Where do the people in the $6/7/8m+ mansions in send their kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell recruits kids for varsity tennis, especially in 9th grade. Two of the top four girls on the team came in as freshmen this year. They were already established players in the section and joined the team to keep its impressive stats.

The point is that other schools don’t follow the same practice, or at least not to the same extent.

St John's does.

This is not something new in the world of high school sports. Some schools do it, some don't - some do it just for certain sports. Sidwell does it for tennis and basketball. Other schools do it for lacrosse, or whatever.... It's life. If you don't like it, choose a school that doesn't have sports teams or one that doesn't recruit for sports.

I meant other schools of the same academic caliber.

That’s my point. It’s as if schools are only allowed to be superior in one area—academics OR sports. The prevailing sentiment seems to be, “ how dare Sidwell excel in both areas!”

Obviously, that’s Sidwell’s choice. I never said or thought “how dare they”. That said, I do find it surprising and a bit pathetic.

Pathetic because Sidwell is dominating DMV schools in academics, basketball, and tennis?!? Pathetic indeed! 😂

Academics? Ah, no. Tennis? Maybe girls but not all around. Hoops? Didn’t Visi beat you last year?

Sidwell dominating other DMV private schools? Check (based on college matriculations and percentage of NMSFs).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in girls tennis? Check (ISL champions for FOUR straight years, and ranked #2 in the nation).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in basketball? Check
Boys:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions, and their third championship title in the past four seasons; and
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. At least TWO current NBA players.

Girls:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions;
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. Recent players who have won:
Gatorade National Player of the Year (2022),
McDonald’s All-American Player, including MVP (2022 and 2023).

Sidwell vs. Visi? Please be serious.

Best private school in the DMV?

Check?

Oh wait.

That is BIM.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

You obviously don’t know anything about Niche’s methodology. Only an ignorant fool would cite it as authoritative source.

So we should listen to an ignorant fool like you, anonymous poster?

Niche is quite reliable for general rankings.

+1. I might quibble with some of the specific rankings but the methodology seems reliable.

Here are the top 10 private schools in the DMV:

1. BIM
2. Sidwell
3. GDS
4. Madeira
5. NCS
6. Holton
7. EHS
8. STA
9. Landon
10. Potomac

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell recruits kids for varsity tennis, especially in 9th grade. Two of the top four girls on the team came in as freshmen this year. They were already established players in the section and joined the team to keep its impressive stats.

The point is that other schools don’t follow the same practice, or at least not to the same extent.

St John's does.

This is not something new in the world of high school sports. Some schools do it, some don't - some do it just for certain sports. Sidwell does it for tennis and basketball. Other schools do it for lacrosse, or whatever.... It's life. If you don't like it, choose a school that doesn't have sports teams or one that doesn't recruit for sports.

I meant other schools of the same academic caliber.

That’s my point. It’s as if schools are only allowed to be superior in one area—academics OR sports. The prevailing sentiment seems to be, “ how dare Sidwell excel in both areas!”

Obviously, that’s Sidwell’s choice. I never said or thought “how dare they”. That said, I do find it surprising and a bit pathetic.

Pathetic because Sidwell is dominating DMV schools in academics, basketball, and tennis?!? Pathetic indeed! 😂

Academics? Ah, no. Tennis? Maybe girls but not all around. Hoops? Didn’t Visi beat you last year?

Sidwell dominating other DMV private schools? Check (based on college matriculations and percentage of NMSFs).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in girls tennis? Check (ISL champions for FOUR straight years, and ranked #2 in the nation).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in basketball? Check
Boys:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions, and their third championship title in the past four seasons; and
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. At least TWO current NBA players.

Girls:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions;
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. Recent players who have won:
Gatorade National Player of the Year (2022),
McDonald’s All-American Player, including MVP (2022 and 2023).

Sidwell vs. Visi? Please be serious.

Best private school in the DMV?

Check?

Oh wait.

That is BIM.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

You obviously don’t know anything about Niche’s methodology. Only an ignorant fool would cite it as authoritative source.

So we should listen to an ignorant fool like you, anonymous poster?

Niche is quite reliable for general rankings.

+1. I might quibble with some of the specific rankings but the methodology seems reliable.

Here are the top 10 private schools in the DMV:

1. BIM
2. Sidwell
3. GDS
4. Madeira
5. NCS
6. Holton
7. EHS
8. STA
9. Landon
10. Potomac

+2. I would probably put NCS above Madeira, STA above EHS, and Potomac above Landon but otherwise agree.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell recruits kids for varsity tennis, especially in 9th grade. Two of the top four girls on the team came in as freshmen this year. They were already established players in the section and joined the team to keep its impressive stats.

