Is Bullis the new Sidwell??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

We chose St. Andrew's over Bullis and we are sorry we did. St. Andrew's has not been the experience we thought.

Please elaborate. These are two schools on my radar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis is the new Sidwell.
Thursday is the new Friday
Orange is the new black.

Love it!

Bullis is the new Sidwell: YUP
Thursday is the new Friday: Has been for years now!
Orange is the new black: HaHa. First half of season one was good. Then it became redundant.

Bullis is better than Sidwell for many families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay Bullis PR department, settle down. You benefitted from the MCPS migration during COVID and could be more selective with admissions. You have a new HOS who is not a criminal like the previous. But slow your roll and let's see how things keep shaking out.

Yup...Bullis booster is a desperate striver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

We chose St. Andrew's over Bullis and we are sorry we did. St. Andrew's has not been the experience we thought.

Please elaborate. These are two schools on my radar.

We chose St. Andrew's because of the CCTL. They stressed it so much when we were looking at the school, and we were excited about what they presented. It turned out that the educational experience was far below what we had expected. Bullis was our second choice, but in retrospect it should have been our first. And now with there 2023 college acceptance list, they are proving that they have better placement as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am new to this since my kids are still in elementary school. bullies has a class of 600+ students in 2023? I am confused

They reported acceptances, not matriculations. Kids were admitted to more than one school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

We chose St. Andrew's over Bullis and we are sorry we did. St. Andrew's has not been the experience we thought.

Please elaborate. These are two schools on my radar.

We chose St. Andrew's because of the CCTL. They stressed it so much when we were looking at the school, and we were excited about what they presented. It turned out that the educational experience was far below what we had expected. Bullis was our second choice, but in retrospect it should have been our first. And now with there 2023 college acceptance list, they are proving that they have better placement as well.

The senior class size at Bullis is larger than St. Andrew's, so of course they had more college acceptances. Both schools have a wide range of students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

We chose St. Andrew's over Bullis and we are sorry we did. St. Andrew's has not been the experience we thought.

Please elaborate. These are two schools on my radar.

We chose St. Andrew's because of the CCTL. They stressed it so much when we were looking at the school, and we were excited about what they presented. It turned out that the educational experience was far below what we had expected. Bullis was our second choice, but in retrospect it should have been our first. And now with there 2023 college acceptance list, they are proving that they have better placement as well.

Every school has great years and not great years. Be careful about judging a list on just one year. I remember a year at our school when there were 3 or 4 stellar athletes who each got more than one Ivy acceptance in their sport. Just saying. One list from one year can be deceiving. Look at how many NMSF and finalists a school produces as another tool for gauging. I don’t know about Bullis but I do know that our school
Consistently has 7+ a year. But we are not a school with strong athletics like Bullis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The level of work at Sidwell and Bullis are vastly different in both depth and quantity, as are the level of expectations and corresponding assessments (how hard they grade).

Do you have children attending both schools? Also, assuming you are correct with your assertion, maybe Bullis is teaching the children more efficiently? Look at the colleges...

DP (and I don't have kids at either school0: the colleges kids go to has literally nothing to do with what or how a high school teaches. If you haven't been through the process yet, you will find this out someday. Take whichever prestige college you want and look at where ALL the freshman come from -- a wide range of high schools. This is related to why you don't pick a high school based on lists of college matriculations. Also, don't pick a college based on where some magazine puts it in a generalized linear list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

But the 2 that got into Harvard are probably the same 1 that got into MIT and 2 of the 5 that got into UPENN….how big is the class? If maybe they have 6 people that got into a bunch of tops schools I don’t think that’s anywhere near the level of the big 3 or big 5 for that matter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

But the 2 that got into Harvard are probably the same 1 that got into MIT and 2 of the 5 that got into UPENN….how big is the class? If maybe they have 6 people that got into a bunch of tops schools I don’t think that’s anywhere near the level of the big 3 or big 5 for that matter

This exactly. I wasn’t all that impressed compared to my kids school enrollment stats from past years and am even less impressed now that I understand how they gathered the numbers. 20 kids could account for most of their best acceptances. Also, not a Sidwell parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

We chose St. Andrew's over Bullis and we are sorry we did. St. Andrew's has not been the experience we thought.

Please elaborate. These are two schools on my radar.

We chose St. Andrew's because of the CCTL. They stressed it so much when we were looking at the school, and we were excited about what they presented. It turned out that the educational experience was far below what we had expected. Bullis was our second choice, but in retrospect it should have been our first. And now with there 2023 college acceptance list, they are proving that they have better placement as well.

Every school has great years and not great years. Be careful about judging a list on just one year. I remember a year at our school when there were 3 or 4 stellar athletes who each got more than one Ivy acceptance in their sport. Just saying. One list from one year can be deceiving. Look at how many NMSF and finalists a school produces as another tool for gauging. I don’t know about Bullis but I do know that our school
Consistently has 7+ a year. But we are not a school with strong athletics like Bullis.

What school?

[Anonymous]

No, it is not. Is this Bullis PR?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move over Big threes. It's hard to argue against facts. Is Bullis the new number one school in Greater DC?

This is where Bullis grads are going to college. Many of the the Colleges are the best in the country/world.
https://www.bullis.org/class-of-2023-admitted-data#data

Is Bullis the new Sidwell prestige-wise?

We chose St. Andrew's over Bullis and we are sorry we did. St. Andrew's has not been the experience we thought.

Please elaborate. These are two schools on my radar.

We chose St. Andrew's because of the CCTL. They stressed it so much when we were looking at the school, and we were excited about what they presented. It turned out that the educational experience was far below what we had expected. Bullis was our second choice, but in retrospect it should have been our first. And now with there 2023 college acceptance list, they are proving that they have better placement as well.

The senior class size at Bullis is larger than St. Andrew's, so of course they had more college acceptances. Both schools have a wide range of students.

Bullis has acceptances at more top tier colleges.

[Anonymous]

Bully for Bullis!!

Whoo-hoo! They have arrived!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The level of work at Sidwell and Bullis are vastly different in both depth and quantity, as are the level of expectations and corresponding assessments (how hard they grade).

Do you have children attending both schools? Also, assuming you are correct with your assertion, maybe Bullis is teaching the children more efficiently? Look at the colleges...

DP (and I don't have kids at either school0: the colleges kids go to has literally nothing to do with what or how a high school teaches. If you haven't been through the process yet, you will find this out someday. Take whichever prestige college you want and look at where ALL the freshman come from -- a wide range of high schools. This is related to why you don't pick a high school based on lists of college matriculations. Also, don't pick a college based on where some magazine puts it in a generalized linear list.

[phone]. Nailed it! Choosing a school (or ranking them) solely by college acceptance lists is so short-sighted. Well said right there ☝🏽