Baltimore Private School for HS Girl

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

It gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate, so if any school claims this title it is McDonogh. But I otherwise agree it's silly as it's not how Baltimore operates or thinks.

Not really agreeing with this, as we and many other families we know turned down spots for closer options, as the PP said. But they do seem like a great school and the fact that they have a tuition-included bus makes them much more competitive than other "far" options.

The idea that there is a single "top" desirable school is silly, as people pick based on fit.

Not sure this is even true but due to location, Mcdonogh gets applicants from Carroll and Howard county who live too far from the other schools to make it an option. It isn’t a statement about the prestige of the school.

I know families in Howard County that attend Roland Park schools like Gilman. Park School also has extensive bus routes that include Howard County. These families have options.

McDonogh is probably the only school that has the bus included in tuition and also runs a regular and "late" bus for those in sports and activities. This makes their bus way more practical for most families who might be coming from a distance. Still, we decided to go with an option close by (bms). Both were great options when not considering distance factors, but proximity does matter.

The families that I know in Howard County have an abundance of options beyond McDonogh. In Howard County specifically, the public schools are among the best in the state and there are many excellent students in attendance.

Even if not included in tuition, the cost of bus service is trivial at Park School for example, when you tack it onto tuition and compare across schools.

The Roland park schools such as Bryn Mawr and Gilman have the Kangaroo Coach which works for some but is not as efficient as a school operated bus.

Even with good bus options, there are many parents who just regularly carpool.

At McDonogh, the late bus service is a nice option in addition to the weekday only boarding option. To me, those two conveniences stand out the most.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

It gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate, so if any school claims this title it is McDonogh. But I otherwise agree it's silly as it's not how Baltimore operates or thinks.

Not really agreeing with this, as we and many other families we know turned down spots for closer options, as the PP said. But they do seem like a great school and the fact that they have a tuition-included bus makes them much more competitive than other "far" options.

The idea that there is a single "top" desirable school is silly, as people pick based on fit.

Not sure this is even true but due to location, Mcdonogh gets applicants from Carroll and Howard county who live too far from the other schools to make it an option. It isn’t a statement about the prestige of the school.

I know families in Howard County that attend Roland Park schools like Gilman. Park School also has extensive bus routes that include Howard County. These families have options.

McDonogh is probably the only school that has the bus included in tuition and also runs a regular and "late" bus for those in sports and activities. This makes their bus way more practical for most families who might be coming from a distance. Still, we decided to go with an option close by (bms). Both were great options when not considering distance factors, but proximity does matter.

The families that I know in Howard County have an abundance of options beyond McDonogh. In Howard County specifically, the public schools are among the best in the state and there are many excellent students in attendance.

Even if not included in tuition, the cost of bus service is trivial at Park School for example, when you tack it onto tuition and compare across schools.

The Roland park schools such as Bryn Mawr and Gilman have the Kangaroo Coach which works for some but is not as efficient as a school operated bus.

Even with good bus options, there are many parents who just regularly carpool.

At McDonogh, the late bus service is a nice option in addition to the weekday only boarding option. To me, those two conveniences stand out the most.

What do you not understand about geographical proximity? Mcdonogh is half an hour closer to Howard and Carroll county that the schools that are in or close to Baltimore city. Plenty of Howard county kids at Mcdonogh notwithstanding the public schools being good.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

Not among the old baltimore crowd

Times are changing. You'd be surprised. Whatever passes for old money Baltimore does send kids to McDonogh along to the others. 2023 isn't Baltimore of 1995 nor Baltimore of 1955 nor Baltimore of 1925. Bryn Mawr, for all practical purposes, has no meaningful relationship to the Bryn Mawr of the past. Cultural fault lines have been shifting in recent decades and it's affecting the privates and people now look at different privates depending on how they fall along the cultual fault lines.

If we are going by semantics, McDonogh gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate but it does also draw from a bigger region.

Mcdonogh peaked in popularity about 5 to 10 years ago with the Calvert crowd, and generally, in terms of being the “hot” school. For whatever reason, Calvert is now back to sending the majority of its graduates to Gilman/Roland Park/Bryn Mawr. Saint Paul’s has also become more popular and is attracting kids who might have gone to Mcdonogh in the recent past.