The point is that other schools don’t follow the same practice, or at least not to the same extent.

St John's does.

This is not something new in the world of high school sports. Some schools do it, some don't - some do it just for certain sports. Sidwell does it for tennis and basketball. Other schools do it for lacrosse, or whatever.... It's life. If you don't like it, choose a school that doesn't have sports teams or one that doesn't recruit for sports.

I meant other schools of the same academic caliber.

That’s my point. It’s as if schools are only allowed to be superior in one area—academics OR sports. The prevailing sentiment seems to be, “ how dare Sidwell excel in both areas!”

Obviously, that’s Sidwell’s choice. I never said or thought “how dare they”. That said, I do find it surprising and a bit pathetic.

Pathetic because Sidwell is dominating DMV schools in academics, basketball, and tennis?!? Pathetic indeed! 😂

Academics? Ah, no. Tennis? Maybe girls but not all around. Hoops? Didn’t Visi beat you last year?

Sidwell dominating other DMV private schools? Check (based on college matriculations and percentage of NMSFs).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in girls tennis? Check (ISL champions for FOUR straight years, and ranked #2 in the nation).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in basketball? Check
Boys:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions, and their third championship title in the past four seasons; and
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. At least TWO current NBA players.

Girls:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions;
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. Recent players who have won:
Gatorade National Player of the Year (2022),
McDonald’s All-American Player, including MVP (2022 and 2023).

Sidwell vs. Visi? Please be serious.

Best private school in the DMV?

Check?

Oh wait.

That is BIM.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

You obviously don’t know anything about Niche’s methodology. Only an ignorant fool would cite it as authoritative source.

So we should listen to an ignorant fool like you, anonymous poster?

Niche is quite reliable for general rankings.

+1. I might quibble with some of the specific rankings but the methodology seems reliable.

Here are the top 10 private schools in the DMV:

1. BIM
2. Sidwell
3. GDS
4. Madeira
5. NCS
6. Holton
7. EHS
8. STA
9. Landon
10. Potomac

Sorry BIM parents. No one with any sense believes that BIM is #1…in anything except stealing its students’ joy. Learning in a converted warehouse, with very few extracurriculars, will do that to you.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell recruits kids for varsity tennis, especially in 9th grade. Two of the top four girls on the team came in as freshmen this year. They were already established players in the section and joined the team to keep its impressive stats.

The point is that other schools don’t follow the same practice, or at least not to the same extent.

St John's does.

This is not something new in the world of high school sports. Some schools do it, some don't - some do it just for certain sports. Sidwell does it for tennis and basketball. Other schools do it for lacrosse, or whatever.... It's life. If you don't like it, choose a school that doesn't have sports teams or one that doesn't recruit for sports.

I meant other schools of the same academic caliber.

That’s my point. It’s as if schools are only allowed to be superior in one area—academics OR sports. The prevailing sentiment seems to be, “ how dare Sidwell excel in both areas!”

Obviously, that’s Sidwell’s choice. I never said or thought “how dare they”. That said, I do find it surprising and a bit pathetic.

Pathetic because Sidwell is dominating DMV schools in academics, basketball, and tennis?!? Pathetic indeed! 😂

Academics? Ah, no. Tennis? Maybe girls but not all around. Hoops? Didn’t Visi beat you last year?

Sidwell dominating other DMV private schools? Check (based on college matriculations and percentage of NMSFs).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in girls tennis? Check (ISL champions for FOUR straight years, and ranked #2 in the nation).

Sidwell dominating other DMV schools in basketball? Check
Boys:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions, and their third championship title in the past four seasons; and
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. At least TWO current NBA players.

Girls:
1. BACK TO BACK (2022 and 2023) DCSAA Champions;
2. National titles, including the State Champions Invitational; and
3. Recent players who have won:
Gatorade National Player of the Year (2022),
McDonald’s All-American Player, including MVP (2022 and 2023).

Sidwell vs. Visi? Please be serious.

Best private school in the DMV?

Check?

Oh wait.

That is BIM.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

You obviously don’t know anything about Niche’s methodology. Only an ignorant fool would cite it as authoritative source.

So we should listen to an ignorant fool like you, anonymous poster?

Niche is quite reliable for general rankings.

