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Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

Why not face reality that Sidwell is not trying to be Dalton or Trinity. It’s bizarre that you think a Quaker a school, with a national reputation (some would say international), is trying to be anything other than itself. Dalton and Trinity don’t have the name recognition than Sidwell has—that’s a simple fact. You can’t make a legitimate list of top DMV private schools without mentioning Sidwell. It’s also interesting that you hopscotched over several states, with excellent private schools, before landing in NYC to make a comparison you thought worthy of Sidwell.

Once again, you should post your irrelevant thought of NYUM. Oops—that doesn’t exist! 😝

This is true. It’s also true on a list of America’s top high schools, at least 10 NYC schools would top sidwell.

A nyc equivalent would be BFS or Grace School. Lovely, fine schools. For kids who didn’t get into Collegiate or Brearley or sS Ann’s or Trinity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

All true. But the difference is not actually the rigor or caliber of the schools. The difference is the parents, as far as their wealth and influence.

Signed, a Sidwell upper school parent whose sibling is a Dalton parent.

Poly parent body included Meryl Streep and Jon Bon Jovi when I lived in Brooklyn. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

What? I wrote that NYC schools far surpass DC schools as far as parent wealth and influence. So you are proving my point. Though I guess reading comprehension in NYC is inferior.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

Why not face reality that Sidwell is not trying to be Dalton or Trinity. It’s bizarre that you think a Quaker a school, with a national reputation (some would say international), is trying to be anything other than itself. Dalton and Trinity don’t have the name recognition than Sidwell has—that’s a simple fact. You can’t make a legitimate list of top DMV private schools without mentioning Sidwell. It’s also interesting that you hopscotched over several states, with excellent private schools, before landing in NYC to make a comparison you thought worthy of Sidwell.

Once again, you should post your irrelevant thought of NYUM. Oops—that doesn’t exist! 😝

This is true. It’s also true on a list of America’s top high schools, at least 10 NYC schools would top sidwell.

A nyc equivalent would be BFS or Grace School. Lovely, fine schools. For kids who didn’t get into Collegiate or Brearley or sS Ann’s or Trinity.

No it’s more like a Trevor Day or Trinity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Day:

Yale, Princeton, Cornell, 2 Barnards, 2 Northwesterns, 3 Northeasterns, 3 Wesleyans, 2 BC's, 2 Skidmores, 2 Spellmans, Wellesley, Lafayette, Middlebury, Tulane, UVM, Carleton, WPI, Occidental

Id be livid to spend GDS money for a child destined for Wesleyan, skidmore, Spelman, Lafayette, Middlebury, especially Tulane (seriously wtf?), UVM, Carleton, and omg WPI? You could get into those schools going to an underfunded public school.

I paid “GDS money” for 2 kids. One of them goes to an Ivy and the other one goes to one of the colleges named above. Guess which one I believe got more value from our tuition dollars? Guess which one we have less anxiety about their future career path and prospects? (Hint: it’s not the one who goes to an Ivy). Rankings aren’t everything, and we didn’t pay private school tuition in order to access a very small selection of colleges.

+1 fit is everything. As long as the school prepares the students to thrive in any academic setting, that’s what matters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From a NYer, sidwell and GDS both look like a second tier school so far. Like a Poly Prep, which def not top tier.

https://www.instagram.com/polyprep25?igsh=MWp4aDNwa2NsdWF3MA==

No one at Sidwell is concerned about what’s happening with NYC schools. If they did, they would move there and snatch many of those seats. However, I see you’re posting on DCUM, not NYUM.

Stay in your tiny, sad lane.

?? Dp but this is is bizarre. Why not just face reality that Sidwell isn’t dalton or Trinity and say that’s fine? There’s a lot of places with more competitive high schools than DC, doesn’t faze our families, cause not everything is about Wharton and Stanford.

Why not face reality that Sidwell is not trying to be Dalton or Trinity. It’s bizarre that you think a Quaker a school, with a national reputation (some would say international), is trying to be anything other than itself. Dalton and Trinity don’t have the name recognition than Sidwell has—that’s a simple fact. You can’t make a legitimate list of top DMV private schools without mentioning Sidwell. It’s also interesting that you hopscotched over several states, with excellent private schools, before landing in NYC to make a comparison you thought worthy of Sidwell.

