Potomac parents are SO ANNOYING

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don't really see a non-Potomac parent considering Potomac comparable to the Big 3...

The whole idea of a Big 3 is silly. We were a non Potomac parent , but then our DS had the choice between a supposed Big 3 and Potomac and he wound up choosing Potomac. It’s about fit. Potomac has a very good academic reputation even if many DC-centric DCUMers don’t want to admit that.

I don't disagree that school is about fit, but claiming you were a non-potomac parent before ultimately choosing Potomac doesn't make you a non-potomac parent comparing to the Big 3 😂

I’m guessing you’re a teenager that is posting on a parent forum for some reason. I’m not “claiming” anything. Technically I am still not a Potomac parent since DS doesn’t start there until the fall. I’m also not comparing it to the Big 3. I am saying it has an excellent reputation.

👁️👄👁️ *blink* *blink* 👁️👄👁️

[Anonymous]

Why does this thread never cease to prove itself in real time 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don't really see a non-Potomac parent considering Potomac comparable to the Big 3...

The whole idea of a Big 3 is silly. We were a non Potomac parent , but then our DS had the choice between a supposed Big 3 and Potomac and he wound up choosing Potomac. It’s about fit. Potomac has a very good academic reputation even if many DC-centric DCUMers don’t want to admit that.

I don't disagree that school is about fit, but claiming you were a non-potomac parent before ultimately choosing Potomac doesn't make you a non-potomac parent comparing to the Big 3 😂

I’m guessing you’re a teenager that is posting on a parent forum for some reason. I’m not “claiming” anything. Technically I am still not a Potomac parent since DS doesn’t start there until the fall. I’m also not comparing it to the Big 3. I am saying it has an excellent reputation.

Huh? What are you on about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don't really see a non-Potomac parent considering Potomac comparable to the Big 3...

The whole idea of a Big 3 is silly. We were a non Potomac parent , but then our DS had the choice between a supposed Big 3 and Potomac and he wound up choosing Potomac. It’s about fit. Potomac has a very good academic reputation even if many DC-centric DCUMers don’t want to admit that.

I don't disagree that school is about fit, but claiming you were a non-potomac parent before ultimately choosing Potomac doesn't make you a non-potomac parent comparing to the Big 3 😂

I’m guessing you’re a teenager that is posting on a parent forum for some reason. I’m not “claiming” anything. Technically I am still not a Potomac parent since DS doesn’t start there until the fall. I’m also not comparing it to the Big 3. I am saying it has an excellent reputation.

Excellent reputation according to whom? What is the reputation you have in mind?

[Anonymous]

The girl who bullied me in high school has kids at Potomac now and tried to reach out to me when her kids were applying to our Big3. Hit the block button expeditiously.

[Anonymous]

💀is this who they are talking about when they say "sending your kids to Potomac gets you in with DC's rich and famous"??? Been scratching my head trying to figure out who they were talking about 🤣

[Anonymous]

This thread is ridiculous. There are hundreds of families at Potomac. People complaining about the 1 person who bullied them in HS has a DC there as if that proves something?!?
Anyone complaining about an entire school community is the bigger problem.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is ridiculous. There are hundreds of families at Potomac. People complaining about the 1 person who bullied them in HS has a DC there as if that proves something?!?
Anyone complaining about an entire school community is the bigger problem.

“Everyone stop generalizing… while I aggressively generalize about the people criticizing and bump up the thread that gets me all 😤"

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like Potomac is trying to position itself as an elite school. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great school but it’s not a top three (NCS/STA, GDS or Sidwell) and it has a chip on his shoulder because of that.

Soon to be new family at Potomac. I think of Potomac as a neighborhood private school. Lots of people in McLean send their kids there. I would not expect anyone not in McLean to know or care about this school.

I certainly wouldn’t expect or think anyone from dc or md would care.

Potomac is dealing with a lot of moving targets at once.
They are definitely a big fish in a small pond but by many metrics competitive with big 3.
And I think this is a fairly recent development. They're still getting used to it

Potomac decided maybe a couple of decades ago to almost abandon some of it's legacy preferences because it had started drawing an applicant pool that was far more competitive than it had seen in the past.
This is just conjecture but I think the legacy parents got very loud and proud about Potomac and the newcomers thought that was what they were supposed to do. The Potomac pride was not understated. Some people liked that.

The 9th grade admits are so much more competitive than the kids that got in 10 years ago that they almost belong in different schools. Potomac is getting more and more competitive by the year. I think it's the location. McLean didn't used to be like this.

I do genuinely want to know the connection of the person who commented this to Potomac cause talk about living rent free in people's heads 🤣

They have not abandoned their legacy preferences … or donor acceptances for that matter 🤔

They haven't abandoned donor preferences, nobody does that. But, there isn't much of a legacy preference anymore. The applicant pool has shifted too much to permit that.

[Anonymous]

I appreciate how much calmer and balanced the 10am crowd is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I don't really see a non-Potomac parent considering Potomac comparable to the Big 3...

The whole idea of a Big 3 is silly. We were a non Potomac parent , but then our DS had the choice between a supposed Big 3 and Potomac and he wound up choosing Potomac. It’s about fit. Potomac has a very good academic reputation even if many DC-centric DCUMers don’t want to admit that.

🥇And the gold metal for mental gymnastics goes to POTOMAC!

Peak Potomac Perfomance🎉

I don't disagree that school is about fit, but claiming you were a non-potomac parent before ultimately choosing Potomac doesn't make you a non-potomac parent comparing to the Big 3 😂

I’m guessing you’re a teenager that is posting on a parent forum for some reason. I’m not “claiming” anything. Technically I am still not a Potomac parent since DS doesn’t start there until the fall. I’m also not comparing it to the Big 3. I am saying it has an excellent reputation.

[Anonymous]

🥇And the gold metal for mental gymnastics goes to POTOMAC!

Peak Potomac Perfomance🎉

[Anonymous]

Oh come on - they took down all the fun posts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh come on - they took down all the fun posts

I mean it's a new kind of fun with what was left behind. But a kind reminder to us all that we can't name people on this side of DCUM because you are essentially doxxing their kid💖 (all the ones that got taken down appear to have been the ones that responded back to and eventually connected to that one).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh come on - they took down all the fun posts

I mean it's a new kind of fun with what was left behind. But a kind reminder to us all that we can't name people on this side of DCUM because you are essentially doxxing their kid💖 (all the ones that got taken down appear to have been the ones that responded back to and eventually connected to that one).

The admissions comments didn’t name names.