+1. I might quibble with some of the specific rankings but the methodology seems reliable.

Here are the top 10 private schools in the DMV:

1. BIM
2. Sidwell
3. GDS
4. Madeira
5. NCS
6. Holton
7. EHS
8. STA
9. Landon
10. Potomac

Sorry BIM parents. No one with any sense believes that BIM is #1…in anything except stealing its students’ joy. Learning in a converted warehouse, with very few extracurriculars, will do that to you.

It’s a good private alternative to TJ, it’s just not the private school experience most people on DCUM prefer. It’s great for a lot of kids though.

[Anonymous]

My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

That sounds like a normal house.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

My kids are also at Norwood and we live in one of those houses.

It’s not what this thread is talking about - houses that cost $5M+ in Bethesda/Potomac/CC are small estates with 10,000+ sqft and a guest house. I have a friend who lives in that kind of house and she has multiple staff.

My kids think those houses are big. While there are some kids at Norwood in those houses (probably at most of the schools in the area) it’s not typical.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

Anything below 20.000 sq ft is just too small.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

My kids are also at Norwood and we live in one of those houses.

It’s not what this thread is talking about - houses that cost $5M+ in Bethesda/Potomac/CC are small estates with 10,000+ sqft and a guest house. I have a friend who lives in that kind of house and she has multiple staff.

My kids think those houses are big. While there are some kids at Norwood in those houses (probably at most of the schools in the area) it’s not typical.

lol ok. Your kids need more perspective. You live in a mansion.

We live in a 3,000 sq ft townhouse. Your kids probably would think we live in a shack. Ironically, our HHI is north of $1 million. We just don’t feel the need to have a ridiculous house.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

My kids are also at Norwood and we live in one of those houses.

It’s not what this thread is talking about - houses that cost $5M+ in Bethesda/Potomac/CC are small estates with 10,000+ sqft and a guest house. I have a friend who lives in that kind of house and she has multiple staff.

My kids think those houses are big. While there are some kids at Norwood in those houses (probably at most of the schools in the area) it’s not typical.

lol ok. Your kids need more perspective. You live in a mansion.

We live in a 3,000 sq ft townhouse. Your kids probably would think we live in a shack. Ironically, our HHI is north of $1 million. We just don’t feel the need to have a ridiculous house.

Weird of you to flex a tiny house. Some of us have bigger needs.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

My kids are also at Norwood and we live in one of those houses.

It’s not what this thread is talking about - houses that cost $5M+ in Bethesda/Potomac/CC are small estates with 10,000+ sqft and a guest house. I have a friend who lives in that kind of house and she has multiple staff.

My kids think those houses are big. While there are some kids at Norwood in those houses (probably at most of the schools in the area) it’s not typical.

lol ok. Your kids need more perspective. You live in a mansion.

We live in a 3,000 sq ft townhouse. Your kids probably would think we live in a shack. Ironically, our HHI is north of $1 million. We just don’t feel the need to have a ridiculous house.

Weird of you to flex a tiny house. Some of us have bigger needs.

No one needs a 5,000+ sq ft house.

It’s wasteful.

[Anonymous]

Also it’s so DCUM to call 3,000 sq ft tiny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are so many privates in moco/dc! Which ones have the wealthiest populations?

Why do you care? If you had that much you would already know

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many privates in moco/dc! Which ones have the wealthiest populations?

Why do you care? If you had that much you would already know

Why would anyone have that sort of knowledge? Do you think being rich makes you omniscient?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at Norwood. She’s one of the few kids in her class who doesn’t live in a huge house in Bethesda, Potomac, or Chevy Chase.

We went to a party on Saturday at a family’s house. It’s a 7,200 sq ft home.

My kids are also at Norwood and we live in one of those houses.

It’s not what this thread is talking about - houses that cost $5M+ in Bethesda/Potomac/CC are small estates with 10,000+ sqft and a guest house. I have a friend who lives in that kind of house and she has multiple staff.

My kids think those houses are big. While there are some kids at Norwood in those houses (probably at most of the schools in the area) it’s not typical.

lol ok. Your kids need more perspective. You live in a mansion.

We live in a 3,000 sq ft townhouse. Your kids probably would think we live in a shack. Ironically, our HHI is north of $1 million. We just don’t feel the need to have a ridiculous house.

Weird of you to flex a tiny house. Some of us have bigger needs.

No one needs a 5,000+ sq ft house.

It’s wasteful.

Some of us absolutely do. How clueless you are.