Big 3, Big 5??

[Anonymous]

The “best school” will depend on what’s best for your kid. Not that it matters, but most people consider the “big 3” to be GDS, Sidwell and STA/NCS.

[Anonymous]

All that matters is the BIG ONE. The BIG ONE is where you send your kids, whether it's public or private.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To answer OP’s question…I always thought it was Sidwell, GDS and STA/NCS(as one). No?

Yes, it's this.

No. GDS is a no

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All that matters is the BIG ONE. The BIG ONE is where you send your kids, whether it's public or private.

Big 1 is Sidwell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All that matters is the BIG ONE. The BIG ONE is where you send your kids, whether it's public or private.

Big 1 is Sidwell

Big 1 is BIM. Times change. Don’t be left behind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer OP’s question…I always thought it was Sidwell, GDS and STA/NCS(as one). No?

No it was Sidwell, STA and NCS.

People keep trying to add on: GDS, Potomac, Holton. The list keeps growing.

But the top 3 schools are Sidwell, STA and NCS

This is the correct answer. Sidwell/STA/NCS are the oldest, most established schools with the strongest reputations (currently and historically).

If you’re talking about the Big 5, then you would include GDS.

And here they are - the prestige whores that populate DCUM.

[Anonymous]

If college matriculation was truly an essential metric, the schools wouldn't be shy about publicizing their lists. It is though extremely hard to know what the comprehensive lists look like - the student Insta lists are incomplete and unreliable.

[Anonymous]

Let's be honest. It doesn't matter whether GDS is in the 5 or in the 3. What matters is whether your child likes where they go to school. A top flight kid will get a great education at any of these schools. Same goes for Potomac, Maret, Holton...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer OP’s question…I always thought it was Sidwell, GDS and STA/NCS(as one). No?

No it was Sidwell, STA and NCS.

People keep trying to add on: GDS, Potomac, Holton. The list keeps growing.

But the top 3 schools are Sidwell, STA and NCS

This is the correct answer. Sidwell/STA/NCS are the oldest, most established schools with the strongest reputations (currently and historically).

If you’re talking about the Big 5, then you would include GDS.

And here they are - the prestige whores that populate DCUM.

DP whore here. The other whore would be correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's be honest. It doesn't matter whether GDS is in the 5 or in the 3. What matters is whether your child likes where they go to school. A top flight kid will get a great education at any of these schools. Same goes for Potomac, Maret, Holton...

I don’t know…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer OP’s question…I always thought it was Sidwell, GDS and STA/NCS(as one). No?

Yes, it's this.

No. GDS is a no

Because… you say so?

[Anonymous]

Are people still using the hashtag “big three” ( #BigThree ) on social media when they find out they are accepted or their children are ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is discussed in the thread pinned at the top.

Does the thread being pinned perpetuate the phrase? Did it create the phrase or is it used conversationally anywhere?

I had heard it used to describe HPY as the “big three” colleges, and later the three math/science NYC high schools, and assumed it was adopted from those contexts.

Actually, the so-called big 3 was a lame attempt by privates schools parents in DC to copy the prestige of MoCo W schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer OP’s question…I always thought it was Sidwell, GDS and STA/NCS(as one). No?

No it was Sidwell, STA and NCS.

People keep trying to add on: GDS, Potomac, Holton. The list keeps growing.

But the top 3 schools are Sidwell, STA and NCS

This is the correct answer. Sidwell/STA/NCS are the oldest, most established schools with the strongest reputations (currently and historically).

If you’re talking about the Big 5, then you would include GDS.

And here they are - the prestige whores that populate DCUM.

DP whore here. The other whore would be correct.

3 floors of prestige whores:
1. Sidwell
2. STA
3. NCS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer OP’s question…I always thought it was Sidwell, GDS and STA/NCS(as one). No?

Yes, it's this.

No. GDS is a no

Because… you say so?

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