Once again, you should post your irrelevant thought of NYUM. Oops—that doesn’t exist! 😝

This is true. It’s also true on a list of America’s top high schools, at least 10 NYC schools would top sidwell.

A nyc equivalent would be BFS or Grace School. Lovely, fine schools. For kids who didn’t get into Collegiate or Brearley or sS Ann’s or Trinity.

Lol—try harder! According to Niche, Sidwell ranks #11 NATIONALLY among all private K-12th schools. Your beloved Trinity comes in at #9. Where are the 10 NYC schools (at least!) ranked above Sidwell?!?

Let’s see who is ranked below Sidwell: 🤔

Dalton, Spence, Ethical Culture, Avenues, Convent of the Sacred Heart, etc.

Find something else to do with your time because trying to downplay Sidwell’s formidable reputation is not your forte.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/

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Niche ranks on reviews. Reviews by parents and staff. Like 10-12 reviews.

Niche is not a thing.

Trinity is a much better school w better college placement that sidwell

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is this what private school forum is like

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Anonymous wrote:is this what private school forum is like

I think this thread should just move over there!

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Anonymous wrote:is this what private school forum is like

I think this thread should just move over there!

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Niche ranks on reviews. Reviews by parents and staff. Like 10-12 reviews.

Niche is not a thing.

Trinity is a much better school w better college placement that sidwell

Sure, Jan. 😊

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Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

So by your own count, Sidwell legacies and sports recruits comprise 5 of the 15 Ivy+/T15 admits so far? That’s only a third of the admits, which isn’t close to a majority. Come back and post when that number reaches 75% or more.

It seems like you’re the one who needs to be honest.

Actually 100% are hooked outside of the one Stanford math guy.

Stanford rowing
MIT rowing
Dartmouth lacrosse
Princeton sibling
Cornell sibling
Cornell legacy
Brown legacy
Penn Legacy
Yale URM

URM doesn’t count for anything.

You're naive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

So by your own count, Sidwell legacies and sports recruits comprise 5 of the 15 Ivy+/T15 admits so far? That’s only a third of the admits, which isn’t close to a majority. Come back and post when that number reaches 75% or more.

It seems like you’re the one who needs to be honest.

Actually 100% are hooked outside of the one Stanford math guy.

Stanford rowing
MIT rowing
Dartmouth lacrosse
Princeton sibling
Cornell sibling
Cornell legacy
Brown legacy
Penn Legacy
Yale URM

URM doesn’t count for anything.

You're naive.

No, I’m black and I work in higher education. High income URM’a have it HARDER post SC decision. Colleges are afraid of having to defend admissions, so if the vast majority of URM admits are first gen, athletic recruits or low income they can avoid it. An otherwise “unhooked” URM gets no advantage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's getting increasingly difficult for top private schools to get anyone admitted to top colleges outside of legacies and athletes. I honestly wonder what the future holds about the relevance of these schools when this is the case.
They're very much on their way to becoming irrelevant and obsolete and it's a shame because the actual education is so superior to public. But honestly the skill sets they are so good at teaching (reading, thinking, writing) are also becoming pretty irrelevant in the job market thanks to AI, etc.

I say this as a private school mom who sent her first two kids through public. The ED results from our private this year are horrible, outside of legacy kids as this is a class with very few parents who went to elite colleges (random chance). When people look at a school (GDS, Sidwell, NCS, Holton etc) and say "oh they're doing exceptionally well" or "20XX was a great year!"--it's ALL about the legacy and VIP percentage(s). NO, not every elite admit is a legacy but if you look at the performance of a class as a whole this will definitely ring true.

I’m an US Sidwell parent, and that’s not true for Sidwell. Most of Sidwell’s non-recruited athletic admits this year are not legacies at these Ivy+/T15 universities.

I'm not even a Sidwell parent based on who I know in the class. Two of three Stanford admits are rowing. Princeton, Brown, Penn and at least one Cornell are legacies or siblings. Come on. You need to be honest.

