-college adult thinking Eagle Scout on his resume will add to his qualifications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the so called big three always tied for # one?

Yes, please tell is about the Big 1!

Is #BigThree an only DCUM thing?

Don’t know if it’s a DCUM thing but I have never in my entire adult life talked to another adult about where they went for high school. Nobody cares that much. Just pick the school that’s the best fit for your own kid and make sure your kid performs well there so they can go to the best college that they can get into (which actually matters and does come up in adult life).

It is a DC and NY thing and yes people do talk about this. Sometimes it actually makes you more prestigious than the college you attended just fyi. I am not saying I believe that but many I know do judge you. If you attended private and a top private or boarding school - yes it places you in a small group and many of these people know one another.

The day I meet one of these mythical people is the day I’ve met the biggest tool of my life. “Sometimes it actually makes you more prestigious than the college you attended just fyi.” I threw up reading that. That’s like a post-college adult thinking Eagle Scout on his resume will add to his qualifications.

I agree on it being obnoxious and pretty juvenile, but it happens. Seems to be mostly former boarding school students who try to find ways to work the name of their boarding school into conversations. And the more prestigious the boarding school, the more it gets name-dropped. Adults in DC who grew up here and went to private school (for some reason, particularly to STA or NCS), also name-drop. I usually respond by name dropping my public high school in Ohio, using the same tone--a tone of expectation that the listener should be impressed.