Which DC private is the most academically rigorous?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The 18 kids from SFS already admitted to HYP, Stanford and MIT might not agree with you.

If you add Columbia to this list then GDS had 30

That's 25 % of the class. Well done!

Impressive, if it were true.

[Anonymous]

NCS and STA and Sidwell is a close second

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NCS and STA and Sidwell is a close second

Is that one school?

[Anonymous]

Does a school exist with real depth and genuinely advanced courses that does not overload kids with homework?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does a school exist with real depth and genuinely advanced courses that does not overload kids with homework?

School Want Ads:

Seeking: Kind, sensitive school with great intellectual rigor but no homework. Must create stress-free environment but guarantee 25% of students matriculate at HYP. Must be a place where students of all levels may play sports but which produces numerous Division I signees each year. Pets ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does a school exist with real depth and genuinely advanced courses that does not overload kids with homework?

School Want Ads:

Seeking: Kind, sensitive school with great intellectual rigor but no homework. Must create stress-free environment but guarantee 25% of students matriculate at HYP. Must be a place where students of all levels may play sports but which produces numerous Division I signees each year. Pets ok.

I don't care about HYP or sports. But pets...that would be kind of awesome.

[Anonymous]

Y'all know that academic rigor + acceptance at HYP does not = happiness and a fulfilled life, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Y'all know that academic rigor + acceptance at HYP does not = happiness and a fulfilled life, right?

No, you are literally the first person to ever point this out on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does a school exist with real depth and genuinely advanced courses that does not overload kids with homework?

GDS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y'all know that academic rigor + acceptance at HYP does not = happiness and a fulfilled life, right?

No, you are literally the first person to ever point this out on DCUM.

Well, goody for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does a school exist with real depth and genuinely advanced courses that does not overload kids with homework?

School Want Ads:

Seeking: Kind, sensitive school with great intellectual rigor but no homework. Must create stress-free environment but guarantee 25% of students matriculate at HYP. Must be a place where students of all levels may play sports but which produces numerous Division I signees each year. Pets ok.

I don't care about HYP or sports. But pets...that would be kind of awesome.

Boarding school! All the teachers have labs and golden retrievers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not really possible for any one of us to answer. While a few might have experience at more than one private, most of us have kids at one private school. We see how rigorous the academics are for that school, but we don't really have a basis for comparison to all schools.

Not true, PP, for the obvious reason that STA is only for boys. A fair majority of families will have children of both genders. Therefore, many families will have a boy at STA and a girl elsewhere and could answer your question easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 18 kids from SFS already admitted to HYP, Stanford and MIT might not agree with you.

and the arms race goes on....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so.fucking.stupid.
Why, people? Why are you so crazy competitive?

Its the teenagers again, college apps are in and they are blowing off some steam

[Anonymous]

only the private school threads try and blame "the teenagers".