Big 3, Big 5??

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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

GDS def should be in this big three. People put up with a lot of nonsense to say their kid is at GDS.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell, STA, GDS.
NCS would be 4th, followed by Maret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell, STA, GDS.
NCS would be 4th, followed by Maret.

That sounds about right. Maret isn’t widely known outside of NWDC so the prestige chasers go after the others first.

[Anonymous]

But it just isn’t. It’s Sidwell, STA, NCS. End of

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But it just isn’t. It’s Sidwell, STA, NCS. End of

It isn’t. Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But it just isn’t. It’s Sidwell, STA, NCS. End of

It isn’t. Get over yourself.

Sorry, but NCS seems to have dropped a bit. It's still a great school, but I would not put in in the same category as STA. GDS has developed a very strong reputation among the DC liberal movers-and-shakers in the last decade. I have no dog in this race, this is just what I am hearing among the neighborhood moms and dads in CCDC.

[Anonymous]

Big 3 doesn’t change. It is what it is. It’s the Ivy League

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Dematha, SJC, GC

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Anonymous wrote:Dematha, SJC, GC

Those Catholic's are the "Big Three C's".

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The Big 3 is outdated. It was created decades ago. Reputations have changed.

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Anonymous wrote:But it just isn’t. It’s Sidwell, STA, NCS. End of

It isn’t. Get over yourself.

Sorry, but NCS seems to have dropped a bit. It's still a great school, but I would not put in in the same category as STA. GDS has developed a very strong reputation among the DC liberal movers-and-shakers in the last decade. I have no dog in this race, this is just what I am hearing among the neighborhood moms and dads in CCDC.

+1. No question NCS has dropped. STA is still ranked high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Big 3 is outdated. It was created decades ago. Reputations have changed.

On DCUM?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But it just isn’t. It’s Sidwell, STA, NCS. End of

It isn’t. Get over yourself.

Sorry, but NCS seems to have dropped a bit. It's still a great school, but I would not put in in the same category as STA. GDS has developed a very strong reputation among the DC liberal movers-and-shakers in the last decade. I have no dog in this race, this is just what I am hearing among the neighborhood moms and dads in CCDC.

+1. No question NCS has dropped. STA is still ranked high.

Do you mind sharing more info about NCS? I'm interested in this school and asked about it and Holton in another thread. We are thinking of applying for next year.

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Anonymous wrote:The Big 3 is outdated. It was created decades ago. Reputations have changed.

LOL. "Created decades ago"? Big 3 was created on DCUM to copy MoCo's W

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Anonymous wrote:The Big 3 is outdated. It was created decades ago. Reputations have changed.

LOL. "Created decades ago"? Big 3 was created on DCUM to copy MoCo's W

Private schools have no interest in copying public schools. Private schools are an escape from public schools…for those that can afford it.