So by your own count, Sidwell legacies and sports recruits comprise 5 of the 15 Ivy+/T15 admits so far? That’s only a third of the admits, which isn’t close to a majority. Come back and post when that number reaches 75% or more.

It seems like you’re the one who needs to be honest.

Actually 100% are hooked outside of the one Stanford math guy.

Stanford rowing
MIT rowing
Dartmouth lacrosse
Princeton sibling
Cornell sibling
Cornell legacy
Brown legacy
Penn Legacy
Yale URM

URM doesn’t count for anything.

You're naive.

Pre SC decision black students from the Big 3 went Ivy in pretty large numbers. Look at the commitment pages now, it’s not the case anymore. I’m not arguing that it’s wrong but it is a fact. The URM bump is gone. I think many people won’t believe this unless zero black students are admitted to top schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Corrected and updated.

Private Schools

D.C.

Sidwell: https://www.instagram.com/sidwellseniors2025/
GDS: https://www.instagram.com/gdsseniors25/
Maret: https://www.instagram.com/maret.frogs2025/
Field: https://www.instagram.com/fieldgrads25/
Burke: https://www.instagram.com/burkeseniors/
WIS: https://www.instagram.com/wisclassof25/
SJC: https://www.instagram.com/sjc2025seniors/


Maryland

Academy of the Holy Cross: https://www.instagram.com/ahcseniors25/
Bullis: https://www.instagram.com/bullis.seniors25/
Stone Ridge: https://www.instagram.com/srseniors2025/
Holton: https://www.instagram.com/holtonarms2025/
Landon: https://www.instagram.com/landonseniors2025/
St. Andrews: https://www.instagram.com/saesdecisions2025/
Stone Ridge: https://www.instagram.com/srseniors2025/


Virginia

Potomac: http://www.instagram.com/potomacdecisions_2025/
Madeira: https://www.instagram.com/madeiradecisions25/
St. Paul VI: https://www.instagram.com/pvi2025decisions/
St. Stephens and St. Agnes: https://www.instagram.com/sssas.decisions25/


Public Schools

D.C.

Banneker: https://www.instagram.com/bbahs2025decisions/
Jackson Reed: https://www.instagram.com/jacksonreed_2025/
School Without Walls: https://www.instagram.com/sww2025decisions/

Maryland

Bethesda-Chevy Chase: https://www.instagram.com/bccdecisions25/
Einstein: https://www.instagram.com/farewelltitans25/
Gaithersburg: https://www.instagram.com/gburgcommits25/
John F. Kennedy: https://www.instagram.com/jfkcommits2025/
Montgomery Blair: https://www.instagram.com/blaircommits25/
Quince Orchard: https://www.instagram.com/cougarcommits/
Poolesville: https://www.instagram.com/falconsflyhigh2025/
Rockville: https://www.instagram.com/rockvilleseniors25/
Richard Montgomery: https://www.instagram.com/blastoffrockets25/
Seneca Valley: https://www.instagram.com/wheretheeaglessoar25/
Thomas S Wootton: https://www.instagram.com/peaceoutpatriots25/
Walt Whitman: https://www.instagram.com/vikingdestinations2025/
Winston Churchill: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebulldog25/
Walter Johnson: https://www.instagram.com/wherethewildcatsgo2025/

Virginia

McLean: https://www.instagram.com/mcleancommits2025/
Thomas Jefferson: https://www.instagram.com/tj2025destinations/
Fairfax: https://www.instagram.com/fairfaxseniors2025/
Washington-Liberty: https://www.instagram.com/wldecisions25/
Wakefield: https://www.instagram.com/whsdecisions25/
Yorktown: https://www.instagram.com/yhsdecisions2025/
Chantilly: https://www.instagram.com/chantillydecisions2025/
Westfield: https://www.instagram.com/whs_decisions25/
Oakton: https://www.instagram.com/oaktondecisions2025/

I am very surprised that Gilman or Bryn Mawr hasn't been added.

[Anonymous]

Let's ask Santa for update.