I have no idea who gets the “most” applications and I doubt the poster claiming this has any actual knowledge as no local school reports number of applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

It gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate, so if any school claims this title it is McDonogh. But I otherwise agree it's silly as it's not how Baltimore operates or thinks.

Not really agreeing with this, as we and many other families we know turned down spots for closer options, as the PP said. But they do seem like a great school and the fact that they have a tuition-included bus makes them much more competitive than other "far" options.

The idea that there is a single "top" desirable school is silly, as people pick based on fit.

Not sure this is even true but due to location, Mcdonogh gets applicants from Carroll and Howard county who live too far from the other schools to make it an option. It isn’t a statement about the prestige of the school.

I know families in Howard County that attend Roland Park schools like Gilman. Park School also has extensive bus routes that include Howard County. These families have options.

McDonogh is probably the only school that has the bus included in tuition and also runs a regular and "late" bus for those in sports and activities. This makes their bus way more practical for most families who might be coming from a distance. Still, we decided to go with an option close by (bms). Both were great options when not considering distance factors, but proximity does matter.

The families that I know in Howard County have an abundance of options beyond McDonogh. In Howard County specifically, the public schools are among the best in the state and there are many excellent students in attendance.

Even if not included in tuition, the cost of bus service is trivial at Park School for example, when you tack it onto tuition and compare across schools.

The Roland park schools such as Bryn Mawr and Gilman have the Kangaroo Coach which works for some but is not as efficient as a school operated bus.

Even with good bus options, there are many parents who just regularly carpool.

At McDonogh, the late bus service is a nice option in addition to the weekday only boarding option. To me, those two conveniences stand out the most.

What do you not understand about geographical proximity? Mcdonogh is half an hour closer to Howard and Carroll county that the schools that are in or close to Baltimore city. Plenty of Howard county kids at Mcdonogh notwithstanding the public schools being good.

You do not understand these commute times at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Most people in Baltimore have never heard of this school.

The ones that have heard of it know it because of riding lessons or camps.

I live in Ruxton and just found out about St Tims in this thread

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

It gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate, so if any school claims this title it is McDonogh. But I otherwise agree it's silly as it's not how Baltimore operates or thinks.

Not really agreeing with this, as we and many other families we know turned down spots for closer options, as the PP said. But they do seem like a great school and the fact that they have a tuition-included bus makes them much more competitive than other "far" options.

The idea that there is a single "top" desirable school is silly, as people pick based on fit.

Not sure this is even true but due to location, Mcdonogh gets applicants from Carroll and Howard county who live too far from the other schools to make it an option. It isn’t a statement about the prestige of the school.

I know families in Howard County that attend Roland Park schools like Gilman. Park School also has extensive bus routes that include Howard County. These families have options.

McDonogh is probably the only school that has the bus included in tuition and also runs a regular and "late" bus for those in sports and activities. This makes their bus way more practical for most families who might be coming from a distance. Still, we decided to go with an option close by (bms). Both were great options when not considering distance factors, but proximity does matter.

The families that I know in Howard County have an abundance of options beyond McDonogh. In Howard County specifically, the public schools are among the best in the state and there are many excellent students in attendance.

Even if not included in tuition, the cost of bus service is trivial at Park School for example, when you tack it onto tuition and compare across schools.

The Roland park schools such as Bryn Mawr and Gilman have the Kangaroo Coach which works for some but is not as efficient as a school operated bus.

Even with good bus options, there are many parents who just regularly carpool.

At McDonogh, the late bus service is a nice option in addition to the weekday only boarding option. To me, those two conveniences stand out the most.

What do you not understand about geographical proximity? Mcdonogh is half an hour closer to Howard and Carroll county that the schools that are in or close to Baltimore city. Plenty of Howard county kids at Mcdonogh notwithstanding the public schools being good.

You do not understand these commute times at all.

