Riverdale vs Horace Mann - which one has the better college admission in the most recent years?

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Anonymous wrote:My DS is a junior at HM. I don't know which has better college outcomes (my guess is that any difference in that regard is negligible), but I can tell you that HM's college counseling program is excellent. I've been really impressed with it, finding the program to be much more informative and hands-on than was the case when we went through this process with my DD at one of the SS schools.

Thanks! how come you decided on co-ed for DS instead of SS for HS? (since DD went SS)

Both of my kids went to a progressive, co-ed K-8. My DD really liked the idea of a SS school, so that's what she chose. My DS had no interest in SS education.

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Anonymous wrote:Thoughts on Grace Church School versus Friends Seminary?

I don’t know much about Grace Church, with Friends I can say that the place has a very particular vibe to it that you’re probably going to either love or hate after a visit / tour and that that should inform your decision.

Not PP, but I know a few families with DCs at Grace Church's upper school. Most of them are happy there---smart kids with bright futures, but not academic rock stars. I do know one DC who left after freshman year for a TT school---felt that the social vibe at GC was to look down on the more studious kids as "uncool."

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Anonymous wrote:Thoughts on Grace Church School versus Friends Seminary?

I don’t know much about Grace Church, with Friends I can say that the place has a very particular vibe to it that you’re probably going to either love or hate after a visit / tour and that that should inform your decision.

Not PP, but I know a few families with DCs at Grace Church's upper school. Most of them are happy there---smart kids with bright futures, but not academic rock stars. I do know one DC who left after freshman year for a TT school---felt that the social vibe at GC was to look down on the more studious kids as "uncool."

Grace and Friends are very similar. Friends as a whole is probably more academic, though I think Grace is rapidly moving that way - I've heard that just the difference between current freshmen and seniors is big. Grace definitely has its share of "slacker" kids but definitely plenty of very academic kids. The nice thing is that your kid won't be competing with every other kid in their class for Ivies, but there are plenty of kids who get in. So the exmissions don't look great top to bottom but there are plenty of kids at the top who do great. Unclear if the college placement office can keep up as Grace gets more academic and more kids want top schools. Friends has a bit more name recognition since Grace's HS is still not that old.

Friends is smaller. We were looking at schools a few years ago so things might have changed but Friends felt more "woke" (we are Democrats so weren't offended by it but it was a lot). Lots of talk by the administration about their Center for DEI or whatever it is called, though the actual students seemed to roll their eyes at it.

Grace Head of School is a true superstar. I know Friends' HOS is retiring - not sure where that stands?