Ranking high school privates on 2025 college season

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there’s many acceptance (and many more rejections) left to go, but so far:

1. Maret
2. GDS
3. St. Albans
4. NCS
5. Sidwell

Gilman and McDonogh are superior to these 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there’s many acceptance (and many more rejections) left to go, but so far:

1. Maret
2. GDS
3. St. Albans
4. NCS
5. Sidwell

Lol! This was clearly posted by a delusional Maret parent. Pure fan fiction, but thanks for the laugh! 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton HS has a Stanford, Rice and 6 UVA commitments so far. https://www.instagram.com/oaktondecisions2025?igsh=MWxlYnYyanA1c2dsbA==

HAHAHA. You are posting Oakton when we are talking about schools that send a third to elite schools.

It's only a portion of the graduates. They didn't have to spend $200k to accomplish either.

Oakton? Well, that’s because their families didn’t have $200k to spend in the first place. Very few of the students listed in the OP aspire to attend UVA. It’s a fine school, but not usually the first (or second) choice for Big 3/5 students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there’s many acceptance (and many more rejections) left to go, but so far:

1. Maret
2. GDS
3. St. Albans
4. NCS
5. Sidwell

Who cares ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot believe so many people are actually so invested in this. So insecure.

Seriously. Kids choose colleges for myriad reasons, so you cannot draw reasonable conclusions about a high school education from such a list. Unless your hope is that you can brag that your kid, who won't be attending a top college, went to high school with a bunch of kids who did. Because if you kid is destined for MIT, that will happen no matter where they go to high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Sidwell and on an unbiased basis the quality of the kids just blows me away - kind, intelligent, good looking, empathetic, athletic, humble, charismatic - they all seem to be the complete package primed for life success. Honestly can’t see any other school competing or even coming close

It helps that many Sidwell (and other private school) parents have the means to provide an environment that produces kids who have the “complete package”. Money for travel sports, Money for braces, Money for all kinds of tutors and consultants. I’m not coming from a position of sour grapes (I’m a private school parent). That’s just the truth.

There are plenty of parents at all of these schools who can and do pay for all of this and more. It's not just Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Sidwell and on an unbiased basis the quality of the kids just blows me away - kind, intelligent, good looking, empathetic, athletic, humble, charismatic - they all seem to be the complete package primed for life success. Honestly can’t see any other school competing or even coming close

Good looking???!! WTF? Is this how you categorize and observe high school kids? So shallow and creepy on so many levels.

Ive lived in this town a long time, and Sidwell kids and their families are def not known as lookers, charmers or dressers ……now or ever…..but brains… Ill give em that…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids at Sidwell and on an unbiased basis the quality of the kids just blows me away - kind, intelligent, good looking, empathetic, athletic, humble, charismatic - they all seem to be the complete package primed for life success. Honestly can’t see any other school competing or even coming close

Good looking???!! WTF? Is this how you categorize and observe high school kids? So shallow and creepy on so many levels.

Ive lived in this town a long time, and Sidwell kids and their families are def not known as lookers, charmers or dressers ……now or ever…..but brains… Ill give em that…

Haaaaaaaa. I thought the same when I first read that. Native Washingtonian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know there’s many acceptance (and many more rejections) left to go, but so far:

1. Maret
2. GDS
3. St. Albans
4. NCS
5. Sidwell

Lol! This was clearly posted by a delusional Maret parent. Pure fan fiction, but thanks for the laugh! 🤣

Bullis and SAES both have more Ivy League acceptances than Maret so far.

[Anonymous]

1. Sidwell
2. Everyone else

[Anonymous]

Sidwell, WIS, then everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know there’s many acceptance (and many more rejections) left to go, but so far:

1. Maret
2. GDS
3. St. Albans
4. NCS
5. Sidwell

Gilman and McDonogh are superior to these 5.

FREE LUIGI!!!

[Anonymous]

Per capita, last year BIM had the best college acceptances in the DMV, and they are on track to meet or beat that record this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like NCS is having a tough time. There have been mostly early deferrals and, as far as I know, no admits to Texas or USC this week, even though girls applied. Our experience with college counseling has been excellent and the girls work incredibly hard.

I'm not sure how STA is faring in comparison since my daughter only knows a couple of the boys.

No, NCS is not having a tough time.

[Anonymous]

If we’re going to rank them, then we need lists of where kids were admitted. Please provide.