Sure I do. I live near the tri schools and Mcdonogh is half an hour drive away. Mcdonogh is quite close to Howard County.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

Not among the old baltimore crowd

Times are changing. You'd be surprised. Whatever passes for old money Baltimore does send kids to McDonogh along to the others. 2023 isn't Baltimore of 1995 nor Baltimore of 1955 nor Baltimore of 1925. Bryn Mawr, for all practical purposes, has no meaningful relationship to the Bryn Mawr of the past. Cultural fault lines have been shifting in recent decades and it's affecting the privates and people now look at different privates depending on how they fall along the cultual fault lines.

If we are going by semantics, McDonogh gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate but it does also draw from a bigger region.

Mcdonogh peaked in popularity about 5 to 10 years ago with the Calvert crowd, and generally, in terms of being the “hot” school. For whatever reason, Calvert is now back to sending the majority of its graduates to Gilman/Roland Park/Bryn Mawr. Saint Paul’s has also become more popular and is attracting kids who might have gone to Mcdonogh in the recent past.

I have no idea who gets the “most” applications and I doubt the poster claiming this has any actual knowledge as no local school reports number of applicants.

Not sure what role Calvert plays in this discussion. Re McDonogh, it is the biggest school and admissions mentioned 10 apps for every spot for 9th grade entry. Makes sense it gets the most apps, and they also avoided the enrollment slump that hit BMS and Park, and which Gilman only avoided by ramping up US size and lowering admin standards. A lot of it is certainly driven by geography, taking in HoCo and Carroll Counties and offering the bases that go everywhere in Maryland, it seems. And five day boarding. It’s not a metric to live and die by.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

Not among the old baltimore crowd

Times are changing. You'd be surprised. Whatever passes for old money Baltimore does send kids to McDonogh along to the others. 2023 isn't Baltimore of 1995 nor Baltimore of 1955 nor Baltimore of 1925. Bryn Mawr, for all practical purposes, has no meaningful relationship to the Bryn Mawr of the past. Cultural fault lines have been shifting in recent decades and it's affecting the privates and people now look at different privates depending on how they fall along the cultual fault lines.

If we are going by semantics, McDonogh gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate but it does also draw from a bigger region.

Mcdonogh peaked in popularity about 5 to 10 years ago with the Calvert crowd, and generally, in terms of being the “hot” school. For whatever reason, Calvert is now back to sending the majority of its graduates to Gilman/Roland Park/Bryn Mawr. Saint Paul’s has also become more popular and is attracting kids who might have gone to Mcdonogh in the recent past.

I have no idea who gets the “most” applications and I doubt the poster claiming this has any actual knowledge as no local school reports number of applicants.

Not sure what role Calvert plays in this discussion. Re McDonogh, it is the biggest school and admissions mentioned 10 apps for every spot for 9th grade entry. Makes sense it gets the most apps, and they also avoided the enrollment slump that hit BMS and Park, and which Gilman only avoided by ramping up US size and lowering admin standards. A lot of it is certainly driven by geography, taking in HoCo and Carroll Counties and offering the bases that go everywhere in Maryland, it seems. And five day boarding. It’s not a metric to live and die by.

This does not suggest that McDonogh is the most selective school. All the schools have significantly more applicants than spots. People usually get accepted to more than one school and then decide where to go based on fit. The yield is probably somewhat low at all the Baltimore schools for this reason. Often students/parents don’t know what they like best until they shadow.

McD does seem to draw from different region than the Roland park area schools and appeals to a slightly different type of student. The same can be said for Park and etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

It gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate, so if any school claims this title it is McDonogh. But I otherwise agree it's silly as it's not how Baltimore operates or thinks.

Not really agreeing with this, as we and many other families we know turned down spots for closer options, as the PP said. But they do seem like a great school and the fact that they have a tuition-included bus makes them much more competitive than other "far" options.

The idea that there is a single "top" desirable school is silly, as people pick based on fit.

Not sure this is even true but due to location, Mcdonogh gets applicants from Carroll and Howard county who live too far from the other schools to make it an option. It isn’t a statement about the prestige of the school.

I know families in Howard County that attend Roland Park schools like Gilman. Park School also has extensive bus routes that include Howard County. These families have options.

McDonogh is probably the only school that has the bus included in tuition and also runs a regular and "late" bus for those in sports and activities. This makes their bus way more practical for most families who might be coming from a distance. Still, we decided to go with an option close by (bms). Both were great options when not considering distance factors, but proximity does matter.

