Most famous DC Private

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta be Madeira. Name another school whose headmistress once figured in a TV movie.

She clipped an ugly man!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta be Madeira. Name another school whose headmistress once figured in a TV movie.

That would make Madeira infamous, not famous.

The administration/students must hate being known for that scandal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Was thinking about this. What DC Private would people say is most famous on a national level.

I think top three are: St Alban’s, Sidwell, and Prep. Any other rankings?

An international parent told me just this morning that the “only DC school known in Europe is Sidwell.” Direct quote.

We went on a trip to Europe. We met some folks and when the found out that our son play HS Basketball, they asked if he played for DeMatha. We had to tell them no, but was curious how they knew about DeMatha: Morgan Wootten and sports channels

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was thinking about this. What DC Private would people say is most famous on a national level.

I think top three are: St Alban’s, Sidwell, and Prep. Any other rankings?

An international parent told me just this morning that the “only DC school known in Europe is Sidwell.” Direct quote.

We went on a trip to Europe. We met some folks and when the found out that our son play HS Basketball, they asked if he played for DeMatha. We had to tell them no, but was curious how they knew about DeMatha: Morgan Wootten and sports channels

Writing to all of you from 35,000 feet over the Indian Ocean, on way to Indonesia. Sitting next to a Balinese princess. When i tell her I'm American, she smiles and asks, "so wonderful, can you please tell be about BASIS?" As always, I'm wearing my frayed, unwashed, long neglected (but too be replaced by fall 2026, for sure this time!) Sidwell sweatshirt. I ask, "don't you want to hear about Sidwell?"

A blank stare and she returns to her Gilmore Girls binge.

[Anonymous]

She must have not heard of Harvard then

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Sidwell is “famous” because of presidents kids going there and prep because of kavanaugh

Sidwell is famous (so many breathless articles in the best newspapers about Harvard of prep school)

Prep is infamous (I feel for this kids living in the shadow of the morally corrupt intellectual lightweights Squee and Bret)

Haha. The harvard of prep schools?

Do you actually think that way?

DCUM: “Haha. The harvard of prep schools?Do you actually think that way?”

PP: “The NY Times thinks that way.”

Boom! 🎤

I’m the PP. DP posted NYT. Do it’s a think. Sorry, not sorry

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think Sidwell is “famous” because of presidents kids going there and prep because of kavanaugh

Sidwell is famous (so many breathless articles in the best newspapers about Harvard of prep school)

Prep is infamous (I feel for this kids living in the shadow of the morally corrupt intellectual lightweights Squee and Bret)

Haha. The harvard of prep schools?

Do you actually think that way?

DCUM: “Haha. The harvard of prep schools?Do you actually think that way?”

PP: “The NY Times thinks that way.”

Boom! 🎤

I’m the PP. DP posted NYT. Do it’s a think. Sorry, not sorry

What? Are you drinking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Sidwell is “famous” because of presidents kids going there and prep because of kavanaugh

Sidwell is famous (so many breathless articles in the best newspapers about Harvard of prep school)

Prep is infamous (I feel for this kids living in the shadow of the morally corrupt intellectual lightweights Squee and Bret)

Haha. The harvard of prep schools?

Do you actually think that way?

DCUM: “Haha. The harvard of prep schools?Do you actually think that way?”

PP: “The NY Times thinks that way.”

Boom! 🎤

I’m the PP. DP posted NYT. Do it’s a think. Sorry, not sorry

Post the PD from the NTY. Remember the days when we weren't #2.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Sidwell is “famous” because of presidents kids going there and prep because of kavanaugh

Sidwell is famous (so many breathless articles in the best newspapers about Harvard of prep school)

Prep is infamous (I feel for this kids living in the shadow of the morally corrupt intellectual lightweights Squee and Bret)

Haha. The harvard of prep schools?

Do you actually think that way?

DCUM: “Haha. The harvard of prep schools?Do you actually think that way?”

PP: “The NY Times thinks that way.”

Boom! 🎤

I’m the PP. DP posted NYT. Do it’s a think. Sorry, not sorry

Post the PD from the NTY. Remember the days when we weren't #2.

Still incoherent. You’re definitely under the influence. Get some sleep and sober up! 🤦‍♀️

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's Sidwell and nothing else. Maybe some of the schools with big football feeders are famous among sports fans who pay attention to stuff like where NFL players went to high school. But your average person has heard of Sidwell because presidents' kids go there and that's it.

People don't remember the name of the schools involved in the Kavanaugh hearings, just that the people involved went to some hoity private Catholic schools.

If you ranked all private schools in the country in terms of fame, Sidwell might crack the top 10 (might) and no other DC school would rank. It would mostly be schools like Harvard-Westlake, Phillips Exeter, Choate, Exeter, Spence -- places they've heard of because famous people send their kids there or people write books about them or lots of well known politicians, writers and celebrities attended. This is not the case with any DC school except Sidwell.

This is completely stupid. If you think more people have heard of Choate or Spence than the big sports schools you need to get out more. That’s an insane opinion.

You obviously know nothing about Power 😝

[Anonymous]

DeMatha. Most famous. Only famous.

[Anonymous]

We can't conflate fame with prestige or rigor or social status. I don't think anyone arguing that it's any school other than Sidwell is saying that the non-Sidwell school is the most prestigious or rigorous. They're responding to the original question which was, which school is considered the most famous at a national level. There's solid evidence and data to support the claims that it may not be Sidwell.

But even if it is, why do people feel the need to trash other schools and get so defensive? It's a dumb question to begin with. It's one thing to have a friendly debate over these things, it's another to demean other institutions that serve their students well because you disagree with another poster.

Honestly, at the end of the day, who really cares?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We can't conflate fame with prestige or rigor or social status. I don't think anyone arguing that it's any school other than Sidwell is saying that the non-Sidwell school is the most prestigious or rigorous. They're responding to the original question which was, which school is considered the most famous at a national level. There's solid evidence and data to support the claims that it may not be Sidwell.

But even if it is, why do people feel the need to trash other schools and get so defensive? It's a dumb question to begin with. It's one thing to have a friendly debate over these things, it's another to demean other institutions that serve their students well because you disagree with another poster.

Honestly, at the end of the day, who really cares?

Well said, it's one thing for the Sidwell parents to attack STA. Pretty ridiculous, but who cares.

But all of the attacks by Sidwell parents in Dematha is just mean.

Stop being so insecure!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We can't conflate fame with prestige or rigor or social status. I don't think anyone arguing that it's any school other than Sidwell is saying that the non-Sidwell school is the most prestigious or rigorous. They're responding to the original question which was, which school is considered the most famous at a national level. There's solid evidence and data to support the claims that it may not be Sidwell.

But even if it is, why do people feel the need to trash other schools and get so defensive? It's a dumb question to begin with. It's one thing to have a friendly debate over these things, it's another to demean other institutions that serve their students well because you disagree with another poster.

Honestly, at the end of the day, who really cares?

Well said, it's one thing for the Sidwell parents to attack STA. Pretty ridiculous, but who cares.

But all of the attacks by Sidwell parents in Dematha is just mean.

Stop being so insecure!

Don’t forget elitist and racist, too. That’s why I’ve been one of the posters speaking up for Dematha. I have literally no dog in the fight—I have a girl—but I don’t like the things people have been saying about Dematha and trying to dim its light. It’s a great school, extremely well known and a great choice for lots of kids.

[Anonymous]

It’s only Sidwell.

It’s even in a Tyler Perry movie, at least 3 novels etc. Plus it is what NYT said