Sidwell and NCS in New York City

[Anonymous]

Friends Seminary is very different in feel from Sidwell, though, eventhough they are both Quaker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Friends Seminary is very different in feel from Sidwell, though, eventhough they are both Quaker.

How so?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Horace Mann is closest to Sidwell in terms of feel, but you may want to look at Columbia Prep as well.

Umm ... no. My sister went to Horace Mann. If Sidwell is supposed to be Quaker, Horace Mann is nothing like that. Friends Seminary is an actual Quaker school.

If what you want is a prestigious school, then sure -- Horace Mann.

Most Sidwell families couldn't care less about Quaker values. It's about prestige.

[Anonymous]

What about Ethical Culture? Is that GDS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Ethical Culture? Is that GDS?

What's GDS?

[Anonymous]

NCS = Brearley
Closest to Sidwell is probably Dalton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Ethical Culture? Is that GDS?

NYC and New England schools are highly academic, they preach universal truths and values, value team sports, but do not do the constant social justice warrior/protestor vibe that gds and sfs here do. Furthermore, the upper school grads are seeking lucrative, competitive fields, not feel good fields saving the world academia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about Ethical Culture? Is that GDS?

NYC and New England schools are highly academic, they preach universal truths and values, value team sports, but do not do the constant social justice warrior/protestor vibe that gds and sfs here do. Furthermore, the upper school grads are seeking lucrative, competitive fields, not feel good fields saving the world academia

Wow. They need to open more schools like that here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brearley is closest to NCS.

Spence and Chapin are good schools but very rich students. Billionaire parents. Girls become socialites.

For coed schools look at Friends Seminary, Trinity and Horace Mann.

If you live in MoCo now, advice is to buy in Bronxville and go to the local high school. Express train to midtown is quick and no need to worry or navigate the NYC private scene. Bronxville HS is a de facto private school.

And your real estate taxes will be as much as private school here. It is beautiful there though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brearley is closest to NCS.

Spence and Chapin are good schools but very rich students. Billionaire parents. Girls become socialites.

For coed schools look at Friends Seminary, Trinity and Horace Mann.

If you live in MoCo now, advice is to buy in Bronxville and go to the local high school. Express train to midtown is quick and no need to worry or navigate the NYC private scene. Bronxville HS is a de facto private school.

And your real estate taxes will be as much as private school here. It is beautiful there though.

Still much cheaper than a NYC private. More relevant is that someone coming from a MoCo public (assuming it's Bethesda / Chevy Chase / Potomac) will find it much easier to transition into Bronxville HS than any of the NYC privates. Going to a NYC private might be a culture shock much more extreme than going to NCS or Sidwell from a good MoCo public.

[Anonymous]

You won’t get in to any of those schools listed without a trustee Rec from your Hf boss, foundation, CEO, or board members. Simple supply and demand model. Also helps if you paid $50k tuition for 2 hours a day preschool in manhattan. Zero tuition risk.

Dc private schools are light years from the 1st gen and legacy wealth and academic excellence of these schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brearley is closest to NCS.

Spence and Chapin are good schools but very rich students. Billionaire parents. Girls become socialites.

For coed schools look at Friends Seminary, Trinity and Horace Mann.

If you live in MoCo now, advice is to buy in Bronxville and go to the local high school. Express train to midtown is quick and no need to worry or navigate the NYC private scene. Bronxville HS is a de facto private school.

And your real estate taxes will be as much as private school here. It is beautiful there though.

Still much cheaper than a NYC private. More relevant is that someone coming from a MoCo public (assuming it's Bethesda / Chevy Chase / Potomac) will find it much easier to transition into Bronxville HS than any of the NYC privates. Going to a NYC private might be a culture shock much more extreme than going to NCS or Sidwell from a good MoCo public.

Maybe they’re Jewish and want to go to Great neck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You won’t get in to any of those schools listed without a trustee Rec from your Hf boss, foundation, CEO, or board members. Simple supply and demand model. Also helps if you paid $50k tuition for 2 hours a day preschool in manhattan. Zero tuition risk.

Dc private schools are light years from the 1st gen and legacy wealth and academic excellence of these schools.

I would also add, if you have a kid in pk-4 in private school here and move to NYC public or private school your kid will be behind in math, spelling, writing, and reading. Those schools nail it on foundational learning plus do all the ECs. It is not 100% abstract and conceptual like it is here in No Homework-land

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Horace Mann is closest to Sidwell in terms of feel, but you may want to look at Columbia Prep as well.

Umm ... no. My sister went to Horace Mann. If Sidwell is supposed to be Quaker, Horace Mann is nothing like that. Friends Seminary is an actual Quaker school.

If what you want is a prestigious school, then sure -- Horace Mann.

Most Sidwell families couldn't care less about Quaker values. It's about prestige.

Actually we do care about Quaker values. Otherwise we'd be at NCS.

[Anonymous]

NYC and New England schools are highly academic, they preach universal truths and values, value team sports, but do not do the constant social justice warrior/protestor vibe that gds and sfs here do. Furthermore, the upper school grads are seeking lucrative, competitive fields, not feel good fields saving the world academia

This is exactly right. Although schools in NY have all adopted the social justices of the times they are not a constant drumbeat at the expense of the academics. Fieldston might be the most social justicey and closest to GDS/Sidwell. HM, Trinity, Collegiate, are more like St Albans/NCS. Their teaching is traditional and not progressive.

Horace Mann and Sidwell could not be more different. And Sidwell and NCS are also completely different.