Ascending v. Descending? Or just stuck?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

There is no real difference. The same families apply to all these schools, from NCRC to NPS/Sheridan/BVR/etc to SFS/Maret/GDS/etc. Except at the very thin margins, these are all the same people.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

Ah. Your child is a recruited-not-technically athlete. Yes, the marquee football, basketball and baseball players DO matriculate to the same schools from Maret and Sidwell and STA. Especially if URM.

So your football player will bet set wherever he goes and you should choose the high school you like best. They’ll all give you an offer

Not just athletes, but anyone thinking these kids are being accepted to certain colleges "because of" the high school they attended are being foolish.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

Not much Maret can do with the physical existing space given the neighborhood restrictions. My kid is looking at playing bball and baseball there so while I do wish they had a gym that looked like Sidwell, I am intrigued with the new outdoor facilities.

Neighborhood restrictions? Their campus is a historic landmark. That has nothing to do with the neighborhood.

All private schools have agreements and understandings with the neighborhood governance. These address things like enrollment size and traffic issues, parking, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

Ah. Your child is a recruited-not-technically athlete. Yes, the marquee football, basketball and baseball players DO matriculate to the same schools from Maret and Sidwell and STA. Especially if URM.

So your football player will bet set wherever he goes and you should choose the high school you like best. They’ll all give you an offer

SJC also have deep, talented ball sports teams— if yours going to play in 9-12 and it just state level or travel.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

If they know they are heading to the Ivy League in November, they are recruited athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

If they know they are heading to the Ivy League in November, they are recruited athletes.

I wouldn't waste much time trying to make sense of the new intriguing family's nonsense. 🤔

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Anonymous wrote:I do not understand the issue people have with Landon. It looks like they are definitely moving in the right direction with investments across their campus structurally. Their curriculum and teachers are on par with the top schools in the area. Is it because they only admit a limited number of upper school boys each year and people are mad because their DS did not get admitted?

People have an issue with Landon because it has a decades old reputation of fostering a culture of toxic masculinity, bullying, racism, jock-dominance, anti-LBGQA, etc. This is not a recent development. It’s not a situation wherein Landon has be faulted for failing to become adequately “woke.” This has been its reputation for decades and the school has done nothing to alter the culture or even the narrative. It can be tricky at any single-sex boys’ school to avoid a culture of toxic masculinity, but many other boys’ schools in the area at least have excellent academics to off-set some of the other issues, but Landon doesn’t offer excellent academics either. My son plays sports at a big three school (with an excellent athletic program) and he says that while kids disagree about which other schools are good/bad, everyone hates Landon. Or more specifically, no one likes the kids from Landon because they are always jerks. I’m sure there must be some nice kids there, but I bet they are pretty lonely and miserable.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

The Maret admission team has always been quite active on this board. Prospective families should ask schools for hard data about college admissions (after their child is admitted). People reading these boards should also know (and probably do?) that many posts and comments are essential marketing techniques. Approach everything you read here with a healthy dose of skepticism.

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Yes, I see active campaigns to increase the reputations of Landon and Bullis because they have both been traditionally tarnished for reasons started by PP.

I see an ascending trend for Catholic schools, esp SJC.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

This is demonstrably false.

How so?
https://www.gds.org/academics/college-counseling/matriculation
https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1633352807/maret/cvhkhz1fyj0cei6s4emr/Maret-Profile-2021_2022.pdf

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Who has the time and desire to constantly gather links and personally defend these things? I mean, unless you are the school’s paid PR/Admissions team, and it’s literally your job to troll message boards meant for parents. . .

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Anonymous wrote:Who has the time and desire to constantly gather links and personally defend these things? I mean, unless you are the school’s paid PR/Admissions team, and it’s literally your job to troll message boards meant for parents. . .

Who doesn’t know how to spend 10 seconds googling? Takes less time to google the links than it took for you to type your response that didn’t add anything to the conversation.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

Because of sports.
If your kid isn’t a sports recruit, you’re in the general admissions with low acceptance rates.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

This didn’t happen at least not during the past six years.

NP. Maret has same college matriculation as Sidwell and GDS so I generally would agree with PP. Plus they have better athletics in general (aside from Sidwell with better bball). I would say Maret’s star has been rising quite a bit the last few years.

OK, Karen.

New intriguing family. Prove me otherwise. We are being recruiter by both schools. From what I’ve seen they literally have the same college schools. If not better at Maret based on %. I honestly don’t see a difference between Maret and Sidwell. Went to the Maret football semi finals game today. Met quite a few families that are headed to Ivy League.

Because of sports.
If your kid isn’t a sports recruit, you’re in the general admissions with low acceptance rates.

Yeah this is just not accurate at all. It can be easily confirmed also.

There is not one athletic recruit on this page. So all the Ivy ones and T20 shown here are non-athletes. I can say there is one kid at Yale playing basketball but he’s not even shown on this page. One kid shown on this page going to Emory was going to walk on but is not playing bball anymore. Another kid not shown here is playing football at UVA. There is also another kid at Dartmouth here that played tennis but not on college level.

Where are you getting your information or are you just assuming?

https://instagram.com/maretfrogs2022?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are six years apart. So doing search all over again (first child in a single sex school and second is different gender). Even just in 6 years, it seems like the reputation, vibe, and even physical plant has changed at most schools. But others seem forever stuck (looking at you, Maret). I don't want to slant the discussion with my own views, although Maret does seem like a time capsule from the 90s, with indoor athletic facilities from the 40s.

So what schools rising and which ones losing their luster?

I agree. It seems like as Maret has shot up in the academic rankings to equal the likes of GDS, Sidwell, etc. it has paid less attention to its athletic facilities. I think they're building a new off-campus outdoor facility though.

Not much Maret can do with the physical existing space given the neighborhood restrictions. My kid is looking at playing bball and baseball there so while I do wish they had a gym that looked like Sidwell, I am intrigued with the new outdoor facilities.

Neighborhood restrictions? Their campus is a historic landmark. That has nothing to do with the neighborhood.

All private schools have agreements and understandings with the neighborhood governance. These address things like enrollment size and traffic issues, parking, etc.

Yep, which is why they’ve literally employed one of the ANC people who literally lives across the street for several years; all the previous neighborhood issues magically went away. Funny how that worked out eh?