The families that I know in Howard County have an abundance of options beyond McDonogh. In Howard County specifically, the public schools are among the best in the state and there are many excellent students in attendance.

Even if not included in tuition, the cost of bus service is trivial at Park School for example, when you tack it onto tuition and compare across schools.

The Roland park schools such as Bryn Mawr and Gilman have the Kangaroo Coach which works for some but is not as efficient as a school operated bus.

Even with good bus options, there are many parents who just regularly carpool.

At McDonogh, the late bus service is a nice option in addition to the weekday only boarding option. To me, those two conveniences stand out the most.

What do you not understand about geographical proximity? Mcdonogh is half an hour closer to Howard and Carroll county that the schools that are in or close to Baltimore city. Plenty of Howard county kids at Mcdonogh notwithstanding the public schools being good.

You do not understand these commute times at all.

Sure I do. I live near the tri schools and Mcdonogh is half an hour drive away. Mcdonogh is quite close to Howard County.

From where I live in the burbs, the difference in commute time getting to Bryn Mawr vs McDonogh is 5min.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

It gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate, so if any school claims this title it is McDonogh. But I otherwise agree it's silly as it's not how Baltimore operates or thinks.

Not really agreeing with this, as we and many other families we know turned down spots for closer options, as the PP said. But they do seem like a great school and the fact that they have a tuition-included bus makes them much more competitive than other "far" options.

The idea that there is a single "top" desirable school is silly, as people pick based on fit.

Not sure this is even true but due to location, Mcdonogh gets applicants from Carroll and Howard county who live too far from the other schools to make it an option. It isn’t a statement about the prestige of the school.

I know families in Howard County that attend Roland Park schools like Gilman. Park School also has extensive bus routes that include Howard County. These families have options.

McDonogh is probably the only school that has the bus included in tuition and also runs a regular and "late" bus for those in sports and activities. This makes their bus way more practical for most families who might be coming from a distance. Still, we decided to go with an option close by (bms). Both were great options when not considering distance factors, but proximity does matter.

The families that I know in Howard County have an abundance of options beyond McDonogh. In Howard County specifically, the public schools are among the best in the state and there are many excellent students in attendance.

Even if not included in tuition, the cost of bus service is trivial at Park School for example, when you tack it onto tuition and compare across schools.

The Roland park schools such as Bryn Mawr and Gilman have the Kangaroo Coach which works for some but is not as efficient as a school operated bus.

Even with good bus options, there are many parents who just regularly carpool.

At McDonogh, the late bus service is a nice option in addition to the weekday only boarding option. To me, those two conveniences stand out the most.

What do you not understand about geographical proximity? Mcdonogh is half an hour closer to Howard and Carroll county that the schools that are in or close to Baltimore city. Plenty of Howard county kids at Mcdonogh notwithstanding the public schools being good.

You do not understand these commute times at all.

Sure I do. I live near the tri schools and Mcdonogh is half an hour drive away. Mcdonogh is quite close to Howard County.

I’m in HoCo and the distance for us to Park vs McDonogh is negligible while tri schools are just slightly farther.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

It gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate, so if any school claims this title it is McDonogh. But I otherwise agree it's silly as it's not how Baltimore operates or thinks.

Not really agreeing with this, as we and many other families we know turned down spots for closer options, as the PP said. But they do seem like a great school and the fact that they have a tuition-included bus makes them much more competitive than other "far" options.

The idea that there is a single "top" desirable school is silly, as people pick based on fit.

Not sure this is even true but due to location, Mcdonogh gets applicants from Carroll and Howard county who live too far from the other schools to make it an option. It isn’t a statement about the prestige of the school.

I know families in Howard County that attend Roland Park schools like Gilman. Park School also has extensive bus routes that include Howard County. These families have options.

McDonogh is probably the only school that has the bus included in tuition and also runs a regular and "late" bus for those in sports and activities. This makes their bus way more practical for most families who might be coming from a distance. Still, we decided to go with an option close by (bms). Both were great options when not considering distance factors, but proximity does matter.

