Big 15??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ignore the incoherent self-serving ramblings above.

Here is the official data-supported list for 2024:

1. BIM
2. Sidwell
3. GDS
4. Madeira
5. NCS
6. Holton
7. EHS
8. STA
9. Landon
10. Potomac
11. Maret
12. Prep
13. WIS
14. Rochambeau
15. SAAS

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

No one actually follows niche rankings, your child most certainly attends BIM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ignore the incoherent self-serving ramblings above.

Here is the official data-supported list for 2024:

1. BIM
2. Sidwell
3. GDS
4. Madeira
5. NCS
6. Holton
7. EHS
8. STA
9. Landon
10. Potomac
11. Maret
12. Prep
13. WIS
14. Rochambeau
15. SAAS

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

Very accurate.

-Sidwell alum and GDS parent

Not even a GDS parent would rank BIM above Sidwell, give up the act we know your kids are at JR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Big Four: Sidwell, TJ, and the Cathedral schools. No other schools matter to anyone who isn’t from the area.

Ahem, this is a private school thread. Take you and the rest of the TJ minions back to FCPS. I’m surprised TJ didn’t teach you how to read. No adding or removing the PRIVATE SCHOOLS already on the list.

I wrote that original comment. FWIW, I was born and raised in DC and still live in the city. I even went to a well-regarded private, though it wasn't one of the schools I listed.

Thanks for reminding me why I'm worried about putting my kids through the same thing. The more I hear from folks like yourself, the more I understand the perspective that we need to dismantle private education entirely.

Stop being delusional, we know you went to Wilson. You and your false private education still can’t comprehend that this is a priv school thread! Also guess what…if it wasn’t regarded it is certainly irrelevant!

TIL GDS is a "false" private school.

DCUM is wild, but it's fun entertainment. The trolls certainly are interesting!

[Anonymous]

“All that glistens is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.”

[Anonymous]

What is BIM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is BIM?

A for-profit private school owned by a Chinese investment firm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-voice-concern-over-sale-of-basis-independent-schools-11556583203

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Big Four: Sidwell, TJ, and the Cathedral schools. No other schools matter to anyone who isn’t from the area.

Madeira and Episcopal (and, to a lesser extent, STA and Prep) actually have students who aren’t from the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of big 3/5, what is the big 15?! You can’t add or take away schools, only rearrange them. Don’t even think about adding BIM. Sister and brother schools go together.
Criteria: prestige, merit, matriculation, tradition, rivalries, notability, alums, etc.

1. Sidwell
2. NCS and STA
3. GDS
4. Maret
5. Potomac
6. Holton and Landon
7. Bullis
8. Maderia
9. WIS
10. SR and GP
11. SJC
12. Episcopal
13. St Andrews
14. St Stephens St Agnes
15. Visi and Gonzaga

SR is better than Maderia lol

It’s spelled Madeira. Your inability to spell it correctly leads me to believe… you don’t know anything about the school. Madeira has higher SAT scores, better college outcomes, and a more rigorous course load. One example based on what is published on the school websites. Madeira has 3 post AP Calc BC options in multivar, differential equations and linear algebra.

SR has one option - multivar and that is not taught in school most years - the school uses an online school to teach the few advanced students.

Things like that and the rigor of the mod system distinguish the two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is BIM?

A for-profit private school owned by a Chinese investment firm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-voice-concern-over-sale-of-basis-independent-schools-11556583203

Ugh! 😑

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is BIM?

A for-profit private school owned by a Chinese investment firm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-voice-concern-over-sale-of-basis-independent-schools-11556583203

The CEO has board seats at Harvard, Columbia, and the Nature Conservancy.

They own Princeton Review and tutor.com.

Sounds really radical. I hope that you don’t support any of those institutions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is BIM?

A for-profit private school owned by a Chinese investment firm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-voice-concern-over-sale-of-basis-independent-schools-11556583203

The CEO has board seats at Harvard, Columbia, and the Nature Conservancy.

They own Princeton Review and tutor.com.

Sounds really radical. I hope that you don’t support any of those institutions.

The majority owners are Primavera Capital Group out of Beijing. The link below is to their management team.

https://www.primavera-capital.com/people-culture/

Care to shed light on which of these folks has a Board seat on any of the organizations you cite? Still focused on obfuscating the ownership?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is BIM?

A for-profit private school owned by a Chinese investment firm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-voice-concern-over-sale-of-basis-independent-schools-11556583203

The CEO has board seats at Harvard, Columbia, and the Nature Conservancy.

They own Princeton Review and tutor.com.

Sounds really radical. I hope that you don’t support any of those institutions.

The majority owners are Primavera Capital Group out of Beijing. The link below is to their management team.

https://www.primavera-capital.com/people-culture/

Care to shed light on which of these folks has a Board seat on any of the organizations you cite? Still focused on obfuscating the ownership?

It’s all there on the website, pal.

Stop trying to slime the school with your anti-Chinese hysteria and myopia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Instead of big 3/5, what is the big 15?! You can’t add or take away schools, only rearrange them. Don’t even think about adding BIM. Sister and brother schools go together.
Criteria: prestige, merit, matriculation, tradition, rivalries, notability, alums, etc.

1. Sidwell
2. NCS and STA
3. GDS
4. Maret
5. Potomac
6. Holton and Landon
7. Bullis
8. Maderia
9. WIS
10. SR and GP
11. SJC
12. Episcopal
13. St Andrews
14. St Stephens St Agnes
15. Visi and Gonzaga

That’s… all the schools? You just left out the BIM 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of big 3/5, what is the big 15?! You can’t add or take away schools, only rearrange them. Don’t even think about adding BIM. Sister and brother schools go together.
Criteria: prestige, merit, matriculation, tradition, rivalries, notability, alums, etc.

1. Sidwell
2. NCS and STA
3. GDS
4. Maret
5. Potomac
6. Holton and Landon
7. Bullis
8. Maderia
9. WIS
10. SR and GP
11. SJC
12. Episcopal
13. St Andrews
14. St Stephens St Agnes
15. Visi and Gonzaga

SR is better than Maderia lol

It’s spelled Madeira. Your inability to spell it correctly leads me to believe… you don’t know anything about the school. Madeira has higher SAT scores, better college outcomes, and a more rigorous course load. One example based on what is published on the school websites. Madeira has 3 post AP Calc BC options in multivar, differential equations and linear algebra.

SR has one option - multivar and that is not taught in school most years - the school uses an online school to teach the few advanced students.

Things like that and the rigor of the mod system distinguish the two.

And no one else does or cares

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead of big 3/5, what is the big 15?! You can’t add or take away schools, only rearrange them. Don’t even think about adding BIM. Sister and brother schools go together.
Criteria: prestige, merit, matriculation, tradition, rivalries, notability, alums, etc.

1. Sidwell
2. NCS and STA
3. GDS
4. Maret
5. Potomac
6. Holton and Landon
7. Bullis
8. Maderia
9. WIS
10. SR and GP
11. SJC
12. Episcopal
13. St Andrews
14. St Stephens St Agnes
15. Visi and Gonzaga

That’s… all the schools? You just left out the BIM 😂

No one at these schools even know BIM or interact with any students who go there. Is BIM in the ISL… no.