The families that I know in Howard County have an abundance of options beyond McDonogh. In Howard County specifically, the public schools are among the best in the state and there are many excellent students in attendance.

Even if not included in tuition, the cost of bus service is trivial at Park School for example, when you tack it onto tuition and compare across schools.

The Roland park schools such as Bryn Mawr and Gilman have the Kangaroo Coach which works for some but is not as efficient as a school operated bus.

Even with good bus options, there are many parents who just regularly carpool.

At McDonogh, the late bus service is a nice option in addition to the weekday only boarding option. To me, those two conveniences stand out the most.

What do you not understand about geographical proximity? Mcdonogh is half an hour closer to Howard and Carroll county that the schools that are in or close to Baltimore city. Plenty of Howard county kids at Mcdonogh notwithstanding the public schools being good.

You do not understand these commute times at all.

Sure I do. I live near the tri schools and Mcdonogh is half an hour drive away. Mcdonogh is quite close to Howard County.

From where I live in the burbs, the difference in commute time getting to Bryn Mawr vs McDonogh is 5min.

Sounds like yoy life in Towson, not Howard County.

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Anonymous wrote:Baltimore is interesting, many would never consider McDonogh, Garrison, or St. Tims due to location. They only consider RPCS, Bryn Mawr, Gilman, Loyola, Friends. Next would be SPSG and boys, and Park. However, they will go Calvert for k-8, if they get in. Truly GF, McDonogh and St, Tims are great schools but never in their consideration.

McDonogh is probably the most sought after school in Baltimore.

Not among the old baltimore crowd

Times are changing. You'd be surprised. Whatever passes for old money Baltimore does send kids to McDonogh along to the others. 2023 isn't Baltimore of 1995 nor Baltimore of 1955 nor Baltimore of 1925. Bryn Mawr, for all practical purposes, has no meaningful relationship to the Bryn Mawr of the past. Cultural fault lines have been shifting in recent decades and it's affecting the privates and people now look at different privates depending on how they fall along the cultual fault lines.

If we are going by semantics, McDonogh gets the most applicants and has the lowest admission rate but it does also draw from a bigger region.

Mcdonogh peaked in popularity about 5 to 10 years ago with the Calvert crowd, and generally, in terms of being the “hot” school. For whatever reason, Calvert is now back to sending the majority of its graduates to Gilman/Roland Park/Bryn Mawr. Saint Paul’s has also become more popular and is attracting kids who might have gone to Mcdonogh in the recent past.

I have no idea who gets the “most” applications and I doubt the poster claiming this has any actual knowledge as no local school reports number of applicants.

Not sure what role Calvert plays in this discussion. Re McDonogh, it is the biggest school and admissions mentioned 10 apps for every spot for 9th grade entry. Makes sense it gets the most apps, and they also avoided the enrollment slump that hit BMS and Park, and which Gilman only avoided by ramping up US size and lowering admin standards. A lot of it is certainly driven by geography, taking in HoCo and Carroll Counties and offering the bases that go everywhere in Maryland, it seems. And five day boarding. It’s not a metric to live and die by.

It sounds like you don’t know what you are talking about. Gilman caps enrollment at 1000 and that has been the case for literally decades. They haven’t ramped up the size of the upper school, the classes are literally the same size as when my husband attended 30 years ago. Also, there is no enrollment slump at Bryn Mawr, enrollment has grown considerable under the current headmistress. I don’t have no personal information about Park, but based on your track records, I would guess you are wrong there as well.

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A whisper of any school other than Gilman/BMS being worthy of attention and the angry elf of Roland park (I'm looking at you Carroll) starts to act out.

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Anonymous wrote:A whisper of any school other than Gilman/BMS being worthy of attention and the angry elf of Roland park (I'm looking at you Carroll) starts to act out.

This doesn’t remotely make sense, all of this started by some Mcdonogh parent claiming their school was best because it was allegedly the most selective.

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Anonymous wrote:A whisper of any school other than Gilman/BMS being worthy of attention and the angry elf of Roland park (I'm looking at you Carroll) starts to act out.

This doesn’t remotely make sense, all of this started by some Mcdonogh parent claiming their school was best because it was allegedly the most selective.

All these schools are excellent